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Aulén retired his bishopric in 1952, returning to Lund to devote himself to his academic work, surviving his wife who died in 1959. He published an autobiography – "My ninety-six years: happenings and thoughts" – in 1975 and died two years later on 16 December 1977 at the age of 98.
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Its central theme is the idea of the
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Swedish. The fourth edition, from 1943, was the first to be translated into English in 1948. Aulén's work gained international recognition and most of his later works were quickly followed by English translations.
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English-speaking theological scenes of the mid-20th century. It was also a via media that largely rejected 19th German liberal thought whilst it simultaneously embraced orthodoxy, though not without criticism.
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He argued that both the other theories put too much emphasis on the work of humanity in the
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235:Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén
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638:Wildman, Wesley J. (1988).
534:Reformation and Catholicity
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