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Born September 12, 1904 • New York City • New York
Died August 16, 1967 (aged 62) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study church and state • freedom of religion
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
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
Suárez, Francisco
Francisco Suárez
Spanish theologian and philosopher
St. Edmund
St. Edmund of Abingdon
archbishop of Canterbury
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John of Paris
French theologian
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John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
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George Tyrrell
Irish theologian
Ireland, John
John Ireland
American archbishop
Father James Martin
James Martin
American Roman Catholic priest and author
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John Carroll
American bishop
Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
archbishop and philosopher
Sarpi, detail of a portrait (the black spot on his face covers the scar from an unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1607); in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Eng.
Paolo Sarpi
Italian theologian
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Feofan Prokopovich
Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
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Sergius
Russian theologian and patriarch
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Richard Rothe
German theologian
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian
Digitally restored vector painting of President Thomas Jefferson, shown from the chest up wearing a dark coat and white cravat, with a neutral background.
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
pope