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Pastoral Reflections on St. Augustine’s Ordo Amoris

By: Keith Goad  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2284-7308 | Journal ISSN: 1224-984X
Language: English
Page range: 49 - 63
Published on: Dec 15, 2025
Published by: Emanuel University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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