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Book Title: The Crisis Of Confidence In The Catholic Church
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Raymond G. Helmick Sj
Publication Name: Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2014
Series: Ecclesiological Investigations Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
