The Papacy: An Encyclopedia

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Brown, Harold O J | Copyright information

The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. By Philippe Levillain, general editor. 3 vols. New York and London: Routledge, 2002. Vol. 1, xxxiv + 613 pp.; vol. 2, vii + 611 pp.; vol. 3, vii + 380 pp.; $395.

This formidable three-volume set impresses at first sight by its size, its weight, the quality of the materials used, perhaps even by its striking color (lavender), and even more by the list of contributors, which fills six pages with more than two hundred names, all of them persons of competence....

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