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A49900 The lives of Clemens Alexandrinus, Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Prudentius, the Christian poet containing an impartial account of their lives and writings, together with several curious observations upon both : also a short history of Pelagianism / written originally in French by Monsieur Le Clerc ; and now translated into English. Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736. 1696 (1696) Wing L820; ESTC R22272 169,983 390

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