As a theological dictionary, historical and systematic, the book reflects the latest stage of development of current research on the history of the Church, in its temporal and geographical context. To understand the Christian church in its present appearance and form an opinion about it is essential to have solid knowledge about the continuity, complexity and relativity of ecclesiastical trials over time._x000D_
The approximately three hundred and forty entries in this dictionary contained in 2 volumes provide the reader with key information on many important issues and events in the history of the Church, and are broadly three categories of entries. First, the classical questions in the history of the Church as the "Great Schism" or "exile in Avignon." Second, articles that report on ecclesiastical development in a particular geographic region or country by a synoptic presentation. Finally, systematic articles such as "Empire."_x000D_
A detailed list of integrated inputs facilitates orientation of the reader and allows you to quickly find the information you want._x000D_
The German version of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Church History offers articles in the Lexikon für Theologie classic und Kirche in a revised and updated review under the supervision of Bruno Steimer. Castilian This edition also has the provision or extension of issues related to the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, by Professor Ignasi Fernández Terricabras. Bibliographies of the various inputs have been incorporated into the titles of the recent literature, and this edition also major references speaking to the reader.