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Born April 22, 1775 • Germany
Died May 26, 1831 (aged 56) • Bonn • Germany
Subjects Of Study Christianity • rationalism
Pope Benedict XVI, wearing white papal robes and a gold cross, raises his right hand in blessing while smiling at a crowd in Rome, Italy.
Benedict XVI
pope
Thomas Chubb, detail of an oil painting by George Beare, 1747; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Chubb
British theologian
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
Flemish theologian
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
pope
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague
Czech philosopher
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur
German theologian
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David Friedrich Strauss
German philosopher
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Johann Salomo Semler
German theologian
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Walther Eichrodt
German biblical scholar
Migne, engraving by E. Tailland
Jacques-Paul Migne
French priest and publisher
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Johannes Weiss
German theologian
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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
German theologian
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Johann Jakob Griesbach
German biblical scholar