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A30479 A vindication of the ordinations of the Church of England in which it is demonstrated that all the essentials of ordination, according to the practice of the primitive and Greek churches, are still retained in our Church : in answer to a paper written by one of the Church of Rome to prove the nullity of our orders and given to a Person of Quality / by Gilbert Burnet. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1677 (1677) Wing B5939; ESTC R21679 101,756 245

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