Anselm of Canterbury

The Middle Ages, from the time of Augustine, bishop of Hippo, to the time of the great Reformation, was a period of spiritual darkness. The Roman Catholic Church ruled supreme in Europe. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find the church during much of this troubled period. It is perhaps to this period, along with others, that our Belgic Confession refers in Article XXVII: And this holy Church is preserved or supported by God, against the rage of the whole world; though she sometimes (for...