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Edmund Burke: He wrote comments upon almost the whole Scripture, and several homilies on the principal festivals of the Church.

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He wrote comments upon almost the whole Scripture, and several homilies on the principal festivals of the Church.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke describes Bede's extensive writings on Scripture and Church festivals.

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