The 16 Manliest Beards of Salvation History

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If you want to be a great Christian man, apparently you pretty much have to have a beard. At least a lot of the great ones did!

In no particular order, here are some of salvation history’s greatest beards.

1) St. Anthony the Great

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2) Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I

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3) Moses

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4) St. Peter the Apostle

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5) Jimmy Akin

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/simchafisher/2014/06/25/jimmy-akin-wins-everything/

6) John Calvin

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7) Phil Robertson

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8) The father of the Prodigal Son

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9) St. Augustine

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10) Meno Simmons

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11) These Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

http://beardsandcatholicism.tumblr.com/post/25165964098/franciscan-friars-of-the-renewal

12) St. Paul the Apostle

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13) St. Jerome

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14) St. Francis of Assisi

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15) Elijah the Prophet

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16) And, of course, these guys

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