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The struggle for the national idea preservation as an element of the Greek-Catholic Church activity 为保存民族思想而进行的斗争是希腊天主教会活动的一个组成部分

中国天主教 Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.36059/978-966-397-213-8/32-66

M. Palinchak

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