''Studia Patristica'' is a

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, academic

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established in 1957 and focused on the study of

patristics Patristics or patrology is the study of the early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. The names derive from the combined forms of Latin ''pater'' and Greek ''patḗr'' (father). The period is generally considered to run from ...

History

The series is the official publication of the Oxford International Conference on Patristic Studies, which was first convened in

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in 1951 under the direction of F. L. Cross. The conference has met at four-year intervals since. Conference papers have been published in the ''Studia Patristica'' since the 1955 conference.

Publishers

The series was initially published by

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. Since volume 15, it has been published annually by

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Expansion of areas of coverage

Since 2011, the series also serves as the official publication of other national and international patristic conferences, including the National Conference on Patristic Studies (Faculty of Divinity,

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) under

Allen Brent The Rev. Prof. Allen Brent is a scholar of early Christian history and literature. He is a Fellow oSt Edmund's College Cambridge, formerly Dean (2012–2013), was an Affiliated Lecturer in thFaculty of Divinity University of Cambridge in 1998– ...

, Thomas Graumann, and Judith Lieu (2009), "The Image of the Perfect Christian in Patristic Thought" Conference at the

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under Taras Khomych, Oleksandra Vakula, and Oleh Kindiy (2009), and the British Patristics Conference in

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in September 2010. Additionally, beginning in 2012, Peeters Publishers has begun publishing the ''Studia Patristica Supplements'', a series of separate

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s on topics related to the field of

Editors

The current

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are: *

Markus Vinzent Markus Vinzent (born 1959) is a historian of religion (specializing in early Christianity, Patristics and Medieval Studies, Historiography, Retromodernity, Religion and Business). He is professor in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at ...

(

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) *

(King's College,London) Past editors have been:

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