Corpus Christianorum
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The Corpus Christianorum (CC) is a major publishing undertaking of the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 publisher Brepols
Brepols
Brepols was once one of the largest printing companies of the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout . Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher...

 devoted to patristic and medieval Latin
Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the liturgical language of the medieval Roman Catholic Church, but also as a language of science, literature, law, and administration. Despite the clerical origin of many of its authors,...

 texts. The principal series are the Series Graeca (CCSG), Series Latina (CCSL), and the Continuatio Mediaevalis (CCCM). There is also a smaller section, the Series Apocryphorum (CCSA), devoted to Apocryphal works, and a collection of autographs, the Autographa Medii Aevi (CCAMA). The principal series are seen in some ways as successors to Migne
Jacques Paul Migne
Jacques Paul Migne was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely-distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.He was born at Saint-Flour, Cantal and studied...

's Patrologia
Patrologia
Patrologia is the Latin for Patrology, the study of the Church Fathers.It is best known as an edited collection of writings by the Christian Church Fathers, produced in 19th century France by J.P...

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