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<api>
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    <allpages gapcontinue="The_Call_of_Democracy" />
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  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="9" ns="0" title="THE HISTORICAL MOVE FROM THE SUPERNATURAL TO A UNIVERSE BASED ON LAWS" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2009-05-09T17:58:50Z" lastrevid="16" counter="3684" length="12538" new="" />
      <page pageid="17" ns="0" title="THE PURPOSE OF LAW AND THE PURPOSE OF RELIGION" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2009-05-09T17:58:50Z" lastrevid="29" counter="4669" length="9665" />
      <page pageid="15" ns="0" title="THE RETURN TO THE COVENANT OF THE PROPHETS" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2009-05-09T17:58:50Z" lastrevid="22" counter="3663" length="16148" new="" />
      <page pageid="5" ns="0" title="THE UNITY OF PROPHECY" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="en" touched="2009-05-11T12:24:00Z" lastrevid="93" counter="6989" length="14381" />
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</api>