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In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical situation.

Johann Baptist Metz

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Johann Baptist Metz
Age: 91 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 5
Died: 2019
Died: December 2
Catholic Priest
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