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Born November 25, 1862 • Switzerland • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died May 18, 1906 (aged 43) • Geneva • Switzerland
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Frederick Robert Tennant
British philosopher and theologian
Jean Vanier
Swiss-born social activist, theologian, and philosopher
Jean-Pierre de Crousaz
Swiss philosopher
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
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Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
Blessed John Duns Scotus
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder
German philosopher
Paul Tillich
American theologian and philosopher
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
archbishop and philosopher
Rudolf Otto
Rudolf Otto
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr
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William of Ockham
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Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Richard Hooker, engraving by E. Finden after a print by W. Hollar.
Richard Hooker
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