About the Book
The best one-volume reference work on the popes and the papacy in the English language.
This first installment of a new multi-volume library of theological dictionaries makes available for the first time in English the wealth of information from the internationally acclaimed Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche. Edited by Karl Rahner in its second edition and by Walter Kasper in the completely reworked, revised, and updated third edition, the Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche is the most authoritative starting point for information on a wide variety of theological topics. Used around the world by scholars and students of theology, church history, art history, history, sociology, and other areas of interest, these accessible articles offer comprehensive information as well as maps, drawings, and a wealth of bibliographic data, completely updated and adapted for English language publications.
The Dictionary is two dictionaries in one. Part One includes concise biographical entries on the pontificates of all popes and antipopes of historical record; Part Two contains entries on the institutional, canonical, and theological aspects of the papacy. Articles of contemporary interest such as the Holy (Jubilee) Year are also included.