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Born January 1, 1819 • Chur • Switzerland
Died October 20, 1893 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study Christianity

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Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
Emil Brunner
Swiss theologian
Dwight, Timothy
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John Caird
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Daniel Ernst Jablonski
German theologian
Lyman Beecher
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George Foot Moore
American scholar and theologian
Jonathan Dickinson
American minister
John Gresham Machen
American theologian
Henry Sloane Coffin, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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Desiderius Erasmus
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St. Gregory the Great
pope
Pope John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Jan Hus
Jan Hus
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Pope Benedict XVI
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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