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Elenchus Bibliographicus

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Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses is published in four parts per year by the Faculty of Theology and Canon Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. It covers a range of subdisciplines within the areas of canon law and theology, including moral and pastoral theology, ascetic and mystical theology, fundamental and dogmatic theology, sacramentology and liturgy, canon law, historical theology, the history of religions, and the books of the Bible. Fasc. 1 and Fasc. 4 of each volume contain articles and book reviews, but the combined Fasc. 2-3 contains an index that runs upward of 800 pages. This page will describe how to use this print copy.

Notes on using the Elenchus Bibliographicus:

1. Each year's issue lists items published in the year prior, so that the 2007 issue indexes articles published in 2006.

2. Subject headings are written in Latin, but can be decoded by those who do not know the language, particularly by looking at some English-language entries in each section. Subdisciplines are listed under their broader subject area. Listings within each section are written in the language of the original article.

3. Individual listings are arranged in the following format: Author name last, first. Article title. ---Journal title Volume # (Year) page numbers.

Ex. Blommestijn, Hein. The Mystical Realism of Simone Weil. --- Studies in Spirituality 16 (2006) 181-203.

Book entries are listed similarly.

4. At the end of some entries is a numeric code that looks something like this: --> 80:11626. These symbols refer to items previously listed in Elenchus Bibliographicus, with the first number revealing the volume number and the second referring to the specific entry in that volume. (Entries are consecutively numbered beginning at 1 in each year’s index.) So the number above refers to entry number 11626 in volume 80 of the work. Generally, these codes are attached to book reviews, with arrows pointing back to the published item under review.

5. The back section of the work contains two name indexes: the first is arranged by historical theologians and the second is arranged by authors.

Why should I use this?

The Elenchus Bibliographicus is a valuable source when comprehensiveness is a concern. It is also helpful for looking at one way to arrange theology systematically.