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James Hastings • SECTION 1135

Section 1135

← A Dictionary of the Bible — Volume 5

. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY, A.D. 1-100.

ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIANITY, A.D. 100-325,

. NICENE AND Post-NICENE CHRISTIANITY, A.D. 325-600. . MEDLM®VAL CHRISTIANITY, A.D. 590-1073. :

. THE GERMAN REFORMATION.

. THE Swiss REFORMATION.

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