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Book Title: Homilies On Luke
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Origen
Publication Name: Homilies on Luke : Volume 94
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Publication Year: 1996
Series: Fathers of the Church Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
