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The Personalist Basis of the Church's Teaching on Human Sexuality and the Natural Law in the Work of John Paul II. Part II 在约翰保罗二世的工作中，教会关于人类性行为和自然法的教学的人格主义基础。第二部分

Linacre Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1177/00243639231197759

Maria Fedoryka

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