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Johann Gerhard
1582Oct, 17

Johann Gerhard

Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (d. 1637)
Johannes Gerhard (17 October 1582 – 17 August 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy.

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