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Martin Luther’s ‘Dream’ Church? It Wasn’t in Europe

By David D. Daniels, Religion News Service
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Oct 30, 2017
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Luther esteemed the Church of Ethiopia because he thought Ethiopia, located far beyond the orbit of the Roman Catholic Church, was the first nation in history to convert to Christianity.

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