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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity.Produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2014. 3 volumes.
For print version locations, see the
UofT Library Catalogue.
The most scholarly English-language dictionary of Christian antiquity with over 3200 signed articles each with an extensive bibliography.
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Dictionary of Early Christian Literature.Edited by Siegmar Dopp and Wilhelm Geerlings.
New York: Crossroad, 2000.
Articles are mostly about individuals (many not found in other dictionaries), but also include specific works and genres of literature. Thorough bibliographies of editions and secondary works in the major Western European languages.
Available online on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
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New Catholic Encyclopedia.2nd edition. Washington, DC: Gale, 2003. 15 volumes
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UofT Library Catalogue.
This work is the major English-language encyclopedia on Catholic topics. It contains some 17,000 articles, each with a bibliography. Unfortunately many of the articles in the 2003/online edition are reprints from the 1967 edition without any updating. Use this work to get an overview of a subject and to see how it can be divided into narrower topics for a paper.
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The Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Encyclopedia Press, 1905-1922.
16 volumes + 2 supplements.
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UofT Library Catalogue.
For over fifty years this work was the chief source of information on the Catholic Church in English-speaking countries. Owing to its length (it has almost twice as many words as the New Catholic Encyclopedia) and its emphasis on historical articles, it is still useful.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium.Edited by Alexander P. Kazhdan.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 3 volumes.
For print version locations, see the
UofT Library Catalogue.
Major survey articles as well as shorter articles on lesser topics covering the Byzantine Empire from the 4th to the 15th centuries. bibliographies emphasizing the best editions of texts and major studies.
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Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia.Edited by Allan D. Fitzgerald.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.
Five hundred articles covering every area of Augustine studies.
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