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Harnack

American  
[hahr-nahk] / ˈhɑr nɑk /

noun

  1. Adolf von 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, born in Estonia.


Harnack British  
/ ˈharnak /

noun

  1. Adolf von. 1851–1930, German Protestant theologian, author of the influential History of Dogma (1886–90)

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At its center is Donner’s great-great aunt, Mildred Harnack, an American woman executed by the Nazis for leading an underground resistance group in Germany during World War II.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Many accounts of Mildred and Arvid Harnack describe him as a scholar and her as “an English teacher” or “housewife,” but this is inaccurate.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

It was not only her Americanness that made Mildred Harnack an unlikely member of the German resistance.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Mildred Harnack, born in Milwaukee, lived an extraordinary life: She was studying at a German university when the Nazi party, exploiting the country’s economic and political instability, rose to power.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Thus Harnack agrees with Catholic theologians in holding that, in the fullest sense, there is no dogma except the Catholic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

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