Toivo Harjunpää
Finnish theologian
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Toivo Harjunpää's Degrees
- Doctorate Systematic Theology University of Helsinki
- Masters Systematic Theology University of Helsinki
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kalle Toivo Immanuel Harjunpää was a Finnish-American Lutheran priest and professor. Background Harjunpää was born in Rauma, Finland. Harjunpää was ordained to the priesthood 18 February 1936 in Turku Cathedral. His background was in the Finnish Evangelical Revivalist Movement, originating from the activity of neo-Lutheran priest Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg. As a young priest while learning the New Testament, he was convinced of the importance of Christian ecumenism which was unpopular at that time in Finland. Soon after that Yngve Brilioth's book Eucharistic Faith and Practise. Evangelical and Catholic and Hans Liezmann's Messe und Herrenmal gave him more direction towards the Ecumenical Movement and Liturgical Movement.
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