Enfoques ISSN: 1514-6006 [email protected] Universidad Adventista del Plata Argentina

Kerbs, Raúl PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS: God and Creation Enfoques, vol. XXVI, núm. 1, 2014, pp. 31-55 Universidad Adventista del Plata Libertador San Martín, Argentina

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God and Creation

Raúl Kerbs

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