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References
- ↑ Leslie Wilfrid Brown, The Kerala United Theological Seminary: a venture in union theological training in South India , Church Missionary Society.
- ↑ Leslie Brown, Three Worlds, One Word: Account of a Mission , Collings, 1981, p.64.
- ↑ M. J. Joseph, Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture in Kerala - Glimpse Of The Past And A Leap Into The Future .
