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A36956 A vindication of Saint Ignatius (founder of the Society of Jesus) from phanaticism ; and of the Jesuites, from the calumnies laid to their charge in a late book, entitul'd, The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome by William Darrel ... Darrell, William, 1651-1721. 1688 (1688) Wing D270; ESTC R8705 31,024 53

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