The American Ecclesiastical Review was founded in 1889 and was the first American Roman Catholic journal dedicated to theological scholarship. It was published in Philadelphia until 1927, and then housed at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 until it ceased publication in 1975. It was edited by Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton

Joseph Clifford Fenton

Monsignor Joseph Clifford Fenton , a priest of the diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, was professor of fundamental dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of America and editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review...

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Peritus

Peritus is the title given to Roman Catholic theologians who are present to give advice at an ecumenical council. At the most recent council, the Second Vatican Council, some periti accompanied individual bishops or groups of bishops from various countries...

at the Second Vatican Council.