Christ's Churches Purely Reformed: A Social History of Calvinism

@inproceedings{Kaplan2005ChristsCP,
  title={Christ's Churches Purely Reformed: A Social History of Calvinism},
  author={Benjamin J. Kaplan},
  year={2005}
}
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