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His rigorist doctrinal chief, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—the future Benedict XVI—had moved to restrict Gutiérrez and other liberation theologians, leading to a standoff with CELAM, which had a long history with him.
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
In the early 1600s, though, a series of texts attributed to a German theologian introduced the Rosicrucian order, and the ideas of alchemy, mysticism and the connection to ancient wisdom influenced a panoply of thinkers and esoteric movements throughout Europe and, eventually, the world.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
In his autobiography Confessions, the North African theologian and philosopher Augustine of Hippo looks back at his early childhood.
—Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
Bliss is a writer, priest and theologian who chairs the religion department at Breck School in Minneapolis.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
In the early 1600s, though, a series of texts attributed to a German theologian introduced the Rosicrucian order, and the ideas of alchemy, mysticism and the connection to ancient wisdom influenced a panoply of thinkers and esoteric movements throughout Europe and, eventually, the world.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
In his autobiography Confessions, the North African theologian and philosopher Augustine of Hippo looks back at his early childhood.
—Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
Bliss is a writer, priest and theologian who chairs the religion department at Breck School in Minneapolis.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Theologian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theologian. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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