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“She said that Jesus Christ had been born in S. Salvador [Mbanza Kongo], which was Bethlehem, [and] that he was baptized in [Mbanza] Nsundi, which was Nazareth.”
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The statement describes a belief that Jesus Christ’s birth and baptism took place in African locations identified with places from the Bible. It equates S. Salvador, or Mbanza Kongo, with Bethlehem, and Mbanza Nsundi with Nazareth. The wording reports what she said; it does not establish these identifications as historical facts.
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- Robert W. Slenes, “Saint Anthony at the Crossroads in Africa and Brazil”
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