F. L. Cross

F. L. Cross
Born
Frank Leslie Cross

(1900-01-22)22 January 1900
Honiton, England
Died30 December 1968(1968-12-30) (aged 68)
Oxford, England
Notable workOxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (1957)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Philosophy of Edmund Husserl and His School[1] (1930)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplinePatristics
School or traditionHigh-church Anglicanism[2]
InstitutionsChrist Church, Oxford

Frank Leslie Cross FBA (22 January 1900 – 30 December 1968), usually cited as F. L. Cross, was an English patristics scholar and Anglican priest. He was the founder of the Oxford International Conference on Patristic Studies and editor (with Elizabeth Livingstone) of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (first edition, 1957).[3] He was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1944 to 1968.

  1. ^ Cross, Frank Leslie (1930). The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl and His School, with Especial Reference to Its Bearing on the Philosophy of Religion (doctoral thesis). Oxford: University of Oxford. OCLC 1065325209.
  2. ^ Johnston, William M. (1998). Recent Reference Books in Religion: A Guide for Students, Scholars, Researchers, Buyers & Readers (2nd ed.). Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-57958-035-3.
  3. ^ Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A., eds. (1997). "Frank Leslie Cross". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxvii. ISBN 978-0-19-211655-0.