File AJ/2 - A Summary of the Principle Evidence for the Truth, Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation

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A Summary of the Principle Evidence for the Truth, Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation

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  • 1816 (Creation)

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1 unbound book handwritten

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This volume was commissioned by Johnston and presumably given by him to the Society.

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"A Summary of the Principle Evidence for the Truth, Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation" by Beilby, Lord Bishop of London, translated Johan Godfried Philips & Cornelius de Saram into "the Chingalese language", commissioned by Alexander Johnston as Prime Justice of the Supreme Court of Indicature in the Island of Ceylon. Sent for translation in 1816.

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  • Sinhala

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