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    <title>Reflections on the history of the Abyssinian Orthodox Tewahdo Church</title>
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    <namePart>Semere Habtemariam.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1970-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Africa World Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2017</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2017</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>x, 302 pages ; 20 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction : the Orthodox Tewahdo Church -- Pre-Christianity polytheism and monotheism -- Christianity calls Abyssinia home -- The second evangelization -- From palace to hermitage : the story of King Kaleb -- History of church education and literature -- Church hierarchy and monastic life -- Relations with other religions and denominations.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Semere Habtemariam.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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      <namePart>Ya Ityo|py a  ortodoks taw a|hedo bťa kerestiy an</namePart>
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    <topic>History</topic>
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      <namePart>Ortodoks taw ahedo bťekerstiy an h agara   retr a</namePart>
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    <topic>History</topic>
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    <geographic>Ethiopia</geographic>
    <topic>Church history</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Eritrea</geographic>
    <topic>Church history</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">ETH 281.75 Sem 2017</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781569025680 (pbk)</identifier>
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