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Times getting letters from Greek theologian (7)

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I believe the answer is:

erasmus

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'greek theologian' is the definition.
'erasmus' can be an answer for 'theologian' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'greek' bit.

'times getting letters' is the wordplay.
'times' becomes 'eras' (era is a kind of time).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'letters' becomes 'mus' (mu is a kind of letter).
'eras'+'mus'='ERASMUS'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for erasmus that I've seen before include "Fifteenth to sixteenth century Dutch humanist, use arms (anag.)" , "Dutch mediaeval humanist" , "Desiderius -, fifteenth and sixteenth century Dutch humanist" , "Humanist critical of Church" , "Dutch philosopher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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