Wikipedia's first sentence called it “catholic church located in ramla the capital city of central district in israel”. Today it says “catholic church located in ramla”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Joseph of Arimathea Church is a Catholic church located in Ramla , the capital city of Central District in Israel . The present church was built in the nineteenth century on a site that Christians claim that is the biblical Arimathea , the hometown of Joseph of Arimathea , a character who, according to the Gospel account, was the owner of the tomb in which the body of Jesus was deposited after the crucifixion . The church is managed by the order of the Franciscans , which has a square bell tower and a painting on the altar attributed to Titian and was donated by the city of Madrid in 1846. Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories . Joseph of Arimathea and the Franciscan Church, Ramla, Israel — by Adina Troper Dayan" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Joseph of Arimathea Church is a Catholic Church located in Ramla the capital city of Central District in Israel . The present church was built in the nineteenth century on a site that Christians claim that is the biblical Arimathea, the hometown of Joseph, a character who, according to the Gospel account, was the owner of the tomb in which the body of Jesus was deposited after the crucifixion . The church is managed by the order of the Franciscans , which has a square bell tower and a painting on the altar attributed to Titian and was donated by the city of Madrid in 1846. Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories . Joseph of Arimathea and the Franciscan Church, Ramla, Israel — by Adina Troper Dayan" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Joseph of Arimathea Church is a Catholic church located in Ramla , the capital city of Central District in Israel . The present church was built in the nineteenth century on a site that Christians claim that is the biblical Arimathea , the hometown of Joseph of Arimathea , a character who, according to the Gospel account, was the owner of the tomb in which the body of Jesus was deposited after the crucifixion . The church is managed by the order of the Franciscans , which has a square bell tower and a painting on the altar attributed to Titian and was donated by the city of Madrid in 1846. Lonely Planet Israel & the Palestinian Territories . Joseph of Arimathea and the Franciscan Church, Ramla, Israel — by Adina Troper Dayan" .
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catholic church located in ramla the capital city of central district in israel
Now
catholic church located in ramla
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