Abbreviations in common use or self-evident are not included here. For additional information concerning the works listed, see vol. i., pp. viii.-xx., and the appropriate articles in the body of the work.
| ADB | Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, Leipsic, 1875 sqq., vol. 53, 1907 |
| Adv. | adversus, "against" |
| AJP | American Journal of Philology, Baltimore, 1880 sqq. |
| AJT | American Journal of Theology, Chicago, 1897 sqq. |
| AKR | Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht, Innsbruck, 1857-61, Mainz, 1872 sqq. |
| ALKG | Archiv für Litteratur- und Kirchengeschichte des Mittelalters, Freiburg, 1885 sqq. |
| Am. | American |
| AMA | Abhandlungen der Münchener Akademie, Munich, 1763 sqq. |
| ANF | Ante-Nicene Fathers, American edition by A. Cleveland Coxe, 8 vols., and index, Buffalo, 1887; vol. ix., ed. Allan Menzies, New York, 1897 |
| Apoc. | Apocrypha, apocryphal |
| Apol. | Apologia, Apology |
| Arab. | Arabic |
| Aram. | Aramaic |
| art. | article |
| Art. Schmal. | Schmalkald Articles |
| ASB | Acta sanctorum, ed. J. Bolland and others, Antwerp, 1643 sqq. |
| ASM | Acta sanctorum ordinis S. Benedicti, ed. J. Mabillon, 9 vols., Paris, 1668-1701 |
| Assyr. | Assyrian |
| A. T. | Altes Testament, "Old Testament" |
| Augs. Con. | Augsburg Confession |
| A. V. | Authorized Version (of the English Bible) |
| AZ | Allgemeine Zeitung, Augsburg, Tübingen, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, 1798 sqq. |
| Baldwin, Dictionary | J. M. Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 3 vols. in 4, New York, 1901-05 |
| Benzinger, Archäologie | I. Benzinger, Hebräische Archäologie, 2d ed., Freiburg, 1907 |
| Bertholdt, Einleitung | L. Bertholdt, Historisch-Kritische Einleitung . . . des Alten und Neuen Testaments, 6 vols., Erlangen, 1812-19 |
| BFBS | British and Foreign Bible Society |
| Bingham, Origines | J. Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ, 10 vols., London, 1708-22; new ed., Oxford, 1855 |
| Bouquet, Recueil | M. Bouquet, Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, continued by various hands, 23 vols., Paris, 1738-76 |
| Bower, Popes | Archibald Bower, History of the Popes . . . to 1758, continued by S. H. Cox, 3 vols., Philadelphia, 1845-47 |
| BQR | Baptist Quarterly Review, Philadelphia, 1867 sqq. |
| BRG | See Jaffé |
| Cant. | Canticles, Song of Solomon |
| cap. | caput, "chapter" |
| Ceillier, Auteurs sacrés | R. Ceillier, Histoire des auteurs sacrés et ecclésiastiques, 16 vols. in 17, Paris, 1858-69 |
| Chron. | Chronicon, "Chronicle" |
| I Chron. | I Chronicles |
| II Chron. | II Chronicles |
| CIG | Corpus inscriptionum Græcarum, Berlin, 1825 sqq. |
| CIL | Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Berlin, 1863 sqq. |
| CIS | Corpus inscriptionum Semiticarum, Paris, 1881 sqq. |
| cod. | codex |
| cod. D. | codex Bezæ |
| cod. Theod. | codex Theodosianus |
| Col. | Epistle to the Colossians |
| col., cols. | column, columns |
| Conf. | Confessiones, "Confessions" |
| I Cor. | First Epistle to the Corinthians |
| II Cor. | Second Epistle to the Corinthians |
| COT | See Schrader |
| CQR | The Church Quarterly Review, London, 1875 sqq. |
| CR | Corpus reformatorum, begun at Halle, 1834, vol. lxxxix., Berlin and Leipsic, 1905 sqq. |
| Creighton, Papacy | M. Creighton, A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, new ed., 6 vols., New York and London, 1897 |
| CSEL | Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, Vienna, 1867 sqq. |
| CSHB | Corpus scriptorum historiæ Byzantinæ, 49 vols., Bonn, 1828-78 |
| Currier, Religious Orders | C. W. Currier, History of Religious Orders, New York, 1896 |
| D. | Deuteronomist |
| DACL | F. Cabrol, Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie, Paris, 1903 sqq. |
| Dan. | Daniel |
| DB | J. Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols. and extra vol., Edinburgh and New York, 1898-1904 |
| DCA | W. Smith and S. Cheetham, Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, 2 vols., London, 1875-80 |
| DCB | W. Smith and H. Wace, Dictionary of Christian Biography, 4 vols., Boston, 1877-87 |
| Deut. | Deuteronomy |
| De vir. ill. | De viris illustribus |
| DGQ | See Wattenbach |
| DNB | L. Stephen and S. Lee, Dictionary of National Biography, 63 vols. and supplement 3 vols., London, 1885-1901 |
| Driver, Introduction | S. R. Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament, 5th ed., New York, 1894 |
| E. | Elohist |
| EB | T. K. Cheyne and J. S. Black, Encyclopædia Biblica, 4 vols., London and New York, 1899-1903 |
| Eccl. | Ecclesia, "Church"; ecclesiasticus, "ecclesiastical" |
| Eccles. | Ecclesiastes |
| Ecclus. | Ecclesiasticus |
| ed. | edition; edidit, "edited by" |
| Eph. | Epistle to the Ephesians |
| Epist. | Epistola, Epistolæ, "Epistle," "Epistles" |
| Ersch and Gruber, Encyklopädie | J. S. Ersch and J. G. Gruber, Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Leipsic, 1818 sqq. |
| E. V. | English versions (of the Bible) |
| Ex. | Exodus |
| Ezek. | Ezekiel |
| fasc. | fasciculus |
| Fr | French |
| Friedrich, KD | J. Friedrich, Kirchengeshichte Deutschlands, 2 vols., Bamberg, 1867-69 |
| Fritzsche, Exegetisches Handbuch | O. F. Fritzsche and C. L. W. Grimm, Kurzgefasstes exegetisches Handbuch zu den Apocryphen des Alten Testaments, 6 parts, Zurich, 1851-60 |
| Gal. | Epistle to the Galatians |
| Gams, Series episcoporum | P. B. Gams, Series episcoporum ecclesiæ Catholicæ, Regensburg, 1873, and suppliment, 1886 |
| Gee and Hardy, Documents | H. Gee and W. J. Hardy, Documents Illustrative of English Church History, London, 1896 |
| Gen. | Genesis |
| Germ. | German |
| GGA | Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen, Göttingen, 1824 sqq. |
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| Hab. | Habakkuk |
| Haddan and Stubbs, Councils | A. W. Haddan and W. Stubbs, Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols., Oxford, 1869-78 |
| Hær | Refers to patristic works on heresies or heretics, Tertullian's De præscriptione, the Pros haireseis of Irenæus, the Panarion of Epiphanius, etc. |
| Hag. | Haggai |
| Harduin, Concilia | J. Harduin, Conciliorum collectio regia maxima, 12 vols., Paris, 1715 |
| Harnack, Dogma | A. Harnack, History of Dogma . . . from the 3d German edition, 7 vols., Boston, 1895-1900 |
| Harnack, Litteratur | A. Harnack, Geschichte der altchristlichen Litteratur bis Eusebius, 2 vols. in 3, Leipsic, 1893-1904 |
| Hauck, KD | A. Hauck, Kirchengeschichte Deutschlands, vol. i, Leipsic, 1904; vol. ii., 1900; vol. iii., 1906; vol. iv., 1903 |
| Hauck-Herzog, RE | Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche, founded by J. J. Herzog, 3d ed. by A. Hauck, Leipsic, 1896-1909 sqq. |
| Heb. | Epistle to the Hebrews |
| Hebr. | Hebrew |
| Hefele, Conciliengeschichte | C. J. von Hefele, Conciliengeschichte, continued by J. Hergenröther, vols. i.-vi., viii.-ix., Freiburg, 1883-93 |
| Heimbucher, Orden und Kongregationen | M. Heimbucher, Die Orden und Kongregationen
der katholischen Kirche, 2d ed. 3 vols., Paderborn, 1907 |
| Helyot, Ordres monastiques | P. Helyot, Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militaires, 8 vols., Paris, 1714-19; new ed., 1839-42 |
| Henderson, Documents | E. F. Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages, London, 1892 |
| Hist. | History, histoire, historia |
| Hist. eccl. | Historia ecclesiastica, ecclesiæ, "Church History" |
| Hom. | Homilia, homiliai, "homily, homilies" |
| Hos. | Hosea |
| Isa. | Isaiah |
| Ital. | Italian |
| J | Jahvist (Yahwist) |
| JA | Journal Asiatique, Paris, 1822 sqq. |
| Jaffé, BRG | P. Jaffé, Bibliotheca rerum Germanicarum, 6 vols., Berlin, 1864-73 |
| Jaffé, Regesta | P. Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum . . . ad annum 1198, Berlin, 1851; 2d ed., Leipsic, 1881-88 |
| JAOS | Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven, 1849 sqq. |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, first appeared as Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Middletown, 1882-88, then Boston, 1890 sqq. |
| JE | The Jewish Encyclopedia, 12 vols., New York, 1901-06 |
| JE | The combined narrative of the Jahvist (Yahwist) and Elohist |
| Jer. | Jeremiah |
| Josephus, Ant. | Flavius Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews" |
| Joesphus, Apion | Flavius Josephus, "Against Apion" |
| Josephus, Life | Life of Flavius Josephus |
| Josephus, War | Flavius Josephus, "The Jewish War" |
| Josh. | Joshua |
| JPT | Jahrbücher für protestantische Theologie, Leipsic, 1875 sqq. |
| JQR | The Jewish Quarterly Review, London, 1888 sqq. |
| JRAB. | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1834 sqq. |
| JTS | Journal of Theological Studies, London, 1899 sqq. |
| Julian, Hymnology | J. Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology, revised edition, London, 1907 |
| JWT | Jaarboeken voor Wetenschappelijke Theologie, Utrecht, 1845 sqq. |
| KAT | See Schrader |
| KB | See Schrader |
| KD | See Friedrich Hauck, Rettberg |
| KL | Wetzer und Welte's Kirchenlexikon, 2d ed., by J. Hergenröther and F. Kaulen, 12 vols., Freiburg, 1882-1903 |
| Krüger, History | G. Krüger, History of Early Christian
Literature in the First Three Centuries, New York, 1897. |
| Krumbacher, Geschicte | K. Krumbacher, Geschicte der byzantinischen Litteratur, 2d ed., Munich, 1897 |
| Labbe, Concilia | P. Labbe, Sacrorum concliorum nova et amplissima collectio, 31 vols., Florence and Venice, 1759-98 |
| Lam. | Lamentations |
| Lanigan, Eccl. Hist. | J. Lanigan, Ecclesiastical History of Ireland to the 13th Century, 4 vols., Dublin, 1829. |
| Lat. | Latin, Latinized |
| Leg. | Leges, Legum |
| Lev. | Leviticus |
| Lichtenberger, ESR | F. Lichtenberger, Encyclopédie des sciences religieuses, 13 vols., Paris, 1877-1882 |
| Lorenz, DGQ | O. Lorenz, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter, 3d. ed., Berlin, 1887 |
| LXX. | The Septuagint |
| I Macc. | I Maccabees |
| II Macc. | II Maccabees |
| Mai, Nova collectio | A. Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collectio, 10 vols., Rome, 1825-38 |
| Mal. | Malachi |
| Mann, Popes | R. C. Mann, Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, London, 1902 sqq. |
| Mansi, Concilia | G. D. Mann, Sanctorum conciliorum collectio nova, 31 vols., Florence and Venice, 1728 |
| Matt. | Matthew |
| MGH | Monumenta Germaniæ historica, ed. G. H. Pertz and others, Hanover and Berlin, 1826 sqq. The following abbreviations are used for the sections and subsections of this work: Ant., Antiquitates, "Antiquities"; Auct. ant., Auctores antiquissimi, "Oldest Writers"; Chron. min., Chronica minora, "Lesser Chronicles"; Dip., Diplomata, Diplomas, Documents"; Epist., Epistolæ, "Letters"; Gest. pont., Rom., Gesta pontificum Romanorum, "Deeds of the Popes of Rome"; Leg., Leges, "Laws"; Lib. de Lite, Libelli de lite inter regnum et sacerdotium sæculorum xi. et xii. conscripti, "Books concerning the Strife between the Civil and Ecclesiastical Authorities in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries"; Nec., Necrologia Germaniae, "Necrology of Germany"; Poet. Lat. ævi Car., Poetæ Latini ævi Carolini, "Latin Poets of the Caroline Time"; Poet. Lat. med. ævi. Poetæ Latini medii ævi, Latin Poets of the Middle Ages"; Script., Scriptores, "Writers"; Script. rer. Germ., Scriptores rerum Germanicarum, "Writers on German Subjects"; Script. rer. Langob., Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum, Writers on Lombard and Italian Subjects"; Script. rer. Merov., Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, "Writers on Merovingian Subjects" |
| Mic. | Micah |
| Milman, Latin Christianity | H. H. Milman, History of Latin Christianity,
Including that of the Popes to . . . Nicholas V., 8 vols., London, 1860-61 |
| Mirbt, Quellen | C. Mirbt, Quellen sur Geschicte des Papsttums und des römischen Katholicismus, Tübingen, 1901 |
| MPG | J. P. Migne, Patrologiæ cursus completus, series Græca, 162 vols., Paris, 1857-66 |
| MPL | J. P. Migne, Patrologiæ cursus completus, series Latina, 221 vols., Paris, 1844-64 |
| MS., MSS. | Manuscript, Manuscripts |
| Muratori, Scriptores | L. A. Muratori, Rerum Italicarum scriptores, 28 vols., 1723-51 |
| NA | Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere
deutsche Geschichtskunde, Hanover, 1876 sqq. |
| Nah. | Nahum |
| n.d. | no date of publication |
| Neander, Christian Church | A. Neander, General History of the Christian Religion and Church, 6 vols., and index, Boston, 1872-81 |
| Neh. | Nehemiah |
| Niceron, Mémoires | R. P. Niceron, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres . . . , 43 vols., Paris, 1729-45 |
| NKZ | Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift, Leipsic, 1890 sqq. |
| Nowack, Arcäologie | W. Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie, 2 vols., Freiburg, 1894 |
| n.p. | no place of publication |
| NPNF | The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1st series, 14 vols., New York, 1887-92; 2d series, 14 vols., New York, 1890-1900 |
| N. T. | New Testament, Novum Testamentum, Nouveau Testament, Neues Testament |
| Num. | Numbers |
| Ob. | Obadiah |
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