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Godsplaining

Did St. Anselm prove God exists?

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Bonaventure and Fr. Joseph-Anthony discuss the ontological vs. cosmological arguments for God, why He 'must' exist, why His necessity matters, and what St. Anselm, 11th century Archbishop, has to say on the matter. For the St. Dominic Rosary and more from the Catholic Woodworker: https://catholicwoodworker.com/products/st-dominic-rosary?utm_source=godsplaining&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=stdominic Send your questions for the friars to:godsplaining@opeast.org   Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsWitness: https://www.avemariapress.com/products/witness-1?srsltid=AfmBOoo3b2MbHxat33i-cwrd1AcSW_hPBfcHcm4-8XxJoCDn4OUgTBe_Training the Tongue: https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speechYour Eucharistic Identity: https://ignatius.com/your-eucharistic-identity-yeip/St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0

This is Father Joseph Anthony Cress.

0:07.0

This is Father Bonameter Chapman.

0:09.0

And welcome to God's Planning.

0:11.0

Thank you to all of our listeners and especially thank you to our monthly supporters on Patreon.

0:15.0

If you would like to join our monthly support group, I don't know, supporters, click the link in the show notes in the

0:23.3

description to join our Patreon as a monthly supporter. Father Ben Bonaventure, that's me, that's

0:29.4

you. We're going to be jumping into today's episode, but before we go on that, I have a really

0:34.8

awesome and special message for our listeners from one of our

0:38.7

supporters here. For our listeners, we're excited to partner with Catholic woodworkers

0:44.8

on a special official god-splaining rosary. As a promoter of the rosary, I'm a big fan of this

0:50.7

project, so I'm super happy about it. This is an heirloom quality rosary made entirely in the United States by Catholics,

0:58.9

four Catholics, and features St. Dominic at the center of it all,

1:03.2

the saint who helped to bring the rosary to the church for many, many generations.

1:09.4

It's built to last for generations itself, and this rosary is meant

1:12.6

for all Catholics who pray the rosary, or maybe you just want to start praying the rosary.

1:17.5

It feels great, great weight to it, and it's designed to kind of slow you down and not necessarily

1:23.0

rush through the decades, and it's built to weather kind of a full daily prayer. So it's very substantial,

1:30.3

solid work all the way through to restore beauty and reverence, and the craftsmanship of this

1:37.3

really, really reflects the seriousness of the prayer. It's solid, intentional, and reverent for that.

1:43.3

So every part of this rosary is made in the United States, with durable It's solid, intentional, and reverent for that.

1:50.3

So every part of this rosary is made in the United States with durable materials, thoughtfulness in the craftsmanship, and timeless design.

1:53.8

It's crafted by Catholics who pray the rosary and not just kind of, I don't know, chasing

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