Apocalypse with Patristic commentary, The punishment of the beast, This manuscript was made around 1800 by the 'Old Believers,' a group of Russian Christians who dissented from the Russian Orthodox Church and were subsequently persecuted and excommunicated. Because their books were often confiscated and they were forbidden to use printing presses, they continued to write important works such as this one by hand

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