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Patristics/Early Church History

This guide identifies resources on patristics and early church history found in Pius XII Memorial Library. The guide is intended for use by both beginning or advanced graduate students and faculty.

General Theological Encyclopedias/Dictionaries

Dictionnaire D'histoire et de Géographie Ecclésiastiques by Alfred Baudrillart; Albert de Meyer; Roger Aubert
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95 .B3 LIB use only

ISBN: 9782706301575

Publication Date: 1912-01-01
Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon by Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz and Traugott Bautz, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR1700.2 .B38 1975 LIB use only
Dictionnaire d'Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie. by Cabrol, Fernand and Henri Leclercq, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95.C2 LIB use only

The most comprehensive, although dated, reference source for early Christian archeology. Covers liturgy, institutions, morals, customs, social and private life, etc. See Johnston, Recent Reference Books, p. 163.
The Encyclopedia of Christianity by Erwin Fahlbusch (Editor); Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Editor); David B. Barrett (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95.E8913 1999 LIB use only

ISBN: 0802824137

Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Realencyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche. by Hauck, Albert, ed.
Call Number: BR95.R424 1896
Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche by Kasper, Walter et al, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95.L48 1993 LIB use only
Theologische Realenzyklopädie. by Krause, Gerhard and Gerhard Muller, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95 .T47 LIB use only

Publication Date: 1977-2007
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by Livingstone, E.A., ed.
Call Number: BR95 .O82 1977

Publication Date: 1977
Dictionnaire de théologie catholique : contenant l'exposé des doctrines de la théologie catholique, leurs preuves et leur histoire by Vacant, A, E. Mangenot and E. Amann, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BX841 .D68 LIB use only

Publication Date: 1930-1950
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique : doctrine et histoire by Viller, M., founding ed. et al.
Call Number: Pius Reference BX841 .D67 use only

Publication Date: 1932-1995.

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Subjects: Theology & Philosophy