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The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.
J. I. Packer
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J. I. Packer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 22
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
Anglican Priest
Christian Theologian
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Twyning
Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
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