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- ↑ Doctoral Thesis (select pages)
- ↑ Articles by Mark Pretorius [ permanent dead link ] listed on the University of Pretoria website
- 1 2 Conspectus: Archived 2013-12-18 at the Wayback Machine The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary
- ↑ Cymascope, Cymatics - John Stuart Reid
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- ↑ "FAQs". archive.is. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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- ↑ Pretorius, Dr Mark; Lioy, Dr Dan (3 September 2012). The Holy Spirit: A Systemised Study of the Spirit's Person and Work. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781478355526.
- ↑ Masoga, Mogomme; Loubser, Gys; Schutte, Michael; Pretorius, Mark; Narain, Errol; Toit, Cornel Du; Tonsing, Detlev; Bentley, Wessel (16 October 2012). Toit, Cornel Du (ed.). Knowing, Believing, Living in Africa: Perspectives from Science and Religion. Research Institute for Theology and Religion.
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