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To increase your manuscript's clarity, the editors recommend that you include subheads that divide your essay into sections. Each subhead should start with a Roman numeral and should include a short descriptive phrase. For exmaple, "III. Brooks and the Broad Church".
Church History's house style mandates complete publishing information for all works mentioned in endnotes. On first citation, please include city and state of publication, short form of publisher's name, and date; for example, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1999. Include the full name of university presses; for example, Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1999. You may eliminate the state names for New York, Chicago, Boston, and other large cities, but not for New Haven, Conn.; Cambridge, Mass.; Ithaca, N.Y.; or Princeton, N.J. Also eliminate the state name if the publisher's name includes the state name; for example, Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999.
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Competing Interests
All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article.
Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations.
If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.
Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author 1 is employed at organisation A, Author 2 is on the Board of company B and is a member of organisation C. Author 3 has received grants from company D.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none”.