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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 Ancient Christianity by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 1997
Encyclopedia of Monasticism by Call Number: BL631 .J85 2000 V.1 -2 ReferencePublication Date: 2000
- Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of the Early Church by Call Number: BR66.5 .D5813 1991 V.1-2Publication Date: 1991
New Catholic Encyclopedia by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2002
- 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 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 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