You scored as Anselm, Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
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12 June 2007
Which Theologian Are You?
Courtesy of Fr Tim, I found an interesting quiz: which theologian are you? I'm a bit worried that the Karl Barth and Scleiermacher scores are on the high side.
I came out as Karl Barth with St Augustine a close second!! I must read the Catechism more lol
ReplyDeletefr paul harrison
Me too, Fr. Paul. I have serious questions about this quiz's validity and reliablity. Plus, it takes no account of Eastern Patristic thought.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Proddie poll - Proddie theologians, most of the Church absent from its radar. There's very little point in Catholics taking it.
ReplyDeleteI'm Karl Barth, BTW.
As long as nobody's worrying about getting the wrong answers ...
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit like the "Chalcedonian Compliant" one that was doing the rounds recently, and which marked you down for a Pelagian for the slightest deviation from extreme Augustinian/Anselmianism.
ReplyDeleteProds, eh? Isn't it ironic that the only theologians who seem to exist for them, earlier than Martin Luther, are the two most definitively "Roman Catholic" ones?
(I don't much like being Barth, but I'm relieved not to be Anselm ;o))
I came out as being Karl Barth too and I scored Martin Luther as zero.
ReplyDeleteI think Anselm came second and Augustine third.
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In which case, we'll have to do our own!
ReplyDeleteThe trouble is that they're probably a lot less fun to compile than to answer.
Karl Barth 87%
ReplyDeleteAnselm 80%
John Calvin 73%
Augustine 67%
Martin Luther 33%
I'm not so worried about Barth - though he was a Calvinist, he had some good ideas. At least Anselm is in there. Calvin, likewise, learned a lot from Aquinas, and when you look at the Thomist vs Molinist debate, agreement with Calvin in some points isn't too bad.
But...my theology is heavily influenced by Yarnold; where's he? And where's Aquinas? it's definitely a fix.
I like the idea of our doing one; I'll start rifling my library for points.