James Morison: Quick Facts

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Born	February 14, 1816 • Scotland
Died	November 13, 1893 (aged 77) • Glasgow • Scotland • (Died on this day)
Founder	Evangelical Union
Subjects Of Study	Evangelical Union • Universalism

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Hosea Ballou

American theologian [1771-1852]

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John Murray

English minister and theologian

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Blessed John Duns Scotus

Scottish philosopher and theologian

Thomas Chalmers, detail from an oil painting by Sir John Watson Gordon, c. 1837; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Thomas Chalmers

Scottish minister

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Peter Taylor Forsyth

British minister

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Richard of Saint-Victor

French theologian

Edward Caird, detail of a portrait by Sir George Reid, 1886; in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow

Edward Caird

British philosopher

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John Wood Oman

British theologian

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John McLeod Campbell

Scottish theologian

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Robert Baillie

Scottish minister

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Sergius of Resaina

Syrian theologian

Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)

St. Paul the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

German religious leader

Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

John Calvin

John Calvin

French theologian

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

Italian Christian theologian and philosopher

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

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Origen

Christian theologian

Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus

Jewish philosopher