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Acosta

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Jose d', a Spanish Jesuit, born about 1539, appointed provincial of the Jesuits in Peru, and died rector of the university of Salamanca, Feb. 15, 1600. He wrote The Natural and Moral History of the Indies (Seville, 1590, 4to); a treatise De Christo Revelato libri novem (Lugd. 1592, 8vo); De Promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros (Cologne, 1596, 8vo).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Acosta'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/acosta.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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