The author of the 1981 book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church was born in what year?
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church is a 1981 non-fiction book by Catholic priest and author Malachi Martin.
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Malachi Martin Malachi Brendan Martin (Irish: "Maolsheachlainn Breandán Ó Máirtín"; July 23, 1921 – July 27, 1999), occasionally writing under the pseudonym Michael Serafian, was an Irish Catholic priest and writer on the Catholic Church. Originally ordained as a Jesuit priest, he became Professor of Palaeography at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. From 1958 he served as secretary to Cardinal Bea during preparations for the Second Vatican Council.
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Giulio Bevilacqua Giulio Bevilacqua, Orat (November 14, 1881 – May 6, 1965) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of Brescia from 1965 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
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Pope John Paul II in popular culture As one of the best known and well-travelled persons of the 20th century, there are many cultural references to Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), who reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978, until his death, almost 27 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate after Pius IX's 31-year reign. In addition to his own extensive writings, many films, television programs, books, and journal articles have been written about John Paul II.
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Anthony Pilla Anthony Michael Pilla (born November 12, 1932) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1979 to 1980 and Bishop of Cleveland from 1980 to 2006.
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The Cardinal Sins The Cardinal Sins is a 1981 novel by author and priest Andrew Greeley.
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Guido del Mestri Guido del Mestri (January 13, 1911– August 2, 1993) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was named a Cardinal by John Paul II on June 28, 1991.
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Paul L. Maier Paul L. Maier (born May 31, 1930) is an historian and novelist. He has written several works of scholarly and popular non-fiction about Christianity and novels about Christian historians. He is the former Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University, from which he retired in 2011, retaining the title of professor emeritus in the Department of History. He previously served as Third Vice President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
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Bernd Moeller Bernd Moeller (May 19, 1931 in Berlin) is a German Protestant theologian and church historian.
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Thomas J. McDonough Thomas Joseph McDonough (December 5, 1911 – August 4, 1998) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia (1960–1967) and as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky (1967–1981).
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Martin Dibelius Martin Franz Dibelius (September 14, 1883 – November 11, 1947) was a German academic theologian and New Testament professor at the University of Heidelberg.
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Ferdinand Ulrich Ferdinand Ulrich (born 23 February 1931 in Odrau, now Odry, Czech Republic) is a German Catholic philosopher. He is professor emeritus at the University of Regensburg.
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Otto Faller Rev.Otto Faller SJ (18 February 1889 – 16 May 1971) was Provincial Superior of the Jesuit order in Germany, educator, teacher and Dean at Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, Austria and Kolleg St. Blasien in Germany, professor of patristic studies at the Gregorian University. He was lifelong editor of the works of St. Ambrose. At the request of Pope Pius XII, he contributed to the preparation of the dogma of the assumption of Mary and organized new Papal charity and Papal refugee offices during World War II.
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Iván Bassa Iván Bassa Slovene "Ivan Baša" (11 April 1875 – 13 February 1931) Slovenian Roman Catholic priest, writer and politic.
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Angelo Scola Angelo Scola (] ) (born 7 November 1941) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church, philosopher and theologian. He was appointed Archbishop of Milan by Pope Benedict XVI on 28 June 2011. He had served as Patriarch of Venice from 2002 to 2011. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2003.
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Gilbert Blaize Rego Gilbert Blaize Rego (3 September 1921 – 21 June 2012) was an Indian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Alexandre Ganoczy Alexandre Ganoczy (born Sándor Gánóczy; 12 December 1928 in Budapest) is a Hungarian catholic theologian and writer.
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Massey H. Shepherd Massey Hamilton Shepherd, Jr. (March 14, 1913 – February 19, 1990) was an American a priest of the Episcopal Church. He was a prominent American liturgical scholar and one of the few Americans and members of other Christian churches honored with an invitation to participate in Vatican II council of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s. He was a leading figure in developing the 1979 Book of Common Prayer used by the Episcopal Church.
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Vincent Twomey Denis Vincent Twomey {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'SVD', '4': "} (born 1941) is an Irish Roman Catholic priest, Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology, and a "patron" of the Iona Institute, a Catholic pressure group.
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Oswald Spengler Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German historian and philosopher of history whose interests included mathematics, science, and art. He is best known for his book "The Decline of the West" ("Der Untergang des Abendlandes"), published in 1918 and 1922, covering all of world history. Spengler's model of history postulates that any culture is a superorganism with a limited and predictable lifespan.
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Wilfrid Napier Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM (born 8 March 1941) is a South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Durban, South Africa.
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Giuseppe Ricciotti Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti, C.R.L., (Rome, 1890 – 1964) was an Italian canon regular, Biblical scholar and archeologist. He is mainly famous for his book "The Life of Christ" edited in 1941 and reedited and reprinted several times.