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title: "4 Theology Stands Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-study-of-theology-as-it-stands-in-christian-churches-is-the-study/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-study-of-theology-as-it-stands-in-the-christian-churches-is-the/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/exactly-halfway-between-exegesis-and-practical-theology-stands/)

[Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/)

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> [The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-study-of-theology-as-it-stands-in-the-christian-churches-is-the-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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