Wilfrid John Harrington (born 1927 in Ireland) is an

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Dominican

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. From Eyeries (near Castletownbere), County Cork, Ireland, Harrington was educated at

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, County Kildare, before entering the Dominican Novitiate in St. Mary's Priory, in Cork. He studied philosophy at St. Mary's Tallaght then the Dominican Studium, and completing a BA degree, before going to Rome. He studied

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at the Angelicum(

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) in

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earning an Licentiate of Sacred Theology(STL) degree and biblical studies in

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at the

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, earning a LSS degree,

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. He lectures in scripture at St. Mary's,

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, Tallaght, at the

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, and at the Church of Ireland Theological College, all of which are in

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. He also taught in summer schools in the United States, he has also lectured in Scripture at Maynooth College and Trinity College, Dublin. The late Sinead O'Connor, who studied Old Testament Scripture at the Milltown Institute, under Harrington, dedicated her 2007 album to him.

Published works

* ''Mark: Realistic Theologian'' * ''Matthew: Sage Theologian'' * ''Luke: Gracious Theologian'' * ''John: Spiritual Theologian'' * ''Revelation'' *
The Path of Biblical Theology
' (1973) * ''Key to the Bible'' (1974) * ''Jesus Our Brother: The Humanity of the Lord'' by Wilfrid J. Harrington OP, Paulist Press (2012) * ''Our Merciful God'', By Wilfrid Harrington O.P., Dominican Publications, Dublin, (2015).Our Merciful God
By Wilfrid Harrington O.P., Dominican Publications, Dublin, 2015.

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1927 births Living people Christian clergy from County Cork 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 21st-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish Dominicans People educated at Newbridge College Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic theologians 21st-century Irish Roman Catholic theologians Irish expatriates in Italy Irish expatriates in Israel {{theologian-stub

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