Kelly is an Anglican scholar-priest, author of the highly regarded Early Christian Creeds (Longman, 1972. 3rd ed.) and Early Christian Doc trines (Harper, 1978. rev. ed.). The Dictionary is a chronological listing of popes from Peter (d. c.64) to John Paul II. Entries contain concise yet interesting biographies, followed by brief bibliographies of selected pri mary and secondary sources. Anti popes, men who claimed to be pope but, "rightly or wrongly," were not officially recognized, are included, as is an appendix on Pope Joan, a leg endary female pope. The result is the ideal reference book: Well written and thoroughly indexed, it also ex hibits fine scholarship. Highly rec ommended both for public and theo logical libraries.Myriel Crowley Eykamp, formerly with MIT Libs.

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Review

`Review from previous edition invaluable and much needed' Guardian

`well-researched, extremely well written, and a delightful exercise in its own right...an entertaining read for those of any religion or of none' Church Times

`very much a book to read or browse in as well as one to consult' New York Times

`ought to be on the reference shelf of any civilized person of any faith or none...not merely a dictionary but an agreeable bedside read' Hampstead and Highgate Express