F. L. Cross | |
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| Born | Frank Leslie Cross 22 January 1900 Honiton, England |
| Died | 30 December 1968 (aged 68) Oxford, England |
| Notable work | Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (1957) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl and His School[1] (1930) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Patristics |
| School or tradition | High-church Anglicanism[2] |
| Institutions | Christ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.