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Early Church

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
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Call Number: BR162.2 .E53 1997 & Online
Entries cover the period from the life of Jesus to the seventh century, detailing the persons, places, doctrines, practices, liturgy, heresies, and schisms of Christianity.
Encyclopedia of the Early Church
Call Number: BR66.5 .D622 1992
Covers “archaeological, philosophical, linguistic, theological, historical, and geographical topics of the Early Christian Church.”

Medieval Church

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Call Number: D114 .D554
Entries ranging from 500 A.D. to 1500 providing definitions of medieval terms and information on people, events, and concepts of the Middle Ages. Includes bibliography
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Call Number: Electronic Book
Provides 3,000 articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century.

General

Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd ed)
Covers 2,000 years of Christian religion, theology, religious personages, the church and denominations, patristic scholarship, the church calendar and organization, and the Bible
Encyclopedia of Christianity
Call Number: REF BR95 .E8913
Each entry “describes the Christian faith and community as it exists today in its myriad forms and also in its relation to the core apostolic tradition throughout the 2,000 years of Christian history.”
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Scholarly, comprehensive source on Catholic teaching and a wide variety of related topics. Also available in print edition in the Reference section.
Dictionary of Popes
Call Number: Electronic Book
“Presents biographical accounts in chronological order of all the officially recognized popes from St. Peter to Pope Benedict XVI.
Oxford Dictionary of Saints
Call Number: Electronic Book
With 1,700 entries provides “concise accounts of the lives, cults, relationship through patronage, and artistic associations of more than a thousand saints.”

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