Flashcards: Theologians

Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo, O.

Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara (Portuguese: [dõ ˈɛwdeɾ peˈsoɐ ˈkɐ̃mɐɾɐ]; February 7, 1909 – August 27, 1999) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic Archbishop.

John of Rokycany, also known as Jan of Rokycany, in Czech language Jan Rokycana, and Jan z Rokycan (c. 1396 in Rokycany, Bohemia - February 21, 1471 in Prague) was a Hussite theologian and a key figure in Bohemian church history.

John Scotus Eriugena, or Johannes Scotus Eriugena (/dʒoʊˈhæniːz, -ˈhænɪs/ /ˈskoʊtəsˌ ˈskɒtəs/ /ɪˈrɪdʒənə/; c. 815 – c. 877) was an Irish theologian, neoplatonist philosopher, and poet.

Balthasar Hubmaier, also Hubmair, Hubmayr, Hubmeier, Huebmör, Hubmör, Friedberger, Latin: Pacimontanus (c. 1480 – 10 March, 1528) was an influential German/Moravian (Schwertler) Anabaptist leader.

Peter Derek Vaughan Prince (14 August 1915, Bangalore – 24 September 2003, Jerusalem) was a Bible teacher whose daily radio programme Derek Prince Legacy Radio broadcasts around the world in various languages.

Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335 – 5 March 1410) was a renowned German-Polish scholar and priest of the fourteenth century.

Antonio Llidó Mengual (* Xàbia, Alicante Province, Spain April 29, 1936 – Santiago de Chile, October 25, 1974) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and pedagogue who became a leading member in the Movimiento Cristianos por el Socialismo (Christians for Socialism Movement) and the Marxist-Leninist Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left Movement) in Chile.

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet and politician.

Theodore (or Theodorus) Bibliander (German: Theodor Buchmann; 1509, Bischofszell – 26 September 1564, Zurich) was a Swiss Orientalist, publisher, and linguist.

Maximus Planudes (Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople.

Rutilio Grande García, S.

Anselm of Laon (Latin: Anselmus; d. 1117), properly Ansel (Latin: Ansellus), was a French theologian and founder of a school of scholars who helped to pioneer biblical hermeneutics.

Anton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture.

Ratramnus, (died c. 870) a Frankish monk of the monastery of Corbie, near Amiens in northern France, was a Carolingian theologian known best for his writings on the Eucharist and predestination.

Johann Campanus (also Johannes Campanus) was an Flemish religious reformer of the sixteenth century.

Fernando Cardenal Martínez (26 January 1934 – 20 February 2016) was a Nicaraguan Jesuit and liberation theologian, born in Granada, Nicaragua.

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, who served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.

Jean Claude (1619 – 13 January 1687) was a French Protestant divine.

Kuenen was born in Haarlem.

Johann Heinrich Kurtz (December 13, 1809 – April 26, 1890) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 in Bogotá, Colombia – 15 February 1966 in Santander) was a Colombian socialist, Roman Catholic priest, a predecessor of liberation theology and a member of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla organisation.

Hamza ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad (985- c. 1021 (Persian: Hamze Pesare Ali, literally ; Hamze Son of Ali ; حمزه پسر علی‎‎) (Arabic: حمزة بن علي بن أحمد) was an 11th-century Ismaili and founding leader of the Druze sect. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran). Hamza is considered the founder of the Druze and the primary author of the Druze manuscripts.

Julius Friedrich Leopold Rupp (13 August 1809 – 11 July 1884) was a Prussian Protestant theologian.

Martti Heikki Nissinen (born April 22, 1959 in Kuopio) is a Finnish theologian, serving since 2007 as Professor of Old Testament studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki.

Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor "teacher") is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.