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Libra Esoterica

Lives of the most eminent fathers of the church that flourished in the first four centuries

with an historical account of the state of paganism under the first Christian emperors

Also known as Lives of the most eminent fathers of the church that flourished in the first four centuries; with an historical account of the state of paganism under the first Christian emperors

by William Cave & Henry Cary

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 3 volumes : 23 cm Previously published as: Ecclesiastici "Table of editions referred to": v. 1, p. [iv]-v Includes bibliographical references

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Paganism”. Retained metadata contains “Paganism” in the subtitle, “Paganism” in the alternative title, “Paganism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • Paganism· via Internet Archive
    • Paganism· via Open Library
    • Paganism· in subtitle
    • Paganism· in alternative title
    • Paganism· in subject
    • Paganism· in edition subtitle

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with an historical account of the state of paganism under the first Christian emperors

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1840Oxford : printed by J. Vincent for T. Tegg, London; Oxford : Printed by J. Vincent for T. Tegg, London; Oxford, Printed by J. Vincent for T. Tegg, London; Printed by J. Vincent for T. Tegg, LondonEnglishNo ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Columbia University Libraries
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
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openlibrary-work:OL33059156W
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