Visually Inspected by Owner: Hardback, no dust jacket as pictured, no marks in text, binding a little loose. Ships quickly with tracking info. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Authoritative, wide 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 6000 cross-referenced A-Z entries, offers unrivalled coverage of all aspects of this vast often complex subject, from theology; churches denominations; patristic scholarship; the bible; to the church calendar its organization; popes; archbishops; saints 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 mergers, , where possible, statistics. A number of existing articles have been rewritten to reflect new evidence or understanding, for example the Holy Sepulchre entry, there are a few new articles. Perhaps most significantly, a great number of the bibliographies have been updated. Established since its 1st appearance in 1957 as an essential resource for ordinands, clergy members of religious orders, ODCC is an invaluable tool for academics, teachers students of church history theology, as well as for the general reader.