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Faith and Theology blog has created witty short four-line poems about major theologians<\/a>. Here are just two examples:<\/p>\n

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Rudolf Bultmann
One day began
To study the Gospel of John; and found, to his satisfaction,
That pretty much every word was redaction. <\/p>\n

Karl Barth
Had to hire a cart
Having no other tactics
To transport his dogmatics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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