Translations of Early Documents
A Series of texts important for the study of Christian origins. Under the Joint Editorship of the Rev. W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D., and the Rev. Canon G. H. Box, M.A.
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Alexander Souter (tr), Tertullian's Treatises Concerning Prayer and Baptism. S.P.C.K. 1919.
Translated by Alexander Souter, 1919. Transcribed by Roger Pearse, 2002.
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