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    <publisher>New American Library</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1966</dateIssued>
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    <extent>272 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The author has selected and newly translated the best and most contemporary of the primitive Christian writings. Illustrated with photographs that he took on field trips to the sites of early Christian life, this volume is both an introduction and a guide to a period when the events of the New Testament were a burning presence among men of great faith.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>The Didache -- The epistle of Barnabas -- The shepherd of Hermas -- Pliny's letter to Emperor Trajan -- The apostolic tradition -- Cyprian and the Decian persecution.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">[selected and translated] by Herbert Musurillo.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-267).</note>
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