Wilfrid John Harrington (born 1927 in Ireland — April 16, 2025) was an Irish Dominican

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

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(STL) degree and

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at the

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, earning a LSS degree,

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

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, Tallaght, at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, 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, and lectured in Scripture at

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and

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. 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.

External links

Wilfrid Harrington, O.P. - Death of Noted Irish Biblical Scholar

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1927 births 2025 deaths Christian clergy from County Cork 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 21st-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish biblical scholars 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 Roman Catholic biblical scholars {{theologian-stub

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