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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.

Specialized Theological Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Early Church

Lexikon der christlichen Antike. by Bauer, Johannes B., Manfred Hutter, and Anneliese Felber.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95 .L46 1999 LIB use only
Publication Date: 1999
A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs by David Bercot (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BR66.5.D53 1998 LIB use only
ISBN: 1565633571
Publication Date: 1998-07-01
Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity by Angelo. Di Berardino (General Editor); Thomas C. Oden (Consultant Editor); Joel C. Elowsky (Consultant Editor); James Hoover (Consultant Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BR66.5 .D5813 2014 LIB use only
ISBN: 9780830829439
Publication Date: 2014-02-28
Nuovo dizionario patristico e di antichità cristiane
Call Number: Pius Reference BR66.5 .D58 2006 LIB use only
Publication Date: 2006-2008
The Early Christian World by Philip F. Esler (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BR165 .E17 2017 LIB use only
ISBN: 9781138200074
Publication Date: 2017-08-15
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BR162.2 .E53 1997 LIB use only
ISBN: 9780815316633
Publication Date: 1997-02-01
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium by Alexander P. Kazhdan (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference DF521 .O93 1991 LIB use only
ISBN: 0195046528
Publication Date: 1991-05-02
A Concise Dictionary of Early Christianity by Joseph F. Kelly
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95 .K395 1992 LIB use only
ISBN: 0814655270
Publication Date: 1992-09-01
Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum : Sachwörterbuch zur Auseinandersetzung des Christentums mit der antiken Welt / in Verbindung mit Franz Joseph Dölger und Hans Lietzmann und unter besonderer Mitwirkung von Jan Hendrik Wasznik und Leopold Wenger hera by Klauser, Theodor et al, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR131 .R4 LIB use only
Publication Date: 1950 -
The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology by John Anthony McGuckin
Call Number: Pius Reference BR162.3 .M38 2004 LIB use only
ISBN: 0664223966
Publication Date: 2004-05-21
A dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects and doctrines : being a continuation of "The dictionary of the Bible" by William Smith and Henry Wace, eds.
Call Number: Pius Reference BR95 .S65 2005 use only
Publication Date: 2005?