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To get overprotective about particular readings of the Bible is always in danger of idolatry.

N. T. Wright

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N. T. Wright
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Durham
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Morpeth
Northumberland
Nicholas Thomas Wright
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