This bibliography lists major reference tools for the study of Church History. All of the works listed are available for use in the Ryan Memorial Library. For detailed information on these works, see the library’s home page at www.scs.edu/library.

Catholic Encyclopedia Ref. BX841 .C19
New Catholic Encyclopedia Ref. BX841 .N44 1967
Encyclopedia of Christianity Ref. BR95 .E8913 1999
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Ref. BR95 .O83 2005
Papacy: An Encyclopedia Ref. BX955.2 .D53 2002
Dictionary of the Popes and the Papacy Ref. BX955.3 .L4913 2001
Oxford Dictionary of Saints Ref. BX4655.8 .F37 1997
Oxford Classical Dictionary Ref. DE5 .O9 1996
Encyclopedia of the Early Church Ref. BR66.5 .D5813 1992
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Ref. BR162.2 .E53 1997
Early Christian World Ref. BR165 .E17 2000
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century Ref. BR95 .D472 1999
Dictionary of Early Christian Literature Ref. BR66.5 .L4813 2000
Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World Ref. DE5 .L29 1999
Dictionary of the Middle Ages Ref. D114 .D5 1982
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation Ref. BR302.8 .O93 1996
Encyclopedia of American Catholic History Ref. BX1406.2 .E53 1997
New Encyclopedia of Christian Martyrs Ref. BR1601.2 .N48 2001
Standard Histories
Handbook of Church History (AKA History of the Church) Ref. BR145.2 .J413
Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity Ref. BR145.2 .O86 1990
A History of Christianity Main BR145.2 .C42 1995
The Christian Centuries Main BR145.2 .C46
A History of the Catholic Church Main BX945 .M72
A History of the Catholic Church Main BX945 .H472
A Summary of Catholic History Main BX948 .E23
Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages Main BX1070 .M3 1979
History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages Main BX 955 P35 1978
The Christian Tradition Main BT 21.2 P43
Selected Primary Sources
Acta Sanctorum Ref. BX4655 .A2 1965
Sacrorum Conciliorum Nova et Amplissima Collectio Ref. BX820 .M41
Corpus Christianorum: Series Latina Ref. BR 60 C49
Corpus Christianorum: Series Graeca Ref. BR 60 C48
Patrologiae Latinae Ref. BR60 .M5
Patrologiae Graecae Ref. BR 60 A6 M5
Documents of the Christian Church Ref. BR141 .B4 1963
A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337 Ref. BR160 .A2 N49 1987
Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church AD 337-461 Ref. BR 160 A2 C74 1989
Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition Ref. BT990 .C64 2003
Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils Ref. BX 825 .A1990
Documents of American Catholic History Ref. BX1405 .E42
Pastoral Letters of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Ref. BX874 .A2 N632
Other Sources
Patrology (Quasten) Ref. BR67 .Q3
U.S. Documents in the Propaganda Fide Archives Ref. BX1405 .A63
Hierarchia Catholica Ref. BX4651 .H46
Papal Pronouncements: A Guide, 1740-1978 Ref. BX850 .C28 1990
Atlas zur Kirchengeschichte Ref. G1046 .E4 A8 1970

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American Catholic Studies
Catholic Historical Review
Christian History
Church History
Downside Review
Eastern Churches Journal
Estudios Ecclesiasticos
Heythrop Journal
Journal of Church and State
Journal of Early Christian Studies
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Journal of the History of Ideas
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Journal of Religious History
Louvain Studies
Mediaeval Studies
Medieval Philosophy and Theology
Patristic and Byzantine Review
Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie medievales
Revue d’Histoire Ecclesiastique
Speculum
U.S. Catholic Historian
Vigiliae Christianae