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In boundless mercy God has called

Translator: 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 >

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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First Line: In boundless mercy God has called
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Translator: Ford Lewis Battles
Language: English
Publication Date: 1974
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1974.
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The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #251

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