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Also Known As Afrahat
Flourished c.301 - c.400
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
Syrian theologian
Severian Of Gabala
theologian
Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Origen
Christian theologian
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
Hesychius Of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox monk
Saint Lucian of Antioch
theologian and martyr
Saint Gennadius I of Constantinople
Byzantine theologian
Theodore Bar Konai
Syrian biblical scholar
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
archbishop of Constantinople
Rabbula
bishop of Edessa
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
Flemish theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot