Submission Guidelines

General Information

The journal Verbum. Catholic Theology Journal (new series) publishes articles in theology and related disciplines. Articles may be written in Romanian, English, or another internationally circulated language.

The article length must be between 20,000 and 80,000 characters, including spaces, footnotes, abstract, and keywords.

Files must be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .odf format and should be submitted via email to the editorial office (wilhelm.tauwinkl@g.unibuc.ro).

 

Article Structure

After the article title and author name, include an abstract in English, up to 600 characters, followed by a few keywords, also in English (regardless of the article’s language). The first footnote must indicate the author’s affiliation, including the full name of the university or institution and the author’s email address.

Articles do not contain a bibliography. At the first citation of a text, all bibliographic details must be provided in a footnote (see below).

 

Text Formatting

Texts should have minimal formatting, leaving the default settings of the word processor (MS Word, Open Office, or others) unchanged. Avoid using the TAB key or multiple spaces for indentation, centering, or aligning text.

Tables and charts should be avoided; if essential, contact the editorial office for further instructions.

Images, if necessary, must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Note that while images may appear in color in the online edition, they will be printed in grayscale in the hardcopy edition.

Headings and subheadings may be formatted using predefined styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.). If this is not possible, they should be marked by leaving blank lines before and after the heading and optionally using a numbering system to indicate the level (e.g., 1., 1.1., 1.1.1.).

Terms may be emphasized using italics, including foreign terms. Do not use underlining or bold type for emphasis.

Greek words should be written either transliterated and italicized or using Greek characters (upright), with breathings and accents. Greek words without diacritics are not accepted, except in citations of manuscripts that lack them. Unicode fonts that include Greek characters are recommended. If unavailable, the author must send the font used along with the article.

For other non-Latin alphabets, terms may be transliterated or written in the original script. For Semitic languages, vocalization is optional. Unicode fonts are recommended; otherwise, the author must provide the font used.

Quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks. Quotations within quotations use single quotation marks, and a third level of quoting (to be avoided if possible) uses French quotation marks (« … »). For articles written in other languages, use the quotation marks standard for that language.

Quotations longer than three lines must be placed in a separate paragraph, indented from the margin and without quotation marks. Use predefined styles such as “Quotationsˮ or “Indent normalˮ where available.