Style Sheet for The Pastoral Review

Length:

An article should normally be 2500 words. Please include a brief summary of the article in no more than 30 words.

 Titles:

The title of an article should use capitals for the initial letter of the first word and all major words. Small letters should be used in titles for prepositions, articles and conjunctions.

 Sign – Posting:

Sub-titles should be used through out the article to make it easier for the reader to follow.

 Quotations:

Quotations should be enclosed in single quotation marks, double quotation marks being used for quotations within quotations.Indented quotations are to be used for any quotations over 4 lines or 40 words. Indented quotations may also be used (occasionally) for smaller sections of material that are being highlighted, including one or two lines of poetry.

Use of Italics:

Italics should be used for non-English words, eg. Latin, Greek, Hebrew

For example:

Mark’s rapid pace is exemplified in his regular use of the word ‘immediately’ (euthus in Greek).

He liked to maintain the status quo in everything he did.

Italics should also be used to refer to titles of books or documents, for example:

The document Dialogue and Proclamation further explains that inter-religious dialogue is a specific task of evangelisation.

Jon Sobrino, in his book Jesus the Liberator explains that he writes in the midst of crucifixion, but in the hope of liberation.

Italics can also be used sparingly for emphasis, for example:

The fundamental bedrock of Catholic Social Teaching should be actively safeguarded.

Italics should also be used to designate particular name or brand, for example,

The Diocese of Westminster’s renewal programme At Your Word, Lord has been run over five seasons.

Following the Diocesan Assembly, a follow through team was appointed to ensure the recommendations were put into practice.

Use of Capital Letters

Use capitals at the beginning of sentences, for proper nouns, names and places.
Capitalise Bible, Scripture, Gospel (for 4 Gospels), Epistle, Christology, Holy Spirit etc.
Do not capitalise biblical, scriptural, gospel (preach the gospel), book (in the book of Amos). Pronouns referring to the Deity are not capitalised.
Beware of too much use of capitalisation. Use italics for emphasis, rather than making them into proper nouns when they evidently are not (for example ‘a follow through team was appointed’, rather than ‘a Follow Through Team was appointed’).

Referencing:

Biblical references
Biblical books are spelt out in full, except when chapter and verse number(s) are given – thus Genesis 11, or Genesis 11-12, Gen. 11.1-3. The exception to this is in parentheses in the main text, where the abbreviated form is used, even if only the chapter number is given.
Biblical quotes should be referenced in the main body of the text, using parenthesis – thus, ‘In the beginning was the Word’ (Jn. 1.1)

Please note that a dot rather than a colon is used to separate chapter and verse.

Abbreviations for biblical books in Canonical order:

Gen., Exod., Lev., Num., Deut., Josh., Judg., Ruth, 1 Sam., 2 Sam., 1 Kgs., 2 Kgs., 1 Chron., 2 Chron., Ezra, Neh., Est., Job, Ps., Prov., Ecc., Song, Isa., Jer., Lam., Ezek., Dan., Hos., Joel, Amos, Obad., Jon., Mic., Nah., Zeph., Hag., Zech., Mal.

1Esd., 2 Esd., Tob., Jdt. Add., Est., Wis., Ecclus., Bar., Ep., Jer., Bel., Pr. Man., 1 Macc., 2 Macc.

Mt., Mk., Lk., Jn., Acts, Rom., 1 Cor., 2 Cor., Gal., Eph., Phil., Col., 1 Thess., 1 Tim., 2 Tim., Tit., Phlm., Heb., Jas., 1 Pet., 2 Pet., 1 Jn. 2 Jn., 3 Jn., Jude, Rev.

Church Documents

Church documents should be referenced in the body of the text, using parenthesis. The first time a document is referenced it should be written in full with its abbreviation following it, thus – ‘The Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church…’ (Lumen gentium (LG) 8).

Please note the use of italics for the document, and that the paragraph number is quoted.

The next time the same document is quoted in the same article, its abbreviation and paragraph number should be used, thus – ‘All disciples of Christ are obliged to spread the faith to the best of their ability’ (LG 17).

Other Books/Ideas

All other references should be made as endnotes, which should be limited to no more than ten per article. These should be numbered automatically in the text beginning at ¹ then ² and so on.

Here are some examples of the style of an endnote that references an author:

Donnelly, M., Sixties Britain: Culture, Society & Politics, (Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2005) p.66

Hayes, M.A. (ed) New Religious Movements in the Church: Grass Roots Mission and Evangelisation, (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 2005) p.22

A few other things:

Use CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) rather than AD and BC.

When referring to first and second write:

First… and secondly

For example, first it should be noted that this is the case and secondly, it needs to be put into practice.

Photos:

With every article we try and include some photos. If you have photos that you don’t mind us using (and have no copyright issues) then they would be gratefully received with the article.

Submission of material

Articles should be submitted by the agreed deadline electronically to: hayesm@smuc.ac.uk

The e-mail should also contain:

• Authors full name
• A brief role description (eg. Joe Bloggs is a Priest of the Westminster Diocese and a hospital Chaplain)
• E-mail address, phone number and postal address

Please find attached an article written by Gerald O’Collins for the November/December issue of The Pastoral Review which we offer as a ‘model’ article.