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- 1 2 3 4 Blunt, John Henry (1874). Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties and Schools of Religious Thought. London, Oxford and Cambridge: Rivingtons. pp. 408–9.
- ↑ J.N. Andrews The History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week 4th edition part II Ch XXI Section 2
- ↑ Collectio Rev. Occitan in the Royal Library of Paris, doc. 35, quoted in Dollingers' History of the Sects, Vol 2 p. 375
- ↑ Church History, fifth period, 8, pp. 403,404