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When a maniac is at the door, feuding brothers reconcile.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Maniac
Maniacs
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Brothers
Door
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