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A25853 The nevv heresie of the Jesuits publickly maintain'd at Paris in the Colledge of Clermont, by conclusions, printed 12 Decemb., 1661, denounced to all the bishops of France / translated out of the French original.; Nouvelle hérésie des Jésuites. English Arnauld, Antoine, 1612-1694. 1662 (1662) Wing A3730; ESTC R15927 16,007 24

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