Abbreviations and Source References for Ancient African Christians
| J | Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men. Cited by chapter number. |
| G | Gennadius, List of the Authors whom Gennadius added, after the death of the Blessed Jerome. Cited by chapter number. |
| PG | Migne, Jacques Paul, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series graeca (Paris: 1857-1866), 161 volumes. Cited by volume number. |
| PL | Migne, Jacques Paul, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series latina (Paris: 1844-1855), 221 volumes. Cited by volume number. |
| CPG | Geerard, M., ed., Clavis Patrum Graecorum (Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-1987), 5 volumes. Cited by volume number(s). |
| CPL | Dekkers, E., ed., Clavis Patrum Latinorum, 3rd edition (Steenbrugis: Abbatia S. Petri, 1995). Cited by number. |
| TLG | Berkowitz, Luci, and Karl A. Squitier, ed., Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: Canon of Greek Authors and Works, 3rd edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990). Cited by number. |
| Q | Quasten, Johannes, Patrology (Utrecht-Brussels: Spectrum Publishers, 1953-1960), 3 volumes; plus volume 4 (Westminster: Christian Classics, Inc., 1986). Cited by volume number and subdivisions. |
| <P> | Pelikan, Jaroslav, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989), 5 volumes. Cited by volume number. |
| DECL | Dictionary of Early Christian Literature, ed. Siegmar Döpp and Wilhelm Geerlings, translated from the German [Lexikon der antiken christlichen Literatur (1998)] by Matthew O'Connell. (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2000). Cited by page (author). |
| FOTC | The Fathers of the Church. A New Translation. Number 100. St. Jerome. On Illustrious Men. Translated by Thomas P. Halton. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1999. |
| GEEC | Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, ed. E. Ferguson (21997), 2 volumes. Cited by page (author). |
| NIDCC | The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, ed. J. D. Douglas (1974). Cited by page (author). |
| OCD | The Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth (31996). Cited by page (author). |
| ODByz | The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, ed. A. P. Kazhdan (1991), 3 volumes. Cited by page (author). |
| ODCC | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, ed. F. L. Cross (1957). Cited by page. |
| OEEC | Encyclopedia of the Early Church, ed. A. DiBerardino (1992), 2 volumes. Cited by page (author). |
| JECS | Journal of Early Christian Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993--). Cited by volume: page(s) (author). |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies (The University of Chicago Press, 1942--). Cited by volume: page(s) (author). |
| PDS | The Penguin Dictionary of Saints, ed. Donald Attwater (1965). Cited by page. |
| TTH | Translated Texts for Historians (Liverpool University Press, 1986--). Cited by volume number (author/editor). |
