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