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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, since its first appearance in 1957, has established itself as the indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. This Revised Edition, published in 2005, builds on the unrivalled reputation of the previous editions. Revised and updated, it reflects changes in academic opinion and Church organization.

Benedictine abbey of San Sisto at Piacenza. It has no connection with the *Sistine Chapel. M. Putscher, Raphaels Sixtinische Madonna (Tübingen, 1955). L. Dussler, Raphael: A Critical Catalogue (1971; rev. Eng. It. of work pub. in Munich, 1966), pp. 36–8, with plate 83. (Ger., ‘place in life’). A term used particularly in biblical criticism, to signify the circumstances (most often in the life of a community) in which a particular story, saying, etc., was either created or preserved
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