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Mattos, P.A. (2018). Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Igreja Universal Do Reino de Deus. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_519-1

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