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The Reformation · 1627
On the Truth of the Christian Religion
Hugo Grotius · 1583–1645
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What it is
An apologetic written originally in Dutch verse for sailors, arguing the historical credibility of the gospels for readers who would meet Muslims and Jews on their voyages.
Why it lasted
The most widely translated apologetic of the seventeenth century, printed in Arabic and Malay and carried by traders across the world.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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