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The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women

by Laura Swan · 2000

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An introduction to the Sayings, Lives, stories and spirituality of women in the postbiblical, early Christian movement.

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medium · 218 pages

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