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| The relationship between Acts and the letters requires more nuance than perhaps is allowed in a summary treatment of Paul's life. The Centuries (256-79) receive an equally summary treatment with Olson indiscriminately chastising all those who have ever dared to criticize them, from Bellarmine to JeanFrancois Gilmont. Valley residents are treated rudely before the council, and key Valley issues are given summary treatment. |
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