Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is the indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. It contains over 6,000 A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject, including:
- theology
- churches and denominations
- patristic scholarship and the Bible
- church calendar and its organization
- popes
- archbishops
- saints
- mystics
Containing scholarly bibliographies and up-to-date statistics wherever possible, this classical reference text was first published in 1957, and is an essential resource for ordinands, clergy, and members of religious orders. It is also an invaluable tool for academics, teachers, students of church history and theology, and the general reader.
The late F. L. Cross was the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church from 1944 to 1968. He was editor of the Patristic Greek Lexicon and initiated the International Conferences on Patristic Studies.
Dr E. A. Livingstone was involved in the first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church and assumed the editorship of the second on the death of F. L. Cross. She was responsible for the organization of the International Conferences on Patristic Studies from 1969 to 1995 and edited the proceedings. For services to patristic scholarship she was made an MBE.
