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All Speech Far Transcending

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Author: Jean Calvin

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Paraphraser: Ford Lewis Battles

Battles, Ford Lewis. (Erie, Pennsylvania, 1915--Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979). West Virginia University, B.A.; Tufts College, M.A. Studied at Oxford with C.S. Lewis as a Rhodes Scholar. Air Force Intelligence during World War II, and taught English at West Virginia University before completing his Ph.D. in church history at Hartford Seminary. Professor of church history at Hartford from 1950 to 1967, and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary from 1967 to 1978, and then Calvin Theological Seminary. --Seminary News, Calvin Theological Seminary, including all addresses given at his funeral. DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: All speech far transcending
Title: All Speech Far Transcending
Paraphraser: Ford Lewis Battles (1970)
Author: Jean Calvin
Meter: 6.5.6.5 D
Language: English
Copyright: Words by Ford Lewis Battles used by permission

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