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Brian Le Port decided to take a look and see what the Apostolic Fathers have to say about John the Baptist<\/a>. He discovered that it is next to nothing. That is very interesting,\u00a0don\u2019t you think? Any thoughts on why that might be the case?<\/p>\n

I have an idea for a book about John the Baptist, and so I am very interested in exploring this topic and hearing what your thoughts are on it!<\/p>\n

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