About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The historians working at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow have come up with an idea to establish an international journal promoting knowledge and academic reflection on the history and activity of the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe. None of the Polish universities or institutes has Publisher a journal of such kind until now.

The initiative of establishing the journal has been greatly inspired by the intention of the University founder – John Paul II, who in the foundation act of the University (that time The Pontifical Academy of Theology) expressed his desire for all the scholars associated with the University to make every effort to study the history of the Church with special attention paid to the history of Christianity in Central and Eastern Europe.

It is worth emphasising that the title “Textus et Studia” was chosen and approved for the new academic journal. The intention of the editors is to publish the journal quarterly both in paper and electronic version (with electronic version as the primary one).

ISSN 2300-3839

Peer Review Process

All research, overview and monograph studies are reviewed anonymously by 2 reviewers. The authors and reviewers do not know each other’s identities – the so called “double-blind review process” – in order to avoid compromising the objectiveness of the review. The authors will receive the review together with a request to follow the reviewers' recommendations, apply corrections or make suggested edits. The editorial staff reserve the right to make stylistic correction and edits, also in titles of articles. The author will receive the text with corrections for approval prior to its submission for print. The editorial staff reserves the right to return non-compliant texts to their authors with a request for making necessary changes and corrections.

Open Access Policy

Authors publish under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) license. In this case, authors have a range of rights, including:
•    The right to share or reuse their article in the same ways permitted to third parties under
•    They can "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, but not commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms."
•    Authors retain patent, trademark, and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
•    Authors receive proper attribution and credit for the published work.