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Campbell, John McLeod
John McLeod Campbell was a Scots theologian, intellectual leader, and author. Campbell entered the University of......
Canisius, St. Peter
St. Peter Canisius ; canonized 1925; feast day December 21) was a 16th-century Jesuit scholar and a strong opponent......
Cano, Melchor
Melchor Cano was a Dominican theologian and bishop who upheld the rights of the Spanish crown against the claims......
Capgrave, John
John Capgrave was a historian, theologian, and hagiographer who wrote an English Life of St. Katharine, vigorous......
Cappel, Louis
Louis Cappel was a French Huguenot theologian and Hebrew scholar. Cappel studied theology at Sedan and Saumur,......
Capréolus, Jean
Jean Capréolus was a Dominican scholar whose Four Books of Defenses of the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (written......
Carey, George
George Carey is a theologian noted for his evangelical beliefs. He was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to......
Carranza, Bartolomé de
Bartolomé de Carranza was a Dominican theologian and archbishop of Toledo who was imprisoned for nearly 17 years......
Cassian, St. John
St. John Cassian ; Eastern feast day February 29 (observed on February 28 during non-leap years); Western feast......
Chalmers, Thomas
Thomas Chalmers was a Presbyterian minister, theologian, author, and social reformer who was the first moderator......
Charron, Pierre
Pierre Charron was a French Roman Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century.......
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz was a leading German theologian who was known, with reference to Martin Luther, as “the second......
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton was an English critic and author of verse, essays, novels, and short stories, known also for his......
Chubb, Thomas
Thomas Chubb was a self-taught English philosopher and proponent of Deism, regarded by Voltaire as one of the most......
Clarke, James Freeman
James Freeman Clarke was a Unitarian minister, theologian, and author whose influence helped elect Grover Cleveland......
Clarke, Samuel
Samuel Clarke was a theologian, philosopher, and exponent of Newtonian physics, remembered for his influence on......
Clauberg, Johann
Johann Clauberg was a philosopher and theologian who became the foremost German proponent of the thought of the......
Clement of Alexandria, St.
St. Clement of Alexandria ; Western feast day November 23; Eastern feast day November 24) was a Christian Apologist,......
Cocceius, Johannes
Johannes Cocceius was a Dutch theologian of the Reformed Church, biblical scholar, prolific writer, and a leading......
Cochlaeus, Johannes
Johannes Cochlaeus was a German Humanist and a leading Roman Catholic opponent of Martin Luther. Educated at the......
Coffin, Henry Sloane
Henry Sloane Coffin was an American clergyman, author, and educator who led in the movement for liberal evangelicalism......
Coggan, Donald, Baron
Donald, Baron Coggan was an Anglican archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, theologian, educator, and the......
Collier, Arthur
Arthur Collier was an idealist philosopher and theologian remembered for his concept of human knowledge. Collier......
Collins, Anthony
Anthony Collins was a prolific and provocative English Deist and freethinker and friend of the philosopher John......
Commodianus
Commodianus was a Christian Latin poet, perhaps of African origin. His Carmen apologeticum (“Song with Narrative”)......
Congar, Yves
Yves Congar was a French Dominican priest and cardinal who was widely recognized in his lifetime as one of the......
Contarini, Gasparo
Gasparo Contarini was a Venetian Humanist scholar, theologian, diplomat, and Roman Catholic cardinal (1535–42).......
Cornaro, Elena
Elena Cornaro was an Italian savant who was the first woman to receive a degree from a university. Cornaro’s father,......
Cosin, John
John Cosin was an Anglican bishop of Durham, theologian, and liturgist whose scholarly promotion of traditional......
Crossan, John Dominic
John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-born American theologian and former Roman Catholic priest best known for his association......
Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de
Jean-Pierre de Crousaz was a Swiss theologian, philosopher, and controversialist whose greatest importance lies......
Cudworth, Ralph
Ralph Cudworth was an English theologian and philosopher of ethics who became the leading systematic exponent of......
Cydones, Demetrius
Demetrius Cydones was a Byzantine humanist scholar, statesman, and theologian who introduced the study of the Greek......
Cydones, Prochorus
Prochorus Cydones was an Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, and linguist who, by his advocacy of Western Aristotelian......
Cyprian, St.
St. Cyprian was an early Christian theologian and bishop of Carthage who led the Christians of North Africa during......
Cyril of Alexandria, St
St. Cyril of Alexandria ; Western feast day June 27; Eastern feast day June 9) was a Christian theologian and bishop......
Daly, Mary
Mary Daly was an American theologian, philosopher, and ethicist who pioneered radical feminist theology. Daly was......
Damīrī, ad-
ad-Damīrī was a Muslim theologian, best known for his encyclopaedia of animals. A student of some of the leading......
Denck, Hans
Hans Denck was a German theologian and Reformer who opposed Lutheranism in favour of Anabaptism, the Reformation......
Desgabets, Robert
Robert Desgabets was a French Benedictine monk, writer, philosopher, and scientist who applied the ideas and methods......
Diadochus Of Photice
Diadochus Of Photice was a theologian, mystic, and bishop of Photice, Epirus, who was a staunch defender of orthodox......
Dickinson, Jonathan
Jonathan Dickinson was a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of the American colonial period and the first president......
Didymus The Blind
Didymus The Blind was an Eastern church theologian who headed the influential catechetical school of Alexandria.......
Dionysius the Carthusian
Dionysius the Carthusian was a theologian and mystic, one of the important contributors to, and propagators of,......
Dorner, Isaak August
Isaak August Dorner was a German Protestant theologian who sought to interpret Kantian and post-Kantian thought......
Dosítheos
Dosítheos was the patriarch of Jerusalem, an important church politician and theologian of the Greek church who......
Drewermann, Eugen
Eugen Drewermann is a German theologian, psychotherapist, and Roman Catholic priest whose innovations in points......
Duncan, Robert
Robert Duncan is an American Anglican clergyman who was the first archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church......
Duns Scotus, Blessed John
Blessed John Duns Scotus ; beatified March 20, 1993) was an influential Franciscan realist philosopher and Scholastic......
Durandus of Saint-Pourçain
Durandus of Saint-Pourçain was a French bishop, theologian, and philosopher known primarily for his opposition......
Dwight, Timothy
Timothy Dwight was an American educator, theologian, and poet who had a strong instructive influence during his......
Dávid, Ferenc
Ferenc Dávid was a Unitarian preacher, writer, and theologian influential in promoting religious toleration and......
Döllinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger was a German historical scholar and a prominent Roman Catholic theologian who......
Eck, Johann
Johann Eck was a German theologian who was Martin Luther’s principal Roman Catholic opponent. Early in his career......
Eckhart, Meister
Meister Eckhart was a Dominican theologian and writer who was the greatest German speculative mystic. In the transcripts......
Edmund of Abingdon, St.
St. Edmund of Abingdon ; feast day November 16) was a distinguished scholar and outspoken archbishop of Canterbury,......
Edwards, Jonathan
Jonathan Edwards was the greatest theologian and philosopher of British American Puritanism, stimulator of the......
Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn was a German biblical scholar and orientalist who taught at Jena and Göttingen. He was......
Eichrodt, Walther
Walther Eichrodt was a German scholar who showed the importance to biblical studies of an understanding of the......
Eliade, Mircea
Mircea Eliade was a historian of religions, phenomenologist of religion, and author of novels, novellas, and short......
Ellacuría, Ignacio
Ignacio Ellacuría was a Spanish-born El Salvadoran Jesuit priest, academic, philosopher, theologian, and human......
Ellul, Jacques
Jacques Ellul was a French political and social scientist, Protestant theologian, and philosopher of technology,......
Emser, Hieronymus
Hieronymus Emser was a German theologian, lecturer, editor, and polemicist who is remembered chiefly for his long......
Ephraem Syrus, Saint
Saint Ephraem Syrus ; Western feast day June 9, Eastern feast day January 28) was a Christian theologian, poet,......
Episcopius, Simon
Simon Episcopius was a Dutch theologian and systematizer of Arminianism, a liberal reaction to the Calvinist doctrine......
Erasmus
Erasmus was a Dutch humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the......
Erastus, Thomas
Thomas Erastus was a Swiss physician and religious controversialist whose name is preserved in Erastianism, a doctrine......
Erigena, John Scotus
John Scotus Erigena was a theologian, translator, and commentator on several earlier authors in works centring......
Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio
Antonio Escobar y Mendoza was a Spanish Jesuit preacher and moral theologian who was derided for his support of......
Eugenikos, Markos
Markos Eugenikos was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Ephesus (near modern Selçuk, Tur.) and theologian who led......
Eusebius of Dorylaeum
Eusebius of Dorylaeum was a bishop of Dorylaeum and famous opponent of the Nestorians (who believed that the divine......
Euthymius I
Euthymius I was an Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, monk, and theologian. He was a principal figure in the......
Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo
Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo was an Orthodox patriarch of Tŭrnovo, near modern Sofia, monastic scholar and linguist whose......
Euthymius the Great, St
St. Euthymius the Great ; feast day January 20) was an ascetic and one of the great fathers of Eastern Orthodox......
Euthymius The Hagiorite
Euthymius The Hagiorite was a monastic leader, scholar, and writer whose propagation of Greek culture and Eastern......
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a Christian mystic and writer whose development of a theology of contemplative prayer and......
Eybeschütz, Jonathan
Jonathan Eybeschütz was a rabbi and religious scholar noted for his bitter quarrel with Rabbi Jacob Emden, a dispute......
Eymeric, Nicholas
Nicholas Eymeric was a Roman Catholic theologian, grand inquisitor at Aragon, and supporter of the Avignon papacy.......
Ezra
Ezra was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish......
Faber, Frederick William
Frederick William Faber was a British theologian, noted hymnist, and founder of the Wilfridians, a religious society......
Faber, Peter
Peter Faber was a French Jesuit theologian and a cofounder of the Society of Jesus, who was tutor and friend of......
Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī
Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī was a Muslim theologian and scholar, author of one of the most authoritative commentaries......
Ficino, Marsilio
Marsilio Ficino was an Italian philosopher, theologian, and linguist whose translations and commentaries on the......
Flacius Illyricus, Matthias
Matthias Flacius Illyricus was a Lutheran Reformer, pioneer in church historical studies, and theological controversialist......
Flew, Antony
Antony Flew was an English philosopher who became a prominent defender of atheism but later declared himself a......
Florensky, Pavel Alexandrovich
Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky was a Russian Orthodox theologian, philosopher, and mathematician. In 1904 Florensky......
Forsyth, Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor Forsyth was a Scottish Congregational minister whose numerous and influential writings anticipated......
Francis Of Meyronnes
Francis Of Meyronnes was a Franciscan monk, one of the principal philosopher–theologians of 14th-century Scholasticism......
Franck, Sebastian
Sebastian Franck was a German Protestant Reformer and theologian who converted from Roman Catholicism to Lutheranism......
Frankel, Zacharias
Zacharias Frankel was a rabbi and theologian, a founder of what became Conservative Judaism. After graduation from......
Frommel, Gaston
Gaston Frommel was a Swiss Protestant philosopher and theologian. Frommel attempted to base theism (the doctrine......
Froude, Richard Hurrell
Richard Hurrell Froude was an Anglican churchman and a leader of the Oxford Movement, which sought to reintroduce......
Fulgentius of Ruspe, Saint
Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe ; feast day January 1) was an African bishop of Ruspe and theological writer who defended......
Fuller, Andrew
Andrew Fuller was an English Baptist minister and theologian. He is remembered as a founder and first secretary......
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon was a French archbishop, theologian, and man of letters whose liberal......
G. K. Chesterton on Charles Dickens
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)—the polymathic poet, philosopher, orator, journalist, superb stylist, and......
Gans, Eduard
Eduard Gans was a major German jurist and, for a time, a potent force in the revival of studies of Jewish culture.......
Geiger, Abraham
Abraham Geiger was a German-Jewish theologian, author, and the outstanding leader in the early development of Reform......
Gennadios II Scholarios
Gennadios II Scholarios was the first patriarch of Constantinople (1454–64) under Turkish rule and the foremost......
Gennadius I of Constantinople, Saint
Saint Gennadius I of Constantinople ; feast day August 25) was a Byzantine theologian, biblical exegete, and patriarch.......