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Also Known As Thomas Hemerken
Born 1379 or 1380 • Kempten • Germany
Died August 8, 1471 • near Zwolle • Netherlands
Notable Works devotio moderna • imitation of Christ
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Johann Arndt
German theologian
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Tyconius
Christian theologian
St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
Godfrey of Saint-Victor
French philosopher
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
St. Edmund
St. Edmund of Abingdon
archbishop of Canterbury
Keble, chalk drawing by George Richmond, 1863; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Keble
British priest and poet
St. Alphonsus Liguori
Roman Catholic priest and theologian
Aphraates
Syrian ascetic
Clarke, James Freeman
James Freeman Clarke
American minister and author
Dwight, Timothy
Timothy Dwight
American theologian and poet
Ronald Knox, pen and ink drawing by P. Evans, c. 1926; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Ronald Knox
British theologian
John Caird
British theologian