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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

Desiderius Erasmus

Erasmus

Dutch humanist

St. Gregory the Great

pope

Origen

Christian theologian

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

American theologian

Blessed John Duns Scotus

Scottish philosopher and theologian

Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedish philosopher

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Spanish saint

Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study

St. Jerome

Christian scholar

Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli

Swiss religious leader

Johann Gottfried von Herder

Johann Gottfried von Herder

German philosopher

Paul Tillich

American theologian and philosopher

Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

German theologian

Newman, John Henry

St. John Henry Newman

British theologian

Jan Hus

Jan Hus

Bohemian religious leader

St. Anselm of Canterbury

St. Anselm of Canterbury

archbishop and philosopher