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10 Lawyers turned theologians

1. Tertullian 160-225 (Church father and Montanist)
2. John Calvin 1509-1564 (Calvinist)
3. Pierre Charron 1541-1603 (Catholic theologian)
4. Nathaniel Ward 1578-1652 (Puritan minister in New England)
5. Moses Amyraut 1596-1664 (Amyraldian)
6. Thomas Erskine of Linlathen 1788-1870 (Liberal lay theologian)
7. Charles G Finney 1792-1875 (Semi-Pelagian theologian)
8. C I Scofield 1843-1921 (American dispensationalist theologian)
9. Tokutaro Takakura 1885-1934 (Japanese theologian)
10. Bishop James Pike 1913-1969 (American Liberal TV theologian)

4 comments:

  1. Gutted not to be on the list.

    Robert

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  2. Didn't Luther study law before becoming a monk?

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  3. Robert - a glaring and unforgiveable omission. Emmanuel - his father wanted him to be a lawyer but as I recall it the thunder storm and the promise to St Anne intervened and he entered the Augustine priory without actually beginning a law degree. (I may be wrong about that, of course).

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  4. Thanks, you're probably right.

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