Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity (3 Vols.)

Explore eight centuries of early Christian history with the award-winning Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity. This edition is translated from Italian and produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, the world's foremost center for patristic studies. This is an unmatched reference material with key insights ranging from ancient cultural backgrounds to Christianity in the Middle Ages.

Review

“This new publication of the classic Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity, with significant revisions, updating and new material, is a major event in the scholarly study of the early church in the English-speaking world. The time is long past when patristics/matristics could be ignored by anyone seriously interested in the Bible, ecumenism or any branch of the theological disciplines. This book is an essential tool for all who pursue such work.”
—Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University and general editor of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture

Features:

Extensive entries covering the ancient world to the middle ages.

Comprehensive entries on the people, places, and ideas of ancient Christianity.

Detailed bibliographies with primary and secondary sources, offering access to in-depth scholarship across numerous disciplines.