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- ↑ Moffatt, Samuel H. (1998). A History of Christianity in Asia. Maryknoll, New York: Orbit. p. 71. ISBN 1-57075-162-5.
Moffet, Samuel. A History of Christianity in Asia. Orbis, 1998.
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