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Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.

Walter Rauschenbusch

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Walter Rauschenbusch
Age: 56 †
Born: 1861
Born: October 4
Died: 1918
Died: July 25
Theologian
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Rochester
New York
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Jesus
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