Reference Works
A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers by Call Number: BR66.5 .D53 1998 ReferencePublication Date: 1998
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of the Early Church by
The Encyclopedia of the Early Church is a two-volume reference work providing concise and precise information on all topics concerning the first eight centuries of Christianity. Valuable to historians, archaeologists, philosophers, and philologists as well as theologians, this work extends the knowledge of how Christianity evolved to become the most important influence in the history of Western civilization. Tracing the growth of the church from its tiny beginnings in an upper room to its domin ance of Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa in the eighth century, scholars from many disciplines produced articles ranging from a few sentences to ten thousand words on all the major and most of the minor people, works, ideas, and issues of the formative period of Christianity. The first major encyclopedia to cover the life, thought, and growth of Christianity, this work offers full treatment of doctrines, creeds, and heresies, of iconography and art history, of archaeology and geography, and of monasticism and asceticism.
Call Number: BR66.5 .D5813 1991 V.1-2Publication Date: 1991
New Catholic Encyclopedia by
2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2003
Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2003
- New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Classical World This link opens in a new window
The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History by Call Number: BR95 .W496 2008 V.1 ReferencePublication Date: 2008
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium by
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium is a three-volume, comprehensive dictionary of Byzantine civilization. The first resource of its kind in the field, it features over 5,000 entries written by an international group of eminent Byzantinists covering all aspects of life in the Byzantine world. According to Alexander Kazhdan, editor-in-chief of the Dictionary: "Entries on patriarchy and emperors will coexist with entries on surgery and musical instruments. An entry on the cultivation of grain will not only be connected to entries on agriculture and its economics but on diet, the baking of bread, and the role of bread in this changing society." Major entries treat such topics as agriculture, art, literature, and politics, while shorter entries examine topics that relate to Byzantium such as the history of Kiev and personalities of ancient and biblical history. Each article is followed by a bibliography, and numerous maps, tables, architectural designs, and genealogies reinforce and clarify the text. The new Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium will be the standard research tool and reference work for Byzantinists from graduate students to advanced scholars, and an essential resource for college and school libraries. It will also be an invaluable guide for classicists, Western medieva lists, Islamicists, Slavicists, art historians, religious historians, and scholars of archaeology.
Call Number: DF521 .O93 1991 V.1 -3 ReferencePublication Date: 1991
- Claremont Coptic EncyclopediaThe Coptic Encyclopedia is now available online and is being updated and expanded by the Claremont Graduate University (CGU) School of Religion.
The Coptic Encyclopedia by
Beginning with the first-century teachings of Mark the Evangelist, the founder and first patriarch, the Coptic church was arguably the primary shaper of Christianity until the fifth century. Today, the Copts claim a following of over 30 million, and maintain a strong religious influence in Africa and the Middle East.
Call Number: BX130.5 .C66 1991 V.1-8 ReferencePublication Date: 1991
Dictionnaire de théologie catholique = Dictionary of Catholic Theology
Vacant, Alfred, Eugène Mangenot, and Emile Amann. Dictionnaire de théologie catholique : contenant l'exposé des doctrines de la théologie catholique, leurs preuves et leur histoire. Paris:Letouzey et Ané. The publication year varies.
This French theological dictionary offers in-depth articles on the church fathers and church history.
Below are links to digitized versions of the volumes of this dictionary available in Archive.org.
- v. 1, pt. 1 opens new windowA – Apollinaire
- v. 1, pt. 1 opens new windowAaron – Apollinaire
- v. 1, pt. 2 opens new windowApollinaire de Saint-Thomas – Azzoni
- v. 2, pt. 1 Baader – Cisterciens
- v. 2, pt. 2 opens new windowCajétan – Cisterciens
- v. 3, pt. 2 opens new windowConstantinople (IVe Concile de) – Cyrus
- v. 3, pt. 2 opens new windowClarke – Czepanski
- v. 4 opens new windowDabillon – Démocratie
- v. 4 opens new windowDabillon – Emser
- v. 4, pt. 2 opens new windowDieu – Dogme
- v. 5, pt. 1 opens new windowEnchantement – Fiume
- v. 5, pt. 2 opens new windowEucharistie – Fiume
- v. 6, pt. 1 opens new windowFlacius Illyricus – Géorgie
- v. 6, pt. 2 opens new windowGéorgie – Hizler
- v. 7, pt. 1 opens new windowHobbes – Immunités
- v. 7, pt. 2 opens new windowImpanation – Irvingiens
- v. 8, pt. 1 Iopens new windowsaac – Jeûne
- v. 8, pt. 2 opens new windowJoachim de Flore – Latrie
- v. 9, pt. 1 opens new windowLaubrussel – Lyre
- v. 9, pt. 2 opens new windowMabillon – Marletta
- v. 10, pt. 1 opens new windowMaronite – Messe
- v. 10, pt. 2 opens new windowMesse – Mystique
- v. 11, pt. 1 opens new windowNaasséniens – Ordalies
- v. 11, pt. 2 opens new window Ordéric Vital – Paul (Saint)
- v. 12, pt. 1 opens new windowPaul Iwe – Philopald
- v. 12, pt. 2 opens new windowPhilosophie – Prédestin ation
- v. 13, pt. 1 opens new windowPréexistence – Puy (Archange du)
- v. 13, pt. 2 opens new windowQuadratus – Rosmini
- v. 14, pt. 1 opens new windowRosney – Schneider
- v. 14, pt. 2 opens new windowScholarios – Szczaniecki
- v. 15, pt. 1 opens new windowTabaraud – Trincarella
- v. 15, pt. 2 opens new windowTrinité – Zwinglianisme