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WANG YANG-MING (1472-1529):

WARFIELD, Benjamin Breckinridge (1851-1921):

WATTS, Isaac (1674-1748):

WEBER, Max (1864-1920):

WEIL, Simone (1909-1943):

WELLHAUSEN, Julius (1844-1918):

WELTANSCHAUUNG:

WESLEY, Charles (1707-1788):

WESLEY, John (1703-179l):

WESTCOTT, Brooke Foss (1825-1901):

WESTPHALIA, THE PEACE OF:

WHITEHEAD, Alfred North (1861-1947):

WHITFIELD, George (1714-1770):

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833):

WILL TO BELIEVE:

WILLIAMS, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945):

WISDOM LITERATURE:

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, (1889-1951):

WOLFF, Christian (1679-1754):

WORDSWORTH, Christopher (1807-1885):

WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850):

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES:

WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD:

WUNDT, William (1832-1900):

WYCLIFFE, John (1330-1384):

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MANI (216-277):

Iraqi religious PROPHET who claimed to fulfill BUDDHIST, CHRISTIAN and ZOROASTRIAN teachings. Essentially he taught a FORM of DUALISM which sharply distinguished between mind and MATTER, advocated ASCETICISM and promoted CELIBACY. His work had a great influence on AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO before his CONVERSION to CHRISTIANITY.