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As we are set free by that love from our own pride and fear, our own greed and arrogance, so we are free in our turn to be agents of reconciliation and hope, or healing and love.
N. T. Wright
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N. T. Wright
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Durham
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Morpeth
Northumberland
Nicholas Thomas Wright
Tom Wright
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