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Tveit is a member of the WCC Faith and Order
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336:"Du ska’ få en dag i mårå". Rettferdiggjering av tru – kva tyder dette sentrale lærepunktet for oss i vår tid? (foredrag Hamar bispedømme), in Luthersk kirketidende 133 21/1998, p. 552-561.
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presented him with the Al-Hussein
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