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challenging new argument that high Christology and ¿ rsthand historical
memory go together in this most unique Gospel.Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. 2nd ed. New York:
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countries have substantially altered the prayer book, so those with an interest
in the history of Anglicanism need to go back to older editions.Braaten, Carl E. and Robert W. Jenson, eds. Union with Christ: The
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Finnish scholars, justi¿ cation for Luther does not mean simply that God
imputes Christ’s righteousness to us, but that he gives us Christ so that we
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