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Atlas zur Kirchengeschichte: die christlichen Kirchen in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 257 mehrfarbige Karten und schematische Darstellungen, Kommentare, ausführliches Register. Hrsg. von Hubert Jedin, Kenneth Scott Latourette und Jochen Martin. Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgelehrter bearb. von Jochen Martin. Freiburg, Herder, 1970. 83+152, xxxviiip. il. maps. LC 70-654350.
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An ecumenical work by an American Protestant and a German Catholic covering the history of all major Christian faiths. The 257 maps and charts are divided by period: early, medieval, and modern. The maps show the spread of the various faiths, diocesan and other boundaries, plans of important cities, religious orders, church governing bodies, etc. The first 83 pages of the work supply commentary and bibliography on the maps. "By far the best general atlas of ecclesiastical history in existence" (Catholic Historical Review, LVIII [October, 1972], p. 464). Index.

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