Two Commentaries on the Jacobite Liturgy by George Bishop of the Arab Tribes and Moses Bar Kepha: Together with the Syriac Anaphora of St James and a Document Entitled the Book of Life (Syriac Texts and English Translation)

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by  R. H. Connolly & H. W. Codrington

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TWO COMMENTARIES
ON THE
LITURGY
JACOBITE