About the Author

Dr E. A. Livingstone is the editor of the third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, on which this concise volume is based. She was responsible for the organization of the International Conferences on Patristic Studies from 1971 to 1995 and edited the proceedings. For services to patristic scholarship she was made an MBE.

Reviews

`"Concise" is an apt and accurate description, given the admirable clarity of expression throughout the dictionary.
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Methodist Recorder
`opens up the whole of Christian history, now with a wider vision than ever'
Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury
`an astonishing achievement ... an indispensable, abundant and compulsively readable book'
The Times
`remains absolutely central in its field and will do so for many years to come.
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TLS
`the authoritative standard reference book on the Christian Church
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Christianity