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impact among the Italian people.
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October 12, 2005:
"Statements by Modern-Day Prophets and Apostles on Christopher Columbus,"
"Statements by Christopher Columbus with Spiritual Significance" and the article "A Man Moved Upon by the Spirit" have been added to the
BIOGRAPHIES section.
September 19, 2005:
The article
"Neither Catholic nor Protestant: The Mormon Image in the Torino Newspaper Wars During
the 1850s" has been added to the GENERAL HISTORY page.
2 new articles have been added to the ITALIAN section.
August 21, 2005:
The article "On
the Archaeology of Christian Baptism" has been added to the GENERAL HISTORY page. In this
article several Italian archaeological sites are presented as evidence of the ancient
practice of baptism by immersion.
5 new articles have been added
to the ITALIAN
section.
July 4, 2005:
A "Dictionary of
Italian names and places found in the Holy Bible" and "The Italian Mission
1850-1867" have been added to the Biographies page.
Multiple
entries from the "Dictionary of Italian names and places found in the Holy Bible"
have been added to the Local
History and Biographies
sections.
1 new article has been added to the ITALIAN section.
April 21, 2005:
The articles
"President Hinckley calls on King and Queen of Spain", "A Company of Angels" and
"Cumorah Project International LDS Database:Italy" have been added to the General History pages.
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