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Christ our light: The expectation of seeing god in calvin's theology of the christian life

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Christ our light: The expectation of seeing god in calvin's theology of the christian life. / Card-Hyatt, Carsten.
In: Perichoresis, Vol. 18, No. 1, 01.03.2020, p. 25-40.

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Card-Hyatt, C 2020, 'Christ our light: The expectation of seeing god in calvin's theology of the christian life', Perichoresis, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 25-40. https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0002

APA

Card-Hyatt, C. (2020). Christ our light: The expectation of seeing god in calvin's theology of the christian life. Perichoresis, 18(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0002

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Card-Hyatt C. Christ our light: The expectation of seeing god in calvin's theology of the christian life. Perichoresis. 2020 Mar 1;18(1):25-40. doi: 10.2478/perc-2020-0002

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