Cardinal Avery Dulles, former professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, passed away at the age of 90 on December 12, 2008. Cardinal Dulles was the son of former U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. He is credited with being the only theologian from the United States to be appointed to the College of Cardinals.The New York Times: Cardinal Avery Dulles, Theologian, Is Dead at 90 (December 12, 2008)
Cardinal Dulles Qoute
"The thought came to me suddenly, with all the strength and novelty of a revelation, that these little buds in their innocence and meekness followed a rule, a law of which I as yet knew nothing. That night, for the first time in years, I prayed."—Cardinal Avery Dulles, from A Testimonial to Grace 1946
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August 24, 1918
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Auburn, New York
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December 12, 2008
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Father was U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles who served under Dwight D. EisenhowerAvery Dulles Biography
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Was the professor of religion at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008Avery Dulles Biography
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In the year before his death, the symptoms that had once disappeared, returned, leaving him disabledThe New York Times: Cardinal Avery Dulles, Theologian, Is Dead at 90 (December 12, 2008)
