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- ↑ Bangalore Theological Forum, Volume 33, Division of Research and Post-graduate Studies, United Theological College, 2001.
- 1 2 3 K. M. George, Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999.
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