This unusual reference includes people, places, things, ideas, phrases ancient and modern, and a chronology of Popes. Its impressive range includes accounts and backgrounds of the books of the Bible, major Christian Feasts, histories of heretical sects, descriptions of cathedrals, composers, artists, and much more. The focus is history but this is an amazing book to browse in any area. A more all encompassing reference than anything else on our shelves. OCT 2005

Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church is the indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. It contains over 6,000 cross-referenced A-Z entries, and offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast and often complex subject, including theology, churches and denominations, patristic scholarship, the bible, the church calendar and its organization, popes, archbishops, saints, and mystics.

In this revision, innumerable small changes have been made to take into account shifts in scholarly opinion, recent developments, such as the Church of England's new prayer book (Common Worship), RC canonizations, ecumenical advances and mergers, and, where possible, statistics. A number of existing articles have been rewritten to reflect new evidence or understanding, for example the Holy Sepulchre entry, and there are a few new articles. Perhaps most significantly, a great number of the bibliographies have been updated.

Established since its first appearance in 1957 as an essential resource for ordinands, clergy, and members of religious orders, ODCC is an invaluable tool for academics, teachers, and students of church history and theology, as well as for the general reader.

A very accurate reference work with short entries (no illustrations). Each entry has brief bibliographical material listed. Covers Roman Catholicism as well. ( )

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