English translation of Anselm's method: fides quarens intellectum

Faith, for Augustinian theologians, is the work of grace in the willing believer. Understanding, Augustinian theologians consistently maintained, is the reward of faith. When it accepts revelation, faith seeks understanding. The sense of reason and its proper function, on the other hand, varies considerably among the theologians of this tradition. The primary mentor of this tradition is Augustine of Hippo. Its outstanding representative in the middle ages was Anselm of Canterbury.