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There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
Author
Clergyman
Theologian
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Pennsylvania
United States
Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Emphasis
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Graves
Doctrine
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Christianity

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