Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
Editor/Author
Di Berardino, Angelo
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-8308-2943-9
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This invaluable reference compiled by top scholars covers 8 centuries of the Christian church and addresses such topics as archaeology, art and architecture, biography, culture, doctrine, ecclesiology, geography, history, philosophy, and theology.
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Table of Contents
- Preface to the Second English Edition
- Preface to the Second Italian Edition (2006)
- Preface to the First Italian Edition (1983)
- A Note on Using the Encyclopedia
- Contributors
- Biblical Abbreviations
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- A
- AARON (iconography)
- ABA (mar) (4th c.)
- ABA I (mar)
- ABADDON (Heb. ǍBADDŌN)
- ABANDONED and EXPOSED CHILDREN
- ABBOT - ABBESS
- ABDIAS of Babylon (late 6th c.)
- ABDON and SENNEN
- ABDUCTION
- ABEL
- ABELITES
- ABERCIUS (late 2nd c.)
- ABGAR
- ABIBUS DOLICHENUS (ABIBUS [HABIB] of DOLICHE) (d. after 435)
- ABITINA, Martyrs of
- ABLABIUS (d. 338)
- ABORTION
- ABRAHAM
- ABRAHAM bar Dashandad (3rd c.)
- ABRAHAM bar Lipeh (7th c.)
- ABRAHAM of Albatanzi
- ABRAHAM of Beth Rabban (6th c.)
- ABRAHAM of Beyt Qiduna (or Qidunaya) (4th c.?)
- ABRAHAM of Clermont (d. ca. 477)
- ABRAHAM of Ephesus
- ABRAHAM of Harran (Mesopotamia), bishop (4th-5th c.)
- ABRAHAM of Kashkar (al-Wasit), *hegumen (d. 586)
- ABRAHAM of Nathpar (d. 570/575)
- ABRAHAM of Pbou (d. ca. 580)
- ABRAHAM the Confessor (d. after 463)
- ABRASAX (Άβρασάξ, transcribed by the Latin authors as Abraxas)
- ABUNDIUS (or Abundantius) of Como (d. 489)
- ACACIANS(oί περί Άκάκιον)
- ACACIUS
- ACACIUS of Beroea (d. ca. 433)
- ACACIUS of Caesarea (d. 365)
- ACACIUS of Constantinople (Acacian schism) (d. 489)
- ACACIUS of Melitene (d. 438/449)
- ACACIUS of Seleucia (d. 496/497)
- ACATHISTUS
- ACCLAMATIONS, Liturgical
- ACCUSATIONS against Christians
- ACEDIA
- ACEPHALI
- ACESIUS (d. after 325)
- ACHAIA
- ACHEIROPOIETA
- ACHILLAS (d. 312)
- ACHILLAS (d. after 324)
- ACHILLEUS (first half 5th c.)
- ACHOLIUS (d. 383)
- ACILIUS GLABRIO (ca. 40-ca. 95)
- ACILIUS SEVERUS (d. after 326)
- ACOEMETAE or Akoimetoi (sleepless ones)
- ACOLUTHIA
- ACROSTICS
- ACTISTETAE
- ACTS AND CANONS, CONCILIAR
- ACTS of the COUNCIL of CAESAREA
- ADAM and EVE
- ADAMANTIUS
- ADAMITAE (Adamiani). *
- ADAMNAN (or Adomnán) (d. 704)
- ADDAI (or Addaeus)
- ADEODATUS (372-389/391)
- ADEODATUS I (or Deusdedit), pope (615-618)
- ADEODATUS II, pope (672-676)
- ADIABENE
- ADIMANTUS the Manichean (3rd c)
- ADOPTIONISTS
- ADULTERY
- AENEAS of Gaza (d. after 518)
- AEON
- AERIUS (300-375)
- AETHICUS of Istria (6th c.?)
- AETHILWALD (d. after 705)
- AETIUS Flavius (ca. 390-454)
- AETIUS of Antioch (d. ca. 365)
- AETIUS of Constantinople (5th c.)
- AFRICA
- AGAPE
- AGAPE, CHIONIA and IRENE (d. 304)
- AGAPETI - AGAPETAE
- AGAPETUS, deacon (ca. 6th c)
- AGAPETUS I, pope (535-536)
- AGATHA (d. 250)
- AGATHANGELOS
- AGATHO, pope (678-681)
- AGATHONICE and companions (d. 161/180)
- AGATHONICUS of Tarsus (5th c.)
- AGDE, Council of
- AGELIUS of Constantinople (d. after 384)
- AGILULF (d. 616)
- AGNELLUS (ca. 486-569)
- AGNES (d. 250)
- AGNOETAE
- AGNUS DEI
- AGRAECIUS (d. ca. 487)
- AGRAPHON
- AGRESTIUS (5th c.)
- AGRICIUS (d. ca. 332)
- AGRIPPA I, or Herod Agrippa (10/9 BC–AD 44)
- AGRIPPA II (ca. 28–ca. 92)
- AGRIPPA CASTOR (2nd c.)
- AGRIPPINUS of Carthage (d. after 220)
- AGRIUSTIA the African (4th-5th c.)
- AIDAN of Lindisfarne (d. 651)
- AILERAN the Wise (d. 665)
- AITHALLA of Edessa (d. 345/348)
- AKSUM (Axum)
- ALARIC I (ca. 370–410)
- ALBAN of Verulamium (d. 303)
- ALBANIA of Caucasus
- ALBINA (4th c.)
- ALDHELM (639–709)
- ALEATORIBUS, De
- ALEPPO (Beroea)
- ALEXANDER I, pope (105–115)
- ALEXANDER of Alexandria (d. 17 April 328)
- ALEXANDER of Antioch
- ALEXANDER of Apamea (d. after 434)
- ALEXANDER of Aphrodisias (2nd-3rd c)
- ALEXANDER of Constantinople (d. 337)
- ALEXANDER of Cyprus (6th c.)
- ALEXANDER of Hierapolis (d. ca. 434)
- ALEXANDER of Jerusalem (d. 250)
- ALEXANDER of Lycopolis (3rd-4th c.)
- ALEXANDER of Thessalonica (d. after 335)
- ALEXANDER SEVERUS (208-235)
- ALEXANDER the Acoemete (d. ca. 430)
- ALEXANDRIA
- ALEXANDRIANS, Letter to the
- ALEXIUS (4th c.)
- ALLEGORY - TYPOLOGY
- ALMACHIUS (or Telemachus) (d. ca. 400)
- ALMS – ALMSGIVING
- ALOGI
- ALPHA and OMEGA
- ALTAR of VICTORY
- ALTERCATIO ADRIANI ET EPICTETI
- ALTERCATIO CONTRA EOS
- ALTERCATIO DE ANIMA
- ALTERCATIO ECCLESIAE ET SYNAGOGAE
- ALTERCATIO HERACLIANI
- ALTERCATIONES
- ALYPIUS (d. after 428)
- AMA (Amma)
- AMANDUS (d. 676-684)
- AMANDUS of Bordeaux (4th-5th c.)
- AMASEA of Pontus (Άμάσεια)
- AMASTRIS (“Αμαστρις)
- AMATORIUM CANTICUM
- AMBROSE (d. ca. 250)
- AMBROSE (4th c.)
- AMBROSE of Milan (337?-397)
- AMBROSIAN LITURGY
- AMBROSIASTER (d. after 384)
- AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS (ca. 335–400)
- AMMON (4th c.)
- AMMON of Adrianople (d. after 394)
- AMMONAS (4th c.)
- AMMONIUS (5th-6th c.)
- AMMONIUS of Alexandria (6th c.)
- AMMONIUS Saccas (2nd-3rd c.)
- AMMONIUS the ALEXANDRIAN (5th-6th c)
- AMMONIUS the MONK (4th c.)
- AMPHILOCHIUS of Iconium (b. 340/345, bishop 373/374–398/404)
- AMPHILOCHIUS of Side (d. 458)
- AMPHION of Epiphania (d. after 325)
- AMPHION of Nicomedia (d. after 338)
- AMULETS
- ANACLETUS (or Cletus), pope (76-88)
- ANAMNESIS (Gk άνάμνησις)
- ANANIAS (apocryphal)
- ANANIAS and SAPPHIRA (iconography)
- ANANIAS of Shirak or Anania Shirakatsi (d. 670)
- ANAPHORA
- ANASTASIA (d. 303?)
- ANASTASIANA
- ANASTASIUS (d. after 658)
- ANASTASIUS, emperor (d. 518)
- ANASTASIUS, poet (6th c.?)
- ANASTASIUS I, pope (399–401)
- ANASTASIUS I of Antioch (d. 598/599)
- ANASTASIUS II, pope (496–498)
- ANASTASIUS II of Antioch (d. 609/610)
- ANASTASIUS MAGUNDAT (d. 628)
- ANASTASIUS of Thessalonica
- ANASTASIUS the Apocrisarius (d. 666)
- ANASTASIUS the Sinaite (640-700)
- ANATHEMA
- ANATOLIUS of Constantinople (d. 458)
- ANATOLIUS of Laodicea (d. ca. 280)
- ANATOLIUS of Laodicea (pseudo)
- ANAZARBUS
- ANCHORITE
- ANCIENT LISTS of CANONICAL BOOKS and APOCRYPHA
- ANCYRA (“Αγκυρα)
- ANDREW, apostle
- ANDREW, apostle (apocryphal)
- ANDREW of Caesarea (6th c.)
- ANDREW of Crete (ca. 660-740)
- ANDREW of Samosata (d. after 444)
- ANEMIUS (d. 382/391)
- ANGEL
- ANGERS, Council of
- ANIANUS (Aignan) of Orleans (d. after 451)
- ANICETUS, pope (155–166)
- ANICIA JULIANA (d. 528)
- ANICIA JULIANA, widow (4th-5th c.)
- ANIMA MUNDI
- ANISIUS (d. 410)
- ANNIANUS, chronicler (4th-5th c.)
- ANNIANUS of Celeda (d. after 419)
- ANNUNCIATION (iconography)
- ANOINTING
- ANOMOIANS – ANOMOIANISM (Anomoeans - Anomoeanism)
- ANONYMI CHILIASTAE IN MATTHEUM 24 FRAGMENTA
- ANONYMOUS (or Antoninus) PLACENTINUS
- ANONYMOUS ANTIMONTANIST
- ANONYMOUS APOLLINARIST TEXTS
- ANONYMOUS ARIANS
- ANONYMOUS GALLUS (5th-6th c.)
- ANONYMOUS of VERONA
- ANONYMOUS SICILIAN
- ANONYMOUS VALESIANUS
- ANTERUS, pope (235–236)
- ANTHIMUS of Constantinople (d. after 548)
- ANTHIMUS of Nicomedia (d. 303)
- ANTHIMUS of Tyana (d. after 379)
- ANTHOLOGIA LATINA
- ANTHOLOGIA PALATINA
- ANTHOLOGIA SALMASIANA
- ANTHONY (6th c.)
- ANTHONY, abbot (251–ca. 335)
- ANTHONY of Choziba (d. after 630)
- ANTHROPOLOGY
- ANTHROPOMORPHISM
- ANTICHRIST
- ANTIDICOMARIANITAE
- ANTILEGOMENON
- ANTIOCH in Caria, Council of
- ANTIOCH of Syria
- ANTIOCHUS CHUZON (5th c.)
- ANTIOCHUS of Ptolemais (d. after 404)
- ANTIOCHUS Strategius (d. after 620)
- ANTIPATER of Bostra (5th c.), saint
- ANTITHESIS
- ANTITRINITARIANISM
- ANTONINUS PIUS (86-161)
- ANULINUS (first half 4th c.)
- APAMEA
- APATHEIA
- APELLES (2nd c.)
- APHRAATES (Aphrahat) (270?-345?)
- APHTHARTODOCETISM
- APIARIUS of Sicca (d. after 425)
- APION (2nd c.)
- APOCALYPSE
- APOCALYPSES (apocryphal)
- APOCATASTASIS
- APOCRISARIUS (or aprocrisiarius)
- APOCRYPHA
- APOCRYPHA, PETRINE
- APOCRYPHA IN EASTERN LANGUAGES
- APOCRYPHA of the OT, Christian and Christianized
- APOKATASTASIS (apocatastasis)
- APOLLINARIS the Elder (d. after 362)
- APOLLINARIS of Hierapolis (2nd c.)
- APOLLINARIS of Laodicea (d. 392) – APOLLINARIANISM
- APOLLINARIS of Ravenna (2nd-3rd c.)
- APOLLINARIS of Valence (d. after 523)
- APOLLONIA (d. 249)
- APOLLONIUS (d. ca. 185)
- APOLLONIUS of Ephesus (late 2nd-early 3rd(?) c.)
- APOLLONIUS of Tyana (4–96)
- APOLOGISTS - APOLOGETIC (general characteristics)
- APONIUS (6th c.)
- APOPHTHEGMATA PATRUM
- APOSTASY – APOSTATES
- APOSTLE – APOSTOLATE
- APOSTLES
- APOSTLES’ CREED (for professions of faith in general, see Creeds and Confessions of Faith)
- APOSTOLIC CANONS, The 85
- APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS
- APOSTOLIC SEE
- APOSTOLIC TRADITION
- APOSTOLICI
- APOSTOLICITY
- APOTHEOSIS
- APRINGIUS of Beja (mid-6th c.)
- AQUARIANS
- AQUILA, Acts of
- AQUILEIA
- AQUINCUM
- ARABIA
- ARABIAN HERESY
- ARATOR (d. ca. 550)
- ARBELA
- ARBELA, Chronicle of
- ARCADIUS, emperor (377–408)
- ARCADIUS of Cyprus (d. ca. 640)
- ARCHAEOLOGY, CHRISTIAN
- ARCHAEUS the African (2nd c.)
- ARCHBISHOP (αρχιεπίσκοπος)
- ARCHDEACON (άρχιδιάκονος)
- ARCHDEACON, ROMAN
- ARCHELAUS of Carcara (3rd c.)
- ARCHIDAMUS (4th c.)
- ARCHIMANDRITE
- ARCHONTICS. (Archontici)
- ARCHPRIEST
- ARETHAS (6th c.)
- ARGUMENTATION, PATRISTIC
- ARIOMANITAE (Άρειομανίται)
- ARISTEAS, Letter of
- ARISTIDES (2nd c.)
- ARISTION (1st-2nd c.)
- ARISTO of Pella (2nd c.)
- ARISTOLAUS the Tribune (5th c.)
- ARISTOTELIANISM
- ARIUS - ARIANISM
- ARLES
- ARMENIA
- ARMENIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE
- ARMENIAN RITE
- ARNOBIUS of Sicca (3rd-4th c.)
- ARNOBIUS the Younger (d. after 455)
- ARSACIUS (d. 405)
- ARSENIUS of Hypselis (d. after 335)
- ARSENIUS the Great (d. ca. 449)
- ARTAXATA (Artashat)
- ARTEMON (or Artemas) (3rd c.)
- ARTHEMIUS (d. 362)
- ARTOTYRITAE
- ASARBUS (d. 385)
- ASCENSION
- ASCENSION of ISAIAH (apocryphal)
- ASCESIS - ASCETIC
- ASCETERIUM
- ASCITAE - ASCODRUGITAE
- ASCLEPAS of Gaza (d. after 343)
- ASCLEPIAS of Antioch (d. 218)
- ASCLEPIODOTUS (or Asclepias)
- ASCLEPIUS
- ASHTISHAT
- ASIA
- ASIA MINOR (archaeology)
- ASIATIC CULTURE
- ASSEMBLY
- ASSUMPTION
- ASTERIUS of Amasea (bishop 378/395–400/431)
- ASTERIUS of Ansedunum
- ASTERIUS of Arabia (*Petra) (d. after 362)
- ASTERIUS the Sophist (4th c.)
- ASTERIUS TURCIUS RUFUS (d. after 494)
- ASTROLOGY
- ASYLUM, Right of
- ATARAXIA
- ATARBIUS (d. ca. 381)
- ATHANASIUS GAMMAL (d. 630/631)
- ATHANASIUS of Alexandria (295/300–373)
- ATHANASIUS of Anazarbus (4th c.)
- ATHANASIUS of Ancyra (d. 369/370)
- ATHEISM, Accusation of
- ATHENAGORAS
- ATHENODORUS (3rd c.)
- ATHENS
- ATHLETA CHRISTI
- ATTICUS (d. 425)
- ATTILA (ca. 400-453)
- AUDENTIUS (d. ca. 395)
- AUDIANI
- AUDIENTIA EPISCOPALIS
- AUDITE OMNES AMANTES
- AUGUSTALIS the African
- AUGUSTINE of Aquileia (408-434)
- AUGUSTINE of Canterbury (d. 604)
- AUGUSTINE of Hippo(354–430)
- AUGUSTINIANISM
- AUGUSTINUS HIBERNICUS (7th c.)
- AUGUSTUS, emperor (63 BC–AD 14)
- AUNACARIUS of Auxerre (b. before 540/d. before 605)
- AURASIUS of Toledo (d. 615)
- AURELIAN, emperor (d. 275)
- AURELIAN of Arles (523–551)
- AURELIUS of Carthage (d. 427)
- AUSONIUS (d. ca. 395)
- AUSPICIUS of Toul (d. 487/490)
- AUTHARI (560 ca.–590)
- AUTHORITY, Ecclesiastical
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- AUTUN
- AUXENTIUS of Durostorum (d. 386)
- AUXENTIUS of Milan (d. 374)
- AVE PHOENICE, De (early 4th c.)
- AVITUS of Braga (d. after 418)
- AVITUS of Piacenza (d. ca. 457)
- AVITUS of Vienne (d. 518)
- AXIOPOLIS (Hinog, Cernavoda, Romania)
- B
- BAALBEK ORACLE
- BABAI bar Nesibnaye the Less (d. 628/629)
- BABAI of Gbilta
- BABAI the Great
- BABYLAS of Antioch (d. 251)
- BACCHYLLUS
- BACHIARIUS (d. 425)
- BAETICA
- BALAAM (iconography)
- BALAI
- BALEARI
- BAPTISM
- BARBARUS SCALIGERI
- BARBELO-GNOSTICS
- BARCELONA
- BARDESANES (Bardaisan) of Edessa (154–222)
- BARHADBESHABBA
- BARLAAM (d. 303?)
- BARLAAM and JOSEPH, Life of (8th c.)
- BARNABAS (1st c.)
- BARNABAS, apostle (apocryphal)
- BARNABAS, Epistle of
- BARSABAS of Jerusalem (2nd c.)
- BARSANUPHIUS (d. after 540) and JOHN of Gaza (d. 542)
- BARSAUMA (d. 458)
- BARSAUMA of Karka of Beth Slok (d. after 630)
- BARSAUMA of Nisibis (415?–490/496)
- BARTHOLOMEW, apostle
- BARTHOLOMEW (patristics and apocrypha)
- BASIL, archimandrite (d. after 434)
- BASIL, Liturgy of Saint (CPG 2905/CPG Suppl. 2905)
- BASIL and EMMELIA (4th c.)
- BASIL of Ancyra (4th c.)
- BASIL of Caesarea in Cappadocia (Basil the Great) (ca. 330–379)
- BASIL of Cilicia (first half of 6th c.)
- BASIL of Seleucia
- BASIL the Great (pseudo)
- BASILIAD
- BASILIDES (2nd c.)
- BASILIDES of Pentapolis (3rd c.)
- BASILISCUS
- BASSIANUS of Ephesus (mid-5th c.)
- BASSIANUS of Lodi (d. 409)
- BAUDONIVIA (late 6th–early 7th c.)
- BEATITUDE
- BEATITUDES
- BEATUS of Liebana (8th c.)
- BEDE the Venerable (d. 735)
- BELISARIUS (ca. 500-565)
- BELISARIUS Scholasticus (5th c.)
- BELLATOR
- BENEDICT I, pope (575-579)
- BENEDICT II, pope (684-685)
- BENEDICT BISCOP (ca. 628-690), saint
- BENEDICT of Nursia (ca. 480-ca. 560)
- BENEVOLUS (late 4th c.)
- BENJAMIN of Alexandria (d. 665)
- BERYLLUS of Bostra (d. after 240)
- BESA (d. 474)
- BESANCON, Council of
- BETH ADRAI, Council of
- BETH LAPAT, Council of (or Bêt Lapat; in Persian Gundaisabur or Gondisapor)
- BETHLEHEM
- BEZIERS, Council of
- BIAGIUS
- BIBIANA (4th c.)
- BIBLE
- BINITARIANISM
- BIOGRAPHY
- BIRTH
- BIRTHDAY (dies natalis)
- BISHOP
- BITHYNIA and PONTUS
- BLANDINA (2nd c.)
- BLASTUS
- BLASTUS (2nd c.)
- BLESILLA (2nd half 4th c.)
- BLESSING
- BLOOD
- BODY
- BOETHIUS (d. ca. 525)
- BONIFACE (ca. 675-754)
- BONIFACE I, pope (418-422)
- BONIFACE II, pope (530-532)
- BONIFACE III, pope (607)
- BONIFACE IV, pope (608-615)
- BONIFACE V, pope (619–625)
- BONIFACIUS, primicerius notariorum
- BONIFACIUS Comes (d. 432)
- BONO PUDICITIAE, De
- BONOSUS (d. ca. 390)
- BONOSUS and MAXIMILIAN, martyrs
- BOOK
- BOOK OF ARMAGH
- BOOK OF LIFE
- BOOK on the INFANCY (Latin)
- BORBORIANI
- BORDEAUX
- BOSTRA (BOSRA)
- BRAGA (Portugal)
- BRAULIO of Saragossa (d. 651)
- BREAD
- BRENDAN (6th c.)
- BREVIARIUM APOSTOLORUM
- BREVIARIUM HIPPONENSE
- BREVIARIUM IN PSALMOS
- BREVIARIUM SYRIACUM (or Martyrologium Syriacum).
- BREVIARIUS DE HIEROSOLYMA
- BRIGID of Kildare (5th c.)
- BRITAIN
- BRITAIN and IRELAND
- BROTHER/SISTER
- BURGUNDIANS
- BYZACENA, Councils of
- BYZANTINE LITURGY
- BYZANTIUM - BYZANTINES
- C
- CAECILIAN (4th c.)
- CAEDMON (7th c.)
- CAENA CYPRIANI
- CAESAREA in Cappadocia
- CAESAREA in Mauretania
- CAESAREA in Palestine
- CAESARIA the Elder (ca. 465-524)
- CAESARIA the Younger
- CAESARIUS of Arles (ca. 470–543)
- CAESARIUS of Nazianzus (ca. 335-369)
- CAESARIUS of Nazianzus (pseudo) (d. ca. 550)
- CAESAROPAPISM
- CAINITES
- CAIUS (or Gaius), pope (283-296)
- CALCIDIUS (4th c.)
- CALDONIUS
- CALENDAR
- CALIGULA (12–41)
- CALLATIS (Mangalia, district of Constanta, Romania)
- CALLINICUS (d. after 450)
- CALLINICUS (Nicephorium)
- CALLINICUS I, patriarch
- CALLINICUS of Pelusium
- CALLISTUS I, pope (217–222)
- CANDIDIANUS Comes
- CANDIDUS the Arian (4th c.)
- CANDIDUS the Valentinian (3rd c.)
- CANON, MURATORIAN (Muratorian Fragment)
- CANON, ROMAN
- CANONES ADOMNANI (7th c.)
- CANONES HIBERNENSES (mid 7th c.)
- CANONICAL - CANON
- CANONICAL BOOKS
- CANONICAL COLLECTIONS
- CANONS, NİCENE (pseudo)
- CANONS of HIPPOLYTUS
- CANTERBURY
- CANTICLE of CANTICLES
- CAPPADOCIA
- CAPREOLUS
- CAPSA
- CAPUA
- CARACALLA (186-217)
- CARMEN ad Deum post conversionem et baptismum suum
- CARMEN ad Flavium Felicem de resurrectione mortuorum (incipit: Qui[s] mihi ruricolas optabit)
- CARMEN ad quendam senatorem (late 4th c.?)
- CARMEN adversus marcionitas
- CARMEN adversus paganos
- CARMEN de ingratis (429-430)
- CARMEN de passione Domini
- CARMEN de Providentia
- CARMEN de synodo Ticinensi
- CARMEN FIGURATUM
- CARPOCRATES (2nd c.)
- CARPOPHORUS, M. AURELIUS (2nd-3rd c.)
- CARTERIUS (late 4th c.)
- CARTHAGE
- CARTHAGINENSIS
- CASSIAN of Imola
- CASSIODORUS (Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus), senator (ca. 490–ca. 585)
- CASTING LOTS for JESUS’ CLOTHING (iconography)
- CATAPHRYGIANS
- CATECHESIS
- Introduction
- CATECHUMENATE – DISCIPLESHIP
- CATENAE, BIBLICAL
- CATHEDRA
- CATHERINE of Alexandria
- CATHOLIC
- CATHOLICOS (Katholikos)
- CAVERN of TREASURES (CAVERNA THESAURORUM)
- CECILIA, martyr
- CECROPIUS of Nicomedia (d. 358)
- CELESTINE I (d. 432)
- CELESTIUS (1st half of 5th c.)
- CELIBACY of the CLERGY
- CELL
- CELLANUS of Perrona (d. 706)
- CELSUS (2nd c.)
- CELSUS (3rd c.)
- CELTIC
- CELTIC LITURGY
- CEMETERY
- CENOBIUM – CENOBITE (also Coenobium – Coenobite)
- CENTESIMA, SEXAGESIMA, TRICESIMA, De
- CENTO
- CEOLFRITH (642–716)
- CERDO
- CEREALIS
- CERINTHUS – CERINTHIANS (1st-2nd c.)
- CHAD (Ceadda) (d. 672)
- CHALCEDON
- CHALCIS (Chalcis ad Belum)
- CHALICE
- CHANT and ANTIPHON
- CHARISMS
- CHARITO
- CHASTITY
- CHILD
- CHILPERIC I, king (530–584)
- CHINA
- CHLOTHAR I, king (d. 561)
- CHLOTHAR II, king (584–629)
- CHORBISHOP (chorepiscopus)
- CHOSROES, kings
- CHRISTIAN – CHRISTIANITY
- CHRISTIANITY and CLASSICAL CULTURE
- CHRISTIANS and JEWS
- CHRISTOLOGY
- CHRISTOPHER, martyr
- CHRISTUS PATIENS
- CHRODOBERT, duke (d. 674)
- CHROMATIUS of Aquileia (335/340–407)
- CHRONICLE of Edessa
- CHRONICON PASCHALE
- CHRONOGRAPHUS ANONYMUS
- CHRONOGRAPHY – CHRONOLOGY
- CHRONOGRAPHY of 354
- CHRYSIPPUS (ca. 410–479)
- CHRYSOGONUS, martyr
- CHRYSOSTOM
- CHURCH and EMPIRE
- CHURCH BUILDINGS
- CILICIA
- CIRCUMCELLIONS
- CIRCUMCISION
- CIRTA (present-day Constantine)
- CIRTA, Council of
- CITIZENSHIP, Roman
- CLAUDIAN, poet (ca. 370–early 5th c.)
- CLAUDIANUS MAMERTUS (ca. 420/430–474)
- CLAUDIUS, abbot (7th-8th c.)
- CLAUDIUS, emperor (10–54)
- CLAUDIUS II Gothicus, emperor (ca. 214–270)
- CLAUDIUS MARIUS VICTORIUS (1st half of 5th c.)
- CLAUSULA and CURSUS
- CLEMENT of Alexandria (150–ca. 215)
- CLEMENT of Rome, Letters of
- CLEMENTINES (pseudo)
- CLEOMENES
- CLERGY
- CLERICS of VERDUN (5th c.)
- CLERICS, Immunities and Privileges of
- CLINICUS
- CLOTHING
- CLOTILDE, saint (ca. 474–544/548)
- CLOVIS, king (466–511)
- CODEX APIARII CAUSAE (or Gesta de nomine Apiarii: CCL 149,98-148)
- CODEX JUSTINIANUS
- CODEX of VISIONS
- CODEX THEODOSIANUS
- COGITOSUS (Toimtenach), monk (7th c.)
- COLLATIO ALEXANDRI ET DINDIMI
- COLLATIO CUM DONATISTIS
- COLLATIO LEGUM
- COLLECT
- COLLUCIANISTS
- COLLUTHUS (mid-6th c.)
- COLLUTHUS of Alexandria (4th c.)
- COLLYRIDIANI
- COLMANUS (Colman) (7th c.)
- COLOGNE
- COLOR, SYMBOLISM and LITURGY
- COLOSSEUM (COLISEUM), Flavian amphitheater
- COLUMBA, abbot (521–597)
- COLUMBANUS (ca. 543–615)
- COMBAT (iconography)
- COMMENTARIES, Biblical
- COMMODIAN
- COMMODUS (161–192)
- COMMUNICATION, Written
- COMMUNION
- COMPUTI (apocryphal)
- COMPUTUS DE PASCHA
- COMPUTUS, ECCLESIASTICAL
- CONANTIUS of PALENCIA (d. 638/639)
- CONCORDIA
- CONCUBINAGE
- CONFESSOR
- CONFIRMATION
- CONON, bishop (6th c.)
- CONON, martyr (3rd c.)
- CONON, pope (686–687)
- CONSCIENCE, Freedom of
- CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION (to military service)
- CONSENTIUS (d. after 420)
- CONSOLATIO
- CONSTANS I, emperor (d. 350)
- CONSTANS II, emperor (d. 668)
- CONSTANTIA (d. 330)
- CONSTANTIA or Constantina (d. 354)
- CONSTANTINE
- CONSTANTINE I, emperor (271/273–337)
- CONSTANTINE II, emperor (d. 340)
- CONSTANTINE III, emperor
- CONSTANTINE of Laodicea
- CONSTANTINE of Siout (d. 640)
- CONSTANTINOPLE (Istanbul)
- CONSTANTIUS I, CHLORUS, emperor (d. 306)
- CONSTANTIUS II, emperor (d. 361)
- CONSTANTIUS III, emperor (d. 421)
- CONSTANTIUS of Aquino (6th c.)
- CONSTANTIUS of Lyons (5th c.)
- CONSTANTIUS tractarian (early 5th c.)
- CONSTITUTIONS of HIPPOLYTUS (epitome)
- CONSULTATIONES ZACCHAEI ET APOLLONII
- CONTEMPLATION
- CONTINENTES
- CONTINUATIO ANTIOCHIENSIS EUSEBII
- CONTRA ORIGENEM DE VISIONE ISAIAE
- CONVERSION – CONVERTS
- COPTIC
- CORICIUS (Χορικιος) (6th c.)
- CORINTH
- CORIPPUS, Flavius Cresconius (6th c.)
- CORNELIUS I, pope (251–253)
- CORNELIUS the CENTURIAN
- CORNERSTONE
- CORPUS
- CORSICA
- COSMAS and DAMIAN, doctors, martyrs, thaumaturges (3rd-4th c.)
- COSMAS Indicopleustes
- COSMAS of Maiuma (674/676–751/752)
- COSMAS the Monk (or Cosmas the Elder) (7th-8th c.)
- COSMAS Vestitor (after 750; Βεστητωρ4designates an employee of the imperial wardrobe)
- COSMOCRATOR/KOSMOKRATOR
- COSMOPOLITANISM
- COSMOS (Kosmos)
- COUNCIL
- CREATION
- CREATION (double)
- CREEDS and CONFESSIONS of FAITH
- CRESCONIUS
- CRESCONIUS, canonist (6th c.)
- CRETE
- CRIMEN laesae romanae religionis
- CRIMEN maiestatis imminutae
- CRISPINA (d. 304)
- CRISPINUS and CRISPINIANUS, martyrs
- CRITICAL EDITION
- CROSS – CRUCIFIX
- CROWN
- CRYPTOGRAPHY
- CUBICULARIUS
- CUMMIAN (d. 662)
- CURA SANITATIS TIBERII
- CURSUS PUBLICUS
- CUTHBERT, saint (Cuthbertus, ca. 634–20 March 687)
- CYPRIAN, poet (4th-5th c.)
- CYPRIAN, presbyter (4th-5th c.)
- CYPRIAN of Antioch
- CYPRIAN of Carthage (d. 258)
- CYPRIAN of Toulon (d. before 549)
- CYPRUS
- CYRIACUS
- CYRIACUS of al-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)
- CYRIL CELER (early 4th c.)
- CYRIL of Alexandria (370/380–444)
- CYRIL of Jerusalem (ca. 315–ca. 387)
- CYRIL of Jerusalem (pseudo) (7th-8th c.)
- CYRIL of Scythopolis (ca. 525–after 557)
- CYRILLONA (Qurillona)
- CYRUS of Alexandria (d. 642)
- CYRUS of Edessa (mid-6th c.)
- CYRUS of Panopolis (d. ca. 457)
- CYRUS of Tyana (6th c.)
- D
- DACIA TRAIANA
- DADISHO’ of Beth Qatraya (7th c.)
- DALMATIA
- DALMATIUS, monk (d. ca. 440)
- DALMATIUS of Cyzicus (5th c.)
- DAMASCIUS (d. after 538)
- DAMASCUS
- DAMASUS
- DAMIAN of Alexandria (d. 605)
- DAMIAN of Pavia (late 7th c.)
- DAMNATIO AD BESTIAS
- DAMNATIO AD METALLA
- DANCE
- DANIEL
- DANIEL (d. 744)
- DANIEL bar Maryam
- DANIEL of Salah (6th c.)
- DANIEL of Scete (6th c.?)
- DANIEL the Stylite (d. 493)
- DASIUS
- DAVID
- DAVID of Wales (d. ca. 601)
- DAVID the Armenian
- DEACONESSES
- DEAD, Ceremonies for the
- DEATH
- DECALOGUE
- DECENTIUS of Gubbio (d. after 416)
- DECIUS, emperor (d. 251)
- DECRETUM GELASIANUM
- DEDICATION of CHURCHES
- DEDICATION, Council of the
- DEFENSOR
- DEFENSOR, monk (d. after 700)
- DELPHINUS of Bordeaux (d. 403/404)
- DEMETRIAN of Antioch, saint (3rd c.)
- DEMETRIAS (d. 460?)
- DEMETRIUS MEGALOMARTYR (d. 306?)
- DEMETRIUS of Alexandria (d. 232)
- DEMETRIUS of Antioch (pseudo) (6th c.?)
- DEMON
- DEMOPHILUS of Constantinople (d. 387)
- DENDRITAE
- DEO GRATIAS
- DEO LAUDES
- DEOGRATIAS (d. 457)
- DEPOSITIO AD SANCTOS
- DEPOSITIO EPISCOPORUM - DEPOSITIO MARTYRUM
- DESCENT into HELL
- DESCENT into HELL (apocryphal)
- DESERT
- DESIDERIUS of Cahors (d. 650)
- DEUS TUORUM MILITUM
- DEUSDEDIT (d. 664)
- DEVOTION - DEVOTIONS
- DEXTER, Nummius Aemilianus (2nd half 4th c.)
- DIACONATE (minor ministries)
- DIACRINOMENI
- DIADOCHUS of Photice
- DIAKONIA - DIACONATE
- DIALOGI DE SANCTA TRINITATE IV-V
- DIALOGUE
- DIALOGUE of a MONTANIST with an ORTHODOX
- DIALOGUES of JESUS (apocryphal)
- DIALOGUS SUB NOMINE HIERONYMI ET AUGUSTINI
- DIATESSARON
- DICTINIUS
- DIDACHE
- DIDASCALIA APOSTOLORUM
- DIDASKALEION
- DIDASKALOS
- DIDYMUS the BLIND of Alexandria (313–398)
- DIGAMY
- DIOCLETIAN, emperor (d. ca. 313)
- DIODORE of Tarsus (d. before 394)
- DIOGNETUS, Letter to
- DIONYSIUS, pope (259/260?–267/268?)
- DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS (d. ca. 545)
- DIONYSIUS of Alexandria (d. ca. 265)
- DIONYSIUS of Corinth
- DIONYSIUS of Milan
- DIONYSIUS (Denis or Denys) of Paris (d. 250?)
- DIONYSIUS of Tell-Mahre (d. 845)
- DIONYSIUS the AREOPAGITE (pseudo) (4th- 5th c.)
- DIONYSIUS the AREOPAGITE (pseudo), (apocryphal)
- DIONYSIUS the ROMAN DEACON
- DIOSCORUS, martyr
- DIOSCORUS, pope (d. 530)
- DIOSCORUS of Alexandria (d. 454)
- DIOSPOLIS, Council of
- DIPTYCH
- DISCIPLESHIP
- DISCIPLINA ARCANI (Discipline of the Secret)
- DISCIPLINE
- DIVINIZATION
- DIVORCE
- DOCETISM
- DOCTRINA PATRUM
- DOGMA, History of
- DOMITIAN, emperor (51–96)
- DOMITIAN of Ancyra (5th c.)
- DOMITILLA
- DOMNUS (d. 271/272)
- DONATION of CONSTANTINE
- DONATIONS to the Church
- DONATISM
- DONATISTS
- DONATUS AELIUS, grammarian (4th c.)
- DONATUS of Besancon (ca. 590–ca. 660)
- DONATUS of Carthage (d. 355)
- DONUS, pope (676–678)
- DOORKEEPER (Porter)
- DOROTHEA (early 4th c.)
- DOROTHEUS (d. after 380)
- DOROTHEUS, Vision of
- DOROTHEUS of Antioch (3rd c.)
- DOROTHEUS of Antioch (d. 407)
- DOROTHEUS of Gaza (6th c.)
- DOROTHEUS of Marcianopolis (Moesia, 5th c.)
- DOROTHEUS of Thessalonica (d. ca. 535)
- DOSITHEUS of Samaria (1st c.)
- DOVE
- DOXOLOGY
- DRACONTIUS, Blossius Aemilius (d. after 496)
- DREAMS and the FATHERS
- DROPSY (iconography)
- DRUNKENNESS
- DUALISM
- DUMIUM
- DURA EUROPOS
- DVIN (Greek Δουβιος )
- DYNAMIS - ENERGEIA
- DYNAMIUS PATRICIUS (d. 601)
- DYOPHYSITISM - DYOPHYSITES
- E
- EADBURGA
- EAST - ORIENTATION
- EASTER
- EASTER HOMILIES
- EBIONITES
- ECCLESIASTICAL CANONS of the APOSTLES
- ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION
- ECCLESIOLOGY
- ECONOMY
- ECSTASY
- EDESSA (Syriac Urhây, Arabic ar-Ruhâ, now Urfa in Turkey)
- EDICT of MILAN
- EGBERT (678–766)
- EGERIA (d. after 385)
- EGYPT
- EKTHESIS MAKROSTICHOS
- EKTHESIS of HERACLIUS
- ELEUSIUS of Cyzicus (d. ca. 384)
- ELEUTHERUS (Eleuterus, Eleutherius), pope (175–189)
- ELEUTHERUS (Eleuterus, Eleutherius) of Tournai (d. 531)
- ELIAS of Jerusalem (430–518)
- ELIGIUS of Noyon-Tournai (ca. 590–660)
- ELIJAH, prophet
- ELISAEUS, doctor (Ełišē Vardapet) (6th c.?)
- ELKESAITES
- ELPIDIUS (4th c.)
- ELPIDIUS RUSTICUS (5th-6th c.)
- ELVIRA, Council of
- EMERENTIANA (d. 303?)
- EMERITUS (d. after 418)
- EMESA
- ENCOLPION
- ENCRATISM (from εγκρατεια= continence)
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- ENDELECHIUS (4th-5th c.)
- ENHYPOSTASIS
- ENNODIUS (474–521)
- ENTERTAINMENTS
- ENTRY of JESUS into JERUSALEM (iconography)
- EPHESUS
- EPHREM of Antioch or of Amida (his birthplace)
- EPHREM the Syrian (ca. 306–373)
- EPICLESIS
- EPICTETUS of Corinth
- EPIGONUS
- EPIGRAM
- EPIGRAMMA PAULINI (5th c.)
- EPIGRAPHIC SYLLOGES
- EPIGRAPHY, Christian
- EPIPHANES (2nd c.)
- EPIPHANIUS, monk (8th-9th c.)
- EPIPHANIUS of Constantinople (d. 535)
- EPIPHANIUS of Pavia (438–496)
- EPIPHANIUS of Salamis (d. 403)
- EPIPHANIUS Scholasticus (5th-6th c.), monk
- EPIPHANIUS SYNCELLUS (d. after 431)
- EPIPHANIUS the Latin
- EPIPHANY, Feast of
- EPIRUS
- EPISCOPAL LISTS
- EPISTOLA ANNE AD SENECAM
- EPISTULA APOLOGETICA
- EPISTULA APOSTOLORUM (Book Revealed to His Disciples)
- EPISTULA DE PATRIA
- EPISTULA FERMETIS AD HADRIANUM
- EPISTULA SCYTHARUM MONACHORUM AD EPISCOPOS
- EPISTULA TITI
- EPISTULAE AUSTRASICAE
- EQUITIUS of Hippo Dyarrhytus (d. after 404)
- ERECHTHIUS of Antioch (5th c.)
- ESCHATOLOGY
- ESDRAS (Ezra) (apocryphal)
- ETERNITY
- ETHELBERT (560–616)
- ETHICS
- ETHIOPIA
- EUBULUS of Lystra
- EUCHARIST
- EUCHERIA (5th-6th c.)
- EUCHERIUS (pseudo) (7th c.?)
- EUCHERIUS Comes (5th c.)
- EUCHERIUS of Lyons (d. 449/455)
- EUCHITES
- EUDOXIA (d. 404)
- EUDOXIA (Eudocia, Eudokia), (ca. 400–460)
- EUDOXIUS (d. 370)
- EUGENIUS, monk
- EUGENIUS I, pope (654–657)
- EUGENIUS FLAVIUS (d. 394)
- EUGENIUS of Ancyra (4th c.)
- EUGENIUS of Carthage (d. 505)
- EUGENIUS of Seleucia (6th c.)
- EUGENIUS of Toledo (d. 657)
- EUGIPPIUS (ca. 460–ca. 535)
- EULALIA of Barcelona, martyr
- EULALIA of Merida, martyr
- EULALIUS, antipope (418–419)
- EULALIUS of Antioch (d. 331)
- EULOGIA
- EULOGIUS of Alexandria (d. 607/608)
- EUNAPIUS of Sardis (345/6–ca. 420)
- EUNOMIUS of Berea
- EUNOMIUS of Cyzicus (d. ca. 394)
- EUNUCHS
- EUPHEMIA of Chalcedon (d. 303)
- EUPHEMIUS of Constantinople (d. 515)
- EUPHRATAS of Cologne (4th c.)
- EUPHRONIUS of Antioch (d. after 332)
- EUPLUS of Catania (d. 304)
- EUPREPIUS (4th c.)
- EURIC
- EUSEBIAN CANONS
- EUSEBIANS
- EUSEBIUS, pope, saint (d. 308)
- EUSEBIUS GALLICANUS
- EUSEBIUS of Alexandria (mid 3rd c.)
- EUSEBIUS of Alexandria (pseudo) (late 5th c.– early 6th c.)
- EUSEBIUS of Bologna (4th c.)
- EUSEBIUS of Caesarea (Cappadocia) (d. 370)
- EUSEBIUS of Caesarea (Palestine) (ca. 265–339)
- EUSEBIUS of Cremona (d. after 418)
- EUSEBIUS of Dorylaeum (d. after 451)
- EUSEBIUS of Emesa (ca. 300–before 359)
- EUSEBIUS of Heraclea (d. after 431)
- EUSEBIUS of Laodicea (d. 270)
- EUSEBIUS of Milan (d. 462?)
- EUSEBIUS of Nicomedia (d. ca. 341)
- EUSEBIUS of Samosata (ca. 310–379/380)
- EUSEBIUS of Thessalonica (6th-7th c.)
- EUSEBIUS of Vercelli (d. 371)
- EUSTATHIUS, monk (6th c.)
- EUSTATHIUS of Antioch (d. after 343)
- EUSTATHIUS of Berytus (d. after 451)
- EUSTATHIUS of Epiphania (early 5th c.)
- EUSTATHIUS of Sebaste (ca. 300–ca. 380)
- EUSTOCHIUM (before 370–before 418/419)
- EUSTORGIUS of Milan (4th c.)
- EUSTRATIUS of Constantinople (6th c.)
- EUTHALIUS (4th c.?)
- EUTHALIUS of Sulci
- EUTHERIUS of Tyana (5th c.)
- EUTHYMIAN HISTORY, Greek legend (6th c.)
- EUTHYMIUS the Great, saint (377–473)
- EUTROPIUS of Orange (d. ca. 494)
- EUTROPIUS of Saintes (3rd c.?)
- EUTROPIUS of Valencia (6th c.)
- EUTROPIUS the Eunuch (d. after 399)
- EUTROPIUS the Presbyter (4th-5th c.)
- EUTYCHES (ca. 378–454)
- EUTYCHIANUS, pope (275–283)
- EUTYCHIUS of Constantinople (ca. 512–582)
- EUTYCHIUS of Eleutheropolis (d. after 365)
- EUZOIUS of Antioch (d. ca. 375)
- EUZOIUS of Caesarea (d. 381)
- EVAGRIUS, monk (4th-5th c.)
- EVAGRIUS of Antioch (ca. 320 – ca. 394)
- EVAGRIUS of Constantinople (4th c.)
- EVAGRIUS of Epiphania (Scholasticus) (d. after 594)
- EVAGRIUS of Pontus (ca. 345–399)
- EVANGELISTS
- EVANGELIZATION (spread of Christianity)
- EVARISTUS, pope (97–105)
- EVIL
- EVODIUS (pseudo)
- EVODIUS of Antioch (1st c.)
- EVODIUS of Uzalis (d. after 422)
- EXAMPLE (Exemplum)
- EXCOMMUNICATION
- EXEGESIS, PATRISTIC
- EXHORTATIO DE PAENITENTIA
- EXODUS
- EXORCISM - EXORCIST
- EXPIATION
- EXPOSITIO FIDEI CATHOLICAE
- EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS
- EXULTET
- EXUPERIUS of Toulouse (d. after 412)
- EZANA (‘Ēzānā, Αιζανας; 4th c.)
- EZEKIEL (iconography)
- EZNIK of Kolb (bishop of Bagrewand, first half 5th c.)
- EZRA. See *ESDRAS (Ezra) (apocryphal)
- F
- FABIAN, pope (236–250)
- FABIOLA (d. 399)
- FABIOLA (1st half 5th c.)
- FABIUS of Antioch (d. 252/253)
- FACUNDUS of Hermiane (d. 571)
- FAITH
- FAITHFUL
- FALSIFICATION
- FAMILY
- FASTIDIOSUS the Arian (2nd half of 5th–early 6th c.)
- FASTIDIUS (1st half 5th c.)
- FASTING and ABSTINENCE
- FATHER, FATHERS of the CHURCH
- FATHER, NAME of GOD
- FAUSTINUS (4th c.)
- FAUSTINUS of Potenza Picena (d. after 425/426)
- FAUSTUS (5th c.)
- FAUSTUS of Byzantium (4th c.)
- FAUSTUS of Riez (ca. 400–490/495)
- FAUSTUS the Manichean
- FELICIAN of Musti (end 4th c.)
- FELICISSIMUS of Carthage (3rd c.)
- FELICITY, martyr
- FELIX I, pope (d. 274)
- FELIX II, antipope (d. 365)
- FELIX III (II), pope (d. 492)
- FELIX IV (III), pope (d. 530)
- FELIX and ADAUCTUS (d. 303?)
- FELIX GILLITANUS (6th c.)
- FELIX of Aptunga (Apthungi, Apthugni) (beginning of 4th c.)
- FELIX of Nola (3rd c.)
- FELIX of Thibiuca (d. 15 July 303)
- FELIX of Trier (d. 400)
- FELIX the Manichean
- FERRANDUS of Carthage (d. before 546)
- FERREOLUS of Uzes (d. 581)
- FESTAL LETTERS
- FESTUS (d. after 62)
- FIBULA (buckle)
- FIDES HIERONYMI
- FIDES NICAENA
- FIDUCIA
- FIERY FURNACE (iconography)
- FILASTER (Philaster, Philastrius) (d. before 397)
- FILIOQUE
- FINNIAN of Clonard (d. 549)
- FIRMICUS MATERNUS (d. after 350)
- FIRMILIAN of Caesarea in Cappadocia (d. 268)
- FIRMUS of Caesarea in Cappadocia (d. 439)
- FISH
- FISHERMAN
- FLACCILLA (d. 386)
- FLACCILLUS of Antioch (d. before 343)
- FLAVIAN, martyr
- FLAVIAN I of Antioch (bishop 381–404)
- FLAVIAN II of Antioch (d. after 518)
- FLAVIAN of Chalon-sur-Saone (d. 591)
- FLAVIAN of Constantinople (d. 449)
- FLAVIAN of Philippi
- FLAVIANUS, Virius Nicomachus (d. after 394)
- FLAVIUS CLEMENS, consul (1st c)
- FLESH
- FLIGHT
- FLOOD, Universal (iconography)
- FLORENTIUS (1st half of 5th c.)
- FLORENTIUS of Strasbourg (6th c.)
- FLORIAN
- FLORIAN, abbot (5th-6th c.)
- FLORILEGIA
- FLORILEGIUM EDESSENUM ANONYMUM
- FLORINUS (2nd c.)
- FLORUS of Hadrumetum (d. after 418)
- FOOT WASHING
- FOREKNOWLEDGE
- FORGIVENESS
- FORNICATION
- FORTUNATIAN of Aquileia (4th c.)
- FORTUNATIAN of Sicca Veneria (1st half of 5th c.)
- FORTUNATUS
- FORTUNATUS the Manichean (d. after 392)
- FORTY MARTYRS of SEBASTE
- FOSSOR
- FOUR CROWNED MARTYRS
- FRAGMENTA ARIANA
- FRANKS
- FRAVITTA (d. 490)
- FREDEGAR (pseudo) (7th c.?)
- FREEDOM - FREE WILL
- FRIENDSHIP
- FRONTO of Cirta
- FRUCTUOSUS of Braga (d. 665)
- FRUCTUOSUS of Tarragona (d. 259)
- FRUMENTIUS
- FULGENTIUM DONATISTAM, ADVERSUS
- FULGENTIUS, Fabius Planciades (late 5th c.?)
- FULGENTIUS of Astigi (Ecija) (d. before 625)
- FULGENTIUS of Ruspe (467-532)
- FULGENTIUS the Donatist (d. after 411)
- FULMINATA (legio XII)
- FUNERARY RITES
- G
- GABRIEL (iconography)
- GABRIEL QATRAYA (7th c.)
- GAIANUS (6th c.)
- GAIUS (and the Alogi) (2nd c.)
- GALATIA
- GALBIUS and CANDIDUS, a Greek legend (6th c.?)
- GALEN (ca. 129-199)
- GALERIUS (ca. 250-311)
- GALILEANS (Christian)
- GALL (d. ca. 645)
- GALLA PLACIDIA (ca. 388-450)
- GALLAECIA (Galicia)
- GALLICAN LITURGY
- GALLIENUS, emperor (ca. 218-268)
- GALLONIUS, martyr and companions (d. 303)
- GAMMADIA
- GANGRA
- GARMENTS of SKINS
- GAUDENTIUS of Brescia (d. after 410)
- GAUDENTIUS of Novara (d. ca. 418)
- GAUDENTIUS the Donatist (d. after 422)
- GAUL
- GAZA (Heb. ‘Azzâh, “the strong,” Aram. Ghazzeh, Egyptian Gazatu, Assyrian Hazzatu, Gr. Γάζα)
- GELASIUS I, pope (d. 496)
- GELASIUS of Caesarea (ca. 335-395)
- GELASIUS of Cyzicus (d. after 475)
- GEMINIANUS, saint (342/344-ca. 396)
- GEMINIUS (4th c.)
- GENESIS, Patristic Interpretation of
- GENESIUS of Arles (d. 303?)
- GENEVIEVE of Paris (ca. 422-ca. 502)
- GENNADIUS of Constantinople
- GENNADIUS of Marseille (d. after 496)
- GENRES, LITERARY
- GENSERIC (d. 477)
- GENTILES
- GEORGE, monk and presbyter (7th c.)
- GEORGE CHOIROBOSKOS (8th c.?)
- GEORGE GRAMMATICUS (6th c.)
- GEORGE MEGALOMARTYR (d. 303?)
- GEORGE of Alexandria (7th c.)
- GEORGE of Laodicea (d. 360?)
- GEORGE of Pisidia (7th c.)
- GEORGE of Sykeon (Eleusios). Monk and Byzantine hagiographer (6th-7th c.)
- GEORGE of the Arabs (d. 724)
- GEORGE the Cappadocian
- GEORGIA
- GEORGIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE
- GERASENE DEMONIAC (iconography)
- GERASIMUS, hermit (d. 475)
- GERMANUS of Auxerre (ca. 378-448)
- GERMANUS of Capua (d. ca. 541)
- GERMANUS of Constantinople (d. ca. 733)
- GERMANUS of Paris (Born at Autun, end 5th c.; d. 576)
- GERMANY
- GERMINIUS of Sirmium (d. ca. 374)
- GERONA
- GERONTIUS (ca. 395-ca. 480)
- GERONTIUS of Nicomedia (d. after 400/401)
- GERVASIUS and PROTASIUS, martyrs (d. ca. 303)
- GESTA APUD ZENOPHILUM
- GESTA PURGATIONIS CAECILIANI ET FELICIS
- GESTURES (iconography)
- GESTURES, LITURGICAL
- GIFT
- GILDAS the Wise (d. 570)
- GILDO (d. 398)
- GIRK’ T'GHT'OTS’ (The Book of Letters)
- GLORIA
- GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
- GLOSS - GLOSSARY
- GLOSSA PSALMORUM
- GNOSIS - GNOSTICISM
- GOD
- GOGO (d. 581)
- GOLDEN RULE
- GOOD
- GORGONIA (d. 369/374)
- GOSPEL of the SAVIOR
- GOSPELS (apocryphal)
- GOTHIC LITERATURE
- GOTHS
- GRACE
- GRATIAN (359–383)
- GRATUS
- GRATUS of Carthage (d. before 359)
- GREEK, CHRISTIAN
- GREGENTIUS (4th c.)
- GREGORY, presbyter (of Caesarea/of Cappadocia?)
- GREGORY II, pope (d. 731)
- GREGORY III, pope (d. 741)
- GREGORY of Agrigentum (7th c.-early 8th c.)
- GREGORY of Antioch (d. 593/594)
- GREGORY of Cyprus
- GREGORY of Elvira (d. ca. 400)
- GREGORY of Nazianzus (ca. 330-390)
- GREGORY of Nyssa (ca. 335/340-ca. 395)
- GREGORY of Tours (ca. 538-594)
- GREGORY THAUMATURGUS (ca. 213-ca. 270)
- GREGORY the Cappadocian (d. 345)
- GREGORY the Elder (275-374)
- GREGORY the Great (ca. 540-604)
- GREGORY the Illuminator (ca. 260-ca. 328)
- GUNDEMAR (d. 612)
- H
- HABAKKUK (iconography)
- HADRIAN, emperor (76-138)
- HADRIAN, exegete (d. before 450)
- HADRIAN of Canterbury (d. late 7th c.)
- HADRIAN of Nicomedia (d. 303)
- HADRIAN of Nicomedia (d. 315?)
- HADRUMETUM
- HAERESES, ADVERSUS OMNES
- HAGIOGRAPHY
- HARMONIUS (3rd c.)
- HEALING of the MAN BORN BLIND
- HEALING of TIBERIUS (
- HEGEMONIUS (3rd-4th c.)
- HEGESIPPUS (mid-2nd c.)
- HEGESIPPUS, pseudo (De bello judaico)
- HEGUMEN
- HELENA (d. 328/329)
- HELENUS (d. after 268)
- HELIODORUS (d. before 404)
- HELIOGABALUS (204-222)
- HELLADIUS of Caesarea (4th c.)
- HELLADIUS of Tarsus (5th c.)
- HELLENISM and CHRISTIANITY
- HELLENISTIC JUDAISM
- HELVIDIUS (d. before 383)
- HEMORRHAGING WOMAN (iconography)
- HENANA of Adiabene (d. ca. 610)
- HENANISHO (7th c.)
- HENOTICON
- HERACLAS of Alexandria (d. ca. 247)
- HERACLEON (2nd c.)
- HERACLIAN of Chalcedon (6th c.)
- HERACLIDAS (or Heraclides) of Nyssa (5th c.)
- HERACLIDES of Cyprus
- HERACLITUS
- HERACLIUS (575-641)
- HERACLIUS of Hippo (d. after 430)
- HERACLIUS the Roman (d. after 308)
- HERESIOLOGISTS
- HERESY - HERETIC
- HERETICAL MONUMENTS
- HERMAS, SHEPHERD of (2nd c.)
- HERMENEGILD, martyr (d. 585)
- HERMETICISM
- HERMIAS, apologist
- HERMOGENES, bishop (5th c.)
- HERMOGENES, heretic (late 2nd-early 3rd c.)
- HEROD (iconography)
- HESYCHASM
- HESYCHIUS of Alexandria, exegete (3rd–4th c.)
- HESYCHIUS of Alexandria, lexicographer (5th-or 6th-c.)
- HESYCHIUS of Castabala
- HESYCHIUS of Jerusalem (5th c.)
- HESYCHIUS of Miletus (6th c.)
- HESYCHIUS of Salona (4th-5th c.)
- HESYCHIUS the Sinaite (7th c.?)
- HETOIMASIA
- HEXAEMERON
- HEXAPLA
- HIERACAS of Leontopolis (3rd-4th c.)
- HIEROCLES SOSSIANUS (d. after 307)
- HIEROTHEUS
- HILARIANUS, Quintus Julius (4th c.)
- HILARION of Gaza (291-371)
- HILARUS, pope (461–468)
- HILARY (4th-5th c.)
- HILARY, poet (461–468)
- HILARY of Arles (ca. 401-449)
- HILARY of Poitiers (beginning of 4th c.-ca. 367)
- HILARY the Luciferian (4th c.)
- HIMERIUS of Prusa (4th c.)
- HIMERIUS (Eumerius, Comerius) of Tarragona (4th c.)
- HIMYARITES, Book of the
- HIMYARITES, martyrs
- HIPPO
- HIPPOLYTUS (ca. 170-ca. 235)
- HIPPOLYTUS (pseudo)
- HIPPOLYTUS of Bostra (3rd–4th c.?)
- HISPANIC LITURGY
- HISPERICA FAMINA
- HISTORIA ACEPHALA
- HISTORIA AUGUSTA
- HISTORIA MONACHORUM
- HISTORIA TRIPARTITA
- HISTORIOGRAPHY, CHRISTIAN
- HISTRIA (Istria, district of Constanta, in Dobrudja, on Lake Sinoe, Romania)
- HOLY SPIRIT
- HOMER
- HOMERIC CENTOS (poetry)
- HOMILIARY
- HOMILY
- HOMINE MISERO, De
- HOMOIANS (Homoeans)
- HOMOIOSIS THEO
- HOMOIOUSIANS (Homoeousians)
- HOMOIOUSIOS
- HOMOOUSIANS
- HOMOOUSIOS
- HONORATUS ANTONINUS (d. after 437)
- HONORATUS of Lerins and Arles (d. 429/430)
- HONORATUS of Marseille (5th c.)
- HONORATUS of Vercelli (d. 416?)
- HONORIUS (Flavius Honorius) (384–423)
- HONORIUS, pope (d. 638)
- HONORIUS of Canterbury (d. 653)
- HONORIUS Scholasticus
- HOPE
- HORMISDAS, pope (d. 523)
- HORSIESI (ca. 305-ca. 390)
- HOSPITALITY, CHRISTIAN
- HUESCA (Lat. Osca, Oscensis, Spain)
- HUMILITY, Patristic Writings on
- HUNERIC
- HUNS (Lat. Hunni, Chunni; Greek Οὗνοι,Χοῦνοι)
- HYDATIUS (395-470)
- HYDATIUS of Merida (4th c.)
- HYGINUS, pope (d. 140)
- HYGINUS of Cordoba (4th c.)
- HYMENAEUS of Jerusalem (d. after 268)
- HYMN - HYMNOLOGY
- HYMN of the PEARL
- HYPATIA of Alexandria (ca. 370-415)
- HYPATIUS (ca. 336-446; feast 17 June)
- HYPATIUS of Ephesus (2nd half 5th c.-after 537/538)
- HYPERECHIUS (5th c.)
- HYPOSTASIS
- HYPOSTATIC UNION
- HYPSISTARIANS
- HYSTASPES, Book of
- I
- IAMBLICHUS (d. ca. 325)
- IBAS of Edessa (d. 457)
- IBERIA
- ICONIUM
- ICONOGRAPHY - ICONOLOGY
- IDALIUS of Barcelona (d. ca. 689)
- IDOLATRY - IDOLS
- IDOLOTHYTE
- IGNATIUS of Antioch (d. ca. 110)
- IGNATIUS of Antioch (pseudo) (4th c.)
- ILDEFONSUS of Toledo (607-667)
- ILLUMINATION
- IMAGE
- IMPERIAL CULT
- IMPIETY
- IMPROPERIA (or REPROACHES)
- INCARNATION
- INCENSE
- INCEST
- INCORRUPTIBILITY
- INCUBATIO
- INDEX OLEORUM
- INDICTION
- INFINITY - INFINITUDE
- INITIATION, CHRISTIAN
- INNOCENT I, pope (d. 417)
- INNOCENT of Maroneia (6th c.)
- INNOCENTS, Feast of the
- INSTANTIUS (4th c.)
- INSTITUTUM NERONIANUM
- INTERCESSION
- INTERCESSIONS, GENERAL (Oratio Fidelium)
- INTERPOLATION
- INTOLERANCE, CHRISTIAN
- INTRAMURAL GRAVES
- IOCA MONACHORUM
- IONA, De (De Nineve)
- IRELAND
- IRENAEUS of Harpassus (6th c.)
- IRENAEUS of Lyons (130/140–after 198)
- IRENAEUS of Sirmium (d. 304)
- IRENAEUS of Tyre (d. after 448)
- ISAAC of Amida (d. ca. 461)
- ISAAC of Antioch (5th c.)
- ISAAC of Edessa (5th–6th c.)
- ISAAC of Nineveh (the Syrian) (middle of the 7th c.)
- ISAAC of Persia (4th–5th c.)
- ISAAC the Jew (d. after 378)
- ISAAC the Persian
- ISAIAH of Scete (and Gaza) (d. 491)
- ISHAI (6th c.)
- ISHO'BAR NUN (d. 828)
- ISHOBOKHT of Rev-Ardashir (7th–8th c.)
- ISHO'DNAH of Basra (9th c.)
- ISHO'YAHB I, catholicos (d. ca. 595)
- ISHO'YAHB II, catholicos (d. 644/646)
- ISHO'YAHB III the Great, catholicos (d. 659)
- ISIDORE, gnostic (2nd c.)
- ISIDORE of Alexandria (d. 404)
- ISIDORE of Chios (d. 251)
- ISIDORE of Pelusium (4th–5th c.)
- ISIDORE of Seville (560–636)
- ISIDORE the Younger (7th–8th c.)
- ISOCHRISTS
- ITALY
- ITHACIUS of Ossonuba (4th c.)
- ITINERARIES
- ITINERARIUM BURDIGALENSE
- IZLA (Izala), Mount
- J
- JACOB (iconography)
- JACOB BARADEUS (d. 578)
- JACOB of Edessa (ca. 633–708)
- JACOB of Nisibis (d. 338 or a little later)
- JACOB of Sarug (ca. 450-ca. 521)
- JACOB'S LADDER (iconography)
- JACOBITE CHURCH
- JAIRUS (iconography)
- JAMES the Great
- JAMES the Great (apocrypha)
- JAMES the Less
- JAMES the Lord's Brother (apocrypha)
- JANUARIAN (4th–5th c.)
- JANUARIUS and companions (d. 303)
- JEROME (ca. 347–419)
- JEROME of Jerusalem (beginning 8th c.)
- JERUSALEM
- JESU CHRISTO DEO ET HOMINE, De
- JESUS CHRIST (iconography)
- JEWISH CHRISTIANITY
- JOB
- JOBIUS
- JOBIUS the Apollinarist (end of 4th c.)
- JOHANNITES
- JOHN, deacon
- JOHN, evangelist and theologian
- JOHN, Gospel of
- JOHN, primicerius notariorum
- JOHN I, pope (523–526)
- JOHN II, pope (533–535)
- JOHN II of Constantinople (the Cappadocian), patriarch (d. 520)
- JOHN II of Jerusalem, bishop (d. 417)
- JOHN III, pope (561–574)
- JOHN III Scholasticus (d. 577)
- JOHN IV, pope (640–642)
- JOHN IV of Jerusalem (d. 593/594)
- JOHN IV the Faster
- JOHN V, pope (685–686)
- JOHN VI, pope (701–705)
- JOHN VI of Constantinople (d. 715)
- JOHN VII, pope (705–707)
- JOHN (III) of Alexandria, bishop (d. 689)
- JOHN ARKAPH (d. after 338)
- JOHN bar Aphtonia (475/480–537)
- JOHN bar Kursos (482/483–538)
- JOHN bar Penkaya (7th c.)
- JOHN CALYBITA (ca. 418–450)
- JOHN CASSIAN (ca. 360-ca. 435)
- JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (d. 407)
- JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (Latin Collection)
- JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (pseudo)
- JOHN CLIMACUS (or Scholasticus) (d. ca. 649)
- JOHN Comes (5th c.)
- JOHN DIACRINOMENOS (6th c.)
- JOHN DRUNGARIUS
- JOHN MALALAS (d. after 565)
- JOHN MANDAKUNI (484–498)
- JOHN MAXENTIUS (6th c.)
- JOHN “MEDIOCRIS” of Naples (bishop 532/535– 552/555)
- JOHN MOSCHUS (Moschos) (d. 620/634)
- JOHN of Aegeates
- JOHN of Antioch (d. 441/442)
- JOHN of Antioch, chronicler (6th–7th c.)
- JOHN of Apamea, “the Solitary” (5th c.?)
- JOHN of Arles (7th c.)
- JOHN of Berytus (end of the 5th c.)
- JOHN of Biclaro (d. ca. 621)
- JOHN of Caesarea (d. after 515)
- JOHN of Carpathus
- JOHN of Cellae (2nd half of 6th c.) (Kellia, to the SW of Alexandria, near * Scete)
- JOHN of Dalyatha
- JOHN of Damascus (ca. 650–749/750)
- JOHN of Ephesus (or of Asia) (ca. 507–589)
- JOHN of Euboea (8th c.)
- JOHN of Gabala (beginning of the 5th c.)
- JOHN of Lycopolis (d. 394/395)
- JOHN of Maiuma (or John Rufus) (d. after 515)
- JOHN of Naples (d. 432)
- JOHN of Nikiu (d. after 700)
- JOHN of Paralos (d. 610/620)
- JOHN of Saint Martin (d. 680)
- JOHN of Saragossa (ca. 580-ca. 631)
- JOHN of Scythopolis (Palestine) (6th c.)
- JOHN of Shmun (6th–7th c.)
- JOHN of Thessalonica (d. ca. 630)
- JOHN of Tomi (5th c.)
- JOHN PHILOPONUS (6th c.)
- JOHN TALAIAS (d. 495/496)
- JOHN the ALMSGIVER (d. 620)
- JOHN THE BAPTIST
- JOHN THE BAPTIST (iconography)
- JOHN the EGYPTIAN (d. after 536)
- JOHN the PRESBYTER (1st c.)
- JOHN the SILENT (d. 559)
- JONAH
- JONAS of Bobbio (ca. 600–after 659)
- JORDANES (ca. 500-ca. 570)
- JOSEPH
- JOSEPH HAZZAYA (8th c.)
- JOSEPH of Arimathea (apocrypha)
- JOSEPH THE CARPENTER, History of
- JOSEPH the HEBREW (iconography)
- JOSHUA
- JOSHUA the STYLITE, Chronicle of
- JOVIAN, emperor (331–364)
- JOVINIAN (d. before 406)
- JOVINUS (2nd half 4th c.)
- JUBILEE
- JUDAEOS, ADVERSUS
- JUDAISM
- JUDAIZERS
- JUDAS ISCARIOT (apocrypha)
- JUDAS ISCARIOT (iconography)
- JUDAS KYRIAKOS
- JUDAS THADDAEUS
- JUDAS THADDAEUS (apocrypha)
- JUDEA, Desert of
- JUDGMENT
- JULIA of Antioch (4th–5th c.)
- JULIAN, Apollinarist (end 4th c.)
- JULIAN, Arian (4th c.)
- JULIAN (the Apostate), emperor (331–363)
- JULIAN of Brioude (d. 250?)
- JULIAN of Cos (d. before 460)
- JULIAN of Eclanum (386–454)
- JULIAN of Halicarnassus (d. after 527)
- JULIAN of Serdica (5th c.)
- JULIAN of Tabia (5th c.)
- JULIAN of Toledo (642–690)
- JULIAN POMERIUS (5th–6th c.)
- JULIUS AFRICANUS (d. 240)
- JULIUS CASSIAN (2nd c.)
- JULIUS I, pope (337–352)
- JULIUS of Aqfahs
- JULIUS of Puteoli (5th c.)
- JUNILIUS (6th c.)
- JUNIUS BASSUS (317–359)
- JUSTICE
- JUSTIFICATION
- JUSTIN, gnostic (2nd–3rd c.)
- JUSTIN I, emperor (450–527)
- JUSTIN II, emperor (565–578)
- JUSTIN MARTYR (d. before 167)
- JUSTIN MARTYR (pseudo)
- JUSTINA (d. after 388)
- JUSTINA of Padua
- JUSTINIAN, emperor (482–565)
- JUSTINIAN of Valencia (d. 547)
- JUSTUS of Canterbury (d. ca. 627)
- JUSTUS of Lyons (d. ca. 400)
- JUSTUS of Toledo (d. 633)
- JUSTUS of Trieste (d. 303?)
- JUSTUS of Urgel
- JUVENAL (4th c.)
- JUVENAL of Jerusalem
- JUVENCUS (1st half of the 4th c.)
- K
- KERYGMA
- KINGDOM of GOD (developments of the formula in the first three centuries)
- KISS, HOLY
- KNIK’ HAWATOY (Seal of faith)
- KOINE
- KOINONIA
- KORIUN (1st half of 5th c.)
- L
- LABOR
- LACTANTIUS (ca. 260-ca. 330)
- LAIDCENN (or Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig) (d. 661)
- LAMB
- LAMBAESIS (Lambaesis, in Numidia, today Tazoult, in Algeria)
- LAMBERT (d. 705)
- LAMP
- LAMPSACUS, Council of
- LANGUAGES of the FATHERS
- LAODICEA, Councils of
- LAODICEANS, Letter to the
- LAPSI, Problem of the
- LAPSU SUSANNAE, De
- LATE ANTIQUITY
- LATIN TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK TEXTS
- LATIN, CHRISTIAN
- LATRONIANUS (d. 385)
- LAUDATIO SANCTI MARTINI
- LAUDE MARTYRII, De
- LAUDES DOMINI (317–323)
- LAUDES EUNOMIAE
- LAURA (λαυρα = narrow path)
- LAURENTIUS, antipope (d. after 507)
- LAWRENCE (Laurence) (1st half of 5th c.)
- LAWRENCE (Laurence), Roman martyr (d. 258)
- LAWRENCE (Laurence) of Canterbury (saint; d. 619)
- LAWRENCE (Laurence) of Milan
- LAY – LAYMAN – LAITY
- LAYING-ON of HANDS
- LAZARUS, RISEN (iconography)
- LAZARUS of Pharp (Łazar P‘arpec‘i; 2nd half of the 5th c.)
- LEANDER of Seville
- LECTIO DIVINA
- LENT
- LEO I, emperor of the East (401–474)
- LEO I, pope (440–461)
- LEO II, pope (682–683)
- LEO III the Isaurian
- LEO of Bourges (d. after 453)
- LEO of Sens (d. before 541)
- LEODEGAR of Autun (d. 678)
- LEONARD, saint (6th–10th c.?; feast 6 Nov)
- LEONIDES (2nd–3rd c.)
- LEONTIUS, Armenian (d. 454)
- LEONTIUS, Armenian (2nd half of the 8th c.)
- LEONTIUS, hegumen (8th c.)
- LEONTIUS, presbyter of Jerusalem (6th c.?)
- LEONTIUS of Antioch (d. 358)
- LEONTIUS of Arabissus (today Yarpuz, in E Turkey)
- LEONTIUS of Arles (5th c.)
- LEONTIUS of Byzantium (d. ca. 543)
- LEONTIUS of Caesarea (d. after 325)
- LEONTIUS of Constantinople (6th c.)
- LEONTIUS of Jerusalem (6th c.)
- LEONTIUS of Neapolis (590-ca. 650)
- LEONTIUS of Tripoli, martyr (d. 304)
- LEONTIUS Scholasticus (De Sectis) (6th/7th c.)
- LEOVIGILD (d. 586)
- LEPER (iconography)
- LEPORIUS (d. after 428/431)
- LEPTIS MAGNA
- LÉRIDA
- LÉRINS
- LETTER (Epistle)
- LETTER About SUNDAY
- LETTER of LENTULUS (so-called)
- LETTER of the CHURCH of LYONS and VIENNE
- LETTER TO SIGEBERT III or CLOVIS II (ca. 645)
- LETTERS (apocryphal)
- LETTERS of COMMUNION
- LEUCIUS CARINUS (3rd c.?)
- LEX ROMANA BURGUNDIONUM
- LEX ROMANA VISIGOTHORUM – Breviarium Alaricianum
- LIBANIUS (314–393/404)
- LIBELLI MIRACULORUM
- LIBELLUS
- LIBER DIURNUS
- LIBER GENEALOGUS
- LIBER GRADUUM
- LIBER MONSTRORUM
- LIBER ORATIONUM PSALMOGRAPHUS
- LIBER PONTIFICALIS (Gesta romanorum pontificum)
- LIBER XXI SENTENTIARUM
- LIBERATUS of Carthage (6th c.)
- LIBERIUS, pope (352–366)
- LIBERTAS MONACHORUM
- LIBRARIES, Christian
- LIBYA
- LICENTIUS (d. after 395)
- LICINIANUS of Cartagena (d. after 600)
- LICINIUS (d. 324)
- LICINIUS of Tours (d. 520)
- LIFE
- LIGHT (symbolism)
- LIGHTHOUSE
- LIGNO CRUCIS, De
- LINUS, pope (67?–76?)
- LITURGICAL DIALOGUE and DIDASCALIA
- LITURGICAL FURNISHINGS
- LITURGICAL YEAR
- LITURGY
- LITURGY and the BIBLE
- LIUTPRAND (ca. 690–744)
- LOMBARDS
- LONGINUS (d. after 580)
- LONGINUS (apocryphal)
- LONGOBARDS (Lombards)
- LORD'S PRAYER (Our Father)
- LOT (iconography)
- LOVE
- LUCIA (Lucy) of Syracuse (d. 304)
- LUCIAN of Antioch (d. 312)
- LUCIAN of Carthage (3rd c.)
- LUCIAN of Kefar Gamala (d. after 415)
- LUCIAN of Samosata (d. 190)
- LUCIDUS, presbyter (d. after 474)
- LUCIFER–LUCIFERIANS
- LUCILLA (d. after 312)
- LUCINIUS (Baeticus) (d. ca. 390)
- LUCIUS I, pope (d. 254)
- LUCIUS of Adrianople (d. after 343)
- LUCIUS of Alexandria (d. after 380)
- LUCULENTIUS (6th c.?)
- LUGDUNUM
- LUKE, Evangelist
- LUKE, Evangelist (apocryphal)
- LUPUS of Troyes (d. 479)
- LUSITANIA
- LUXORIUS (5th–6th c.)
- LYCIA and PAMPHYLIA
- LYONS
- M
- MACARIUS (4th–5th c.)
- MACARIUS (Simeon) (active 385–430, in the region of * Antioch)
- MACARIUS I of Jerusalem (bishop 314–333)
- MACARIUS II of Gerapolis
- MACARIUS of Alexandria (d. 394/400)
- MACARIUS of Antioch (bishop after 649 until 681)
- MACARIUS of Egypt (d. 386/390)
- MACARIUS of Jerusalem (bishop 552 and 563/564-574/575)
- MACARIUS of Magnesia (around 400)
- MACARIUS of Tkow (d. 452)
- MACEDONIA
- MACEDONIUS (4th–5th c.)
- MACEDONIUS, bishop
- MACEDONIUS I – MACEDONIANS (d. after 360)
- MACEDONIUS II of Constantinople, saint (d. 25 April 516)
- MACRINA
- MACROBIUS (d. after 365)
- MACROBIUS (4th–5th c.)
- MACROBIUS (early 5th c.)
- MACROCOSM and MICROCOSM
- MEDABA
- MADAUROS
- MAGI (the kings)
- MAGIC
- MAGNUS, martyr
- MAGNUS MAXIMUS, emperor (d. 388)
- MAIORINUS (early 4th c.)
- MALABAR
- MALCHION of Antioch
- MALCHUS of Philadelphia (5th c.)
- MALTA
- MAMAS (Mammas, Mammes, Mammet) of Caesarea
- MAMBRE VERCANOL, lector
- MANDEANS and MANDEISM
- MANI – MANICHEANS – MANICHEISM
- MANNA
- MANSUETUS of Milan (7th c.)
- MANUMISSION into the CHURCH
- MANUSCRIPT TRADITION
- MAPINIUS of Reims (6th c.)
- MAR MARI, Acts of
- MARA BAR SERAPION, Letter of
- MARANATHA
- MARATHONIUS of Nicomedia (4th c)
- MARCELLA (mid 4th c.–early 5th c.)
- MARCELLINA (2nd c.)
- MARCELLINA (4th c.; d. 17 July 397/401)
- MARCELLINUS, Luciferian
- MARCELLINUS, pope (d. 304)
- MARCELLINUS Comes (d. after 534)
- MARCELLINUS, Flavius (d. 413)
- MARCELLUS I, pope (d. 309)
- MARCELLUS of Ancyra (ca. 284–374)
- MARCIA (2nd c.)
- MARCIAN (Marcianus) (396–457)
- MARCIAN, ascetic (ca. 310–ca. 390)
- MARCIAN, presbyter (d. 471?)
- MARCIAN of Arles
- MARCION – MARCIONISM
- MARCION (Vita Polycarpi)
- MARCIONITE PROLOGUES
- MARCULFUS
- MARCULUS (d. 346)
- MARCUS AURELIUS, emperor (121–180)
- MARCUS DIADOCHUS
- MARIANUS and JACOBUS (d. 6 May 258)
- MARINA
- MARINUS
- MARINUS of Constantinople (4th c.)
- MARIS of Chalcedon (d. after 362)
- MARIUS MERCATOR (1st half of 5th c.)
- MARIUS of Avenches (d. 593/594)
- MARIUS CLAUDIUS VICTORIUS
- MARIUS VICTORINUS (ca. 280–285; d. after 363)
- MARK, Gospel of
- MARK, poet (7th c.)
- MARK, pope (d. 336)
- MARK, Secret Gospel of
- MARK of Arethusa (4th c.)
- MARK the Deacon
- MARK the Gnostic (2nd c.)
- MARK the Hermit
- MARO, anchorite monk (d. ca. 410)
- MARO, John (7th–8th c.)
- MARO of Edessa
- MARONITES
- MARRIAGE
- MARSEILLE
- MARTIAL and BASILIDES
- MARTIN I, pope (649–655)
- MARTIN of Braga (d. after 579)
- MARTIN of Tours (316/317–397)
- MARTINA
- MARTYR – MARTYRDOM
- MARTYRIO MACHABAEORUM, De
- MARTYRIUS (Sahdona) (7th c.)
- MARTYRIUS of Antioch (bishop 459–470/471)
- MARTYRIUS of Jerusalem (bishop 478–486)
- MARTYROLOGY
- MARUTA of Maiferqat (4th–5th c.)
- MARUTA of Tagrit (d. 649)
- MARY
- MARY (patristic literature)
- MARY MAGDALENE
- MARY of Egypt
- MARYS (the three)
- MASONA (Massona, Mausona) of Mérida
- MASS
- MASSA
- MATHEMATICI
- MATRISTICS
- MATTAI, mar
- MATTHEW, evangelist
- MATTHEW, Gospel of
- MATTHIAS, apostle
- MATTHIAS, apostle (apocryphal)
- MAURETANIA
- MAURICE, martyr
- MAURISTS
- MAURUS of Parentium (4th c.?)
- MAURUS of Ravenna (642–673)
- MAXENTIUS, emperor (d. 312)
- MAXIMA (Maximilla) and DONATILLA
- MAXIMIAN (d. 434)
- MAXIMIAN, Donatist (4th c.)
- MAXIMIAN, emperor (ca. 250–310)
- MAXIMIAN of Bagai (beginning of 5th c.)
- MAXIMIAN of Ravenna (bishop 546–556)
- MAXIMIAN of Syracuse (d. 594)
- MAXIMILIAN, martyr
- MAXIMILLA and PRISCILLA (2nd c.) (Priscilla is also called Prisca in * Tertullian)
- MAXIMINUS DAIA, emperor (d. 313)
- MAXIMINUS (MAXIMIAN) of Anazarbus
- MAXIMINUS of Sinita (d. before 411)
- MAXIMINUS of Trier (d. 346)
- MAXIMINUS the Arian (ca. 360/365–after 440)
- MAXIMINUS THRAX, emperor (173–238)
- MAXIMUS (d. after 416)
- MAXIMUS, antignostic
- MAXIMUS, bishop of * Jerusalem (d. 348?)
- MAXIMUS, martyr
- MAXIMUS of Antioch (5th c.)
- MAXIMUS of Riez (5th c.)
- MAXIMUS of Saragossa (d. ca. 620)
- MAXIMUS of Turin (I) (d. after 412)
- MAXIMUS of Turin (II) (5th c.)
- MAXIMUS the Confessor (ca. 580–662)
- MAXIMUS the Cynic (d. after 382)
- MEDICINE, Lecture on
- MEDITATION
- MELANIA the Elder (ca. 340–before 408)
- MELANIA the Younger (380/383–439)
- MELCHIZEDEK
- MELETIUS of Antioch (d. 381)
- MELETIUS of Mopsuestia
- MELITENE, Council of
- MELITIUS of Lycopolis – MELITIAN SCHISM (4th c.)
- MELITO of Sardis (2nd c.)
- MELKITES (from Syriac mălkāyā [“imperial”])
- MELLITUS (d. 24 April 624)
- MEMBERS of the CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
- MEMNON of Ephesus (ca. 428–440)
- MEMORIA – MEMORIA APOSTOLORUM
- MEMORY
- MENANDER (1st c.)
- MENAS
- MENNAS, martyr (d. ca. 295)
- MENSA
- MENSURIUS
- MÉRIDA
- MERITA
- MEROBAUDES, Flavius
- MEROVINGIAN COUNCILS
- MESOPOTAMIA (Roman province)
- MESOPOTAMIA, Christianity in
- MESROB (Mesrop) (ca. 361–439/440)
- MESSALIANS (Euchites)
- METEMPSYCHOSIS
- METHODIUS of Olympus (d. 311)
- METHODIUS of Olympus (pseudo)
- METRODORUS
- METROPOLITAN
- METRUM IN GENESIN (440–461)
- MICHAEL the ARCHANGEL
- MICHAEL the ARCHANGEL (iconography)
- MICHAEL BADOQA, the researcher (6th c.)
- MIDDLE PLATONISM
- MID-PENTECOST
- MILAN
- MILITIA
- MILK and HONEY
- MILLENARISM
- MILTIADES, apologist
- MILITIADES, pope (310–314)
- MINISTRIES (ordained ministers)
- MINUCIUS FELIX
- MIRACLE
- MIRACLES of JESUS (in Ethiopic, Ta'amra Iyasus)
- MIRACULIS S. STEPHANI, De
- MISAEL (Misahel) (d. after 537)
- MITHRAS – MITHRAISM
- MODESTUS (2nd c.)
- MODESTUS of Jerusalem (d. ca. 630)
- MOESIA (Mysia)
- MONACHIS PERFECTIS, De
- MONARCHIANS – MONARCHIANISM
- MONASTERIES, DOUBLE
- MONASTERY
- MONASTIC HABIT
- MONASTICISM
- MONAZONTES
- MONICA (331–387)
- MONOENERGISM – MONOTHELITISM
- MONOGRAM
- MONOGRAMMA CHRISTI, De
- MONOIMUS, gnostic
- MONOPHYSITISM – MONOPHYSITES
- MONOTHEISM
- MONTANUS – MONTANISM (2nd c.)
- MONTANUS of Toledo
- MONTANUS, LUCIUS and COMPANIONS
- MONTIBUS SINA ET SION, De
- MOON
- MOPSUESTIA, Council of
- MOS MAIORUM
- MOSAIC
- MOSES
- MOSES of Khorene (Movsēs Xorenac'i)
- MOSES the Saracen
- MTSKHETA-SVETI TSKHOVELI
- MUIRCHÚ (d. after 697)
- MURATORIAN FRAGMENT
- MUSANUS, polemicist
- MUSEUS of Marseille (d. ca. 461)
- MUSIC
- MUZIANUS (Mutianus) of Antioch (6th c.)
- MYSTAGOGY
- MYSTERY
- MYSTICAL BODY
- MYSTICISM – MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
- MYTHOLOGY
- N
- NABOR and FELIX
- NAG HAMMADI (writings of)
- NAIN, SON of the WIDOW of (iconography)
- NAME (ονομα, nomen)
- NAMES, CHRISTIAN
- NAPLES
- NARBONNE
- NARCISSUS of Jerusalem (d. after 212)
- NARCISSUS of Neronias (d. after 360)
- NARRATIO
- NARRATIO DE REBUS ARMENIAE (Διηγησις)
- NARRATIO DE REBUS PERSICIS (‘Εξηγησις των πραχθεντων εν Περσιδι)
- NARRATIONES DE CAEDE MONACHORUM IN MONTE SINAI
- NARRATIVES, CHRISTIAN
- NARSAI (Narses) (399–502)
- NARSES (490–574)
- NATALIUS (2nd–3rd c.)
- NATIVITY (apocryphal accounts of)
- NATIVITY (iconography)
- NATIVITY, Feast of the
- NATIVITY of MARY (apocryphal accounts of)
- NAUCRATIUS (ca. 320–ca. 356)
- NAVIGIUS (4th c.)
- NAZARENES (Nazoreans)
- NAZARENES (Nazoreans), Gospel of the
- NAZARETH
- NAZARIUS and CELSUS, martyrs
- NEBRIDIUS (d. before 391)
- NECTARIUS (d. 27 Sep 397)
- NEFALIUS
- NEMESIANUS and COMPANIONS, martyrs
- NEMESIUS of Emesa (4th–5th c.)
- NEOCAESAREA (Pontus)
- NEOCAESAREA, Council of
- NEOCHALCEDONIANISM
- NEONA of Seleucia (of Isauria) (4th c.)
- NEONICENISM
- NEOPHYTE
- NEOPLATONISM
- NEPOS
- NEPOTIANUS (d. 96)
- NEREUS and ACHILLEUS
- NERO (37–68)
- NERSES (Narsetes or Narsai or Nersetes)
- NESTORIUS – NESTORIANISM
- NESTORIUS of Bet Nuhadra (8th c.)
- NICAEA
- NICETA of Remesiana (4th–5th c.)
- NICETIUS of Trier (d. 569?)
- NICHOLAS of Ancyra (5th/6th c.?)
- NICHOLAS of Myra (d. 343)
- NICOLAITANS
- NICOMEDIA
- NILUS of Ancyra (d. 430?)
- NIMBUS – HALO (iconography)
- NÎMES, Council of
- NINIAN, saint
- NINO
- NISIBIS
- NISIBIS, School of
- NITRIA
- NOAH
- NOETUS of Smyrna (2nd half of the 2nd c.)
- NOLA-CIMITILE
- NOMINA SACRA
- NONNA (d. ca. 374)
- NONNUS of Panopolis (5th c.)
- NONNUS of Panopolis (pseudo)
- NORICUM
- NOTAE DE TEXTU EVANGELIORUM
- NOTARIUS
- NOTITIA DIGNITATUM
- NOTITIA GALLIARUM
- NOTITIA PROVINCIARUM ET CIVITATUM AFRICAE
- NOTITIA URBIS CONSTANTINOPOLITANAE
- NOUS
- NOVATIAN (d. after 251)
- NOVATIANUM, Ad
- NOVATIANISTS
- NOVATUS (d. 440)
- NOVATUS of Carthage (mid-3rd c.)
- NOVATUS the Catholic (d. before 530)
- NOVELLAE
- NOVIODUNUM
- NUBIA
- NUDITY, BAPTISMAL
- NUMBERS, SYMBOLISM of
- NUMENIUS of Apamea (2nd c.)
- NUMIDIA
- NUMISMATICS
- NYSSA
- O
- OAK, Synod of the
- OBLATIONS of the FAITHFUL
- OCEANUS (4th–5th c.)
- OCTATEUCH of Clement
- ODES of SOLOMON
- ODILIA (Othilia)
- ODOACER (Odovacar) (434–493)
- OECUMENIUS (late 6th c.)
- OGDOAS – OGDOAD (ογδοας)
- OIKEIOSIS
- OIL
- OLD AGE
- OLD and NEW
- OLYMPIA, deaconess (ca. 361/368–ca. 410)
- OLYMPIODORUS, deacon (6th c.)
- OLYMPIODORUS of Thebes (ca. 370–ca. 430)
- OLYMPIUS
- OLYMPIUS (d. 412)
- ONOMASTICS
- ONUPHRIUS (4th c.)
- OPERA OMNIA
- OPHITES – NAASSENES
- OPTATIANUS (260/270–before 335)
- OPTATUS of Milevis (4th c.)
- OPTATUS of Thamugadi
- OPUS IMPERFECTUM IN MATTHAEUM
- ORACLES
- ORANGE, Council of
- ORANS (iconography)
- ORATIO CYPRIANI
- ORDER – ORDINATION
- ORDINES ROMANI
- ORIENTATION
- ORIENTIUS (early 5th c.)
- ORIGEN (ca. 185–ca. 254)
- ORIGENISM
- ORIGEN the Neoplatonist (3rd c.)
- OROSIUS (4th–5th c.)
- ORPHEUS
- ORTHODOXY
- ORTU ET OBITU PROPHETARUM ET APOSTOLORUM, De
- OSROENE (Osrohene, Osrhoene)
- OSSIUS (Hosius) (ca. 256–d. after 357)
- OSTROGOTHS
- OUR FATHER
- OUSIA
- OXYRHYNCHUS
- P
- PACATUS (d. after ca. 410)
- PACHOMIUS (ca. 292–347)
- PACIAN (4th c.)
- PAGAN - PAGANISM
- PAHLAVI
- PAIDEIA
- PAINTING
- PALEOGRAPHY
- PALEOSLAVONIC, Translations in
- PALERMO
- PALESTINE
- PALIMPSEST
- PALLADIUS of Helenopolis (363/364–before 431)
- PALLADIUS of Ireland (1st half of the 5th c.)
- PALLADIUS of Ratiaria (d. after 383)
- PALLADIUS of Saintes (6th c.)
- PALLADIUS of Suedri
- PALM
- PALMAS of Amastris (2nd c.)
- PALMYRA
- PALUT (2nd–3rd c.)
- PAMMACHIUS (d. 410)
- PAMPHILUS of Caesarea (d. 16 February 310)
- PAMPHILUS of Jerusalem (6th–7th c.)
- PANCRAS, martyr
- PANEGYRIC
- PANEGYRICS, LATIN (4th c.)
- PANNONIA PRIMA
- PANNONIA SECUNDA
- PANODORUS
- PANTAENUS
- PANTALEON MEGALOMARTYR
- PANTHEISM
- PANTOCRATOR
- PANTOLEON (7th–8th c.)
- PAPA BAR AGGAI (d. 329)
- PAPACY
- PAPHNUTIUS
- PAPIAS of Hierapolis (2nd c.)
- PAPISCUS and PHILO, Dialogue of
- PAPYRUS - PAPYROLOGY
- PARABALANI (Parabolani)
- PARABLE
- PARACLETE
- PARADISE
- PARALYTIC, Healing of the (iconography)
- PARAPETASMA
- PARAPHRASES, BIBLICAL and HAGIOGRAPHICAL
- PARENESIS in the FATHERS
- PARENTIUM
- PARIS
- PARIS, Council of
- PARISH
- PARMENIAN
- PAROUSIA
- PARRHĒSIA
- PARTHEMIUS
- PARTHENIUS of Constantinople (5th c.)
- PASCENTIUS the ARIAN (beginning of the 5th c.)
- PASCHAL, antipope
- PASCHAL CANDLE
- PASCHALE CAMPANUM
- PASCHASINUS of Lilybaeum
- PASCHASIUS of Dumium
- PASCHASIUS of Rome (d. before 514)
- PASSIO SEPTEM MONACHORUM
- PASTOR
- PATERIKON
- PATERIUS
- PATERNIANS
- PATERNOSTER
- PATERNUS of Avranches (ca. 480–ca. 565)
- PATIENCE
- PATIENS of Lyons (d. ca. 480)
- PATRIARCHATE
- PATRICIANI
- PATRICIUS (d. 370/371)
- PATRICK, saint (d. ca. 492), apostle of * Ireland
- PATRIMONY of ST. PETER
- PATRIPASSIANS
- PATROCLUS, hermit (6th c.)
- PATROCLUS of Arles (d. 426)
- PATROLOGY - PATRISTICS
- PATRON
- PATRON SAINT
- PATROPHILUS of Scythopolis
- PAUL, apostle
- PAUL, apostle (apocryphal)
- PAUL AURELIAN
- PAUL II
- PAUL of Antioch (d. 582)
- PAUL of Apamea
- PAUL of Aphrodisia
- PAUL of Callinicum (5th–6th c.)
- PAUL of Canopus
- PAUL of Concordia (d. after 381)
- PAUL of Constantinople (d. after 350)
- PAUL of Edessa (7th c.)
- PAUL of Elusa (d. 522)
- PAUL of Emesa (1st half of the 5th c.)
- PAUL of Jerash (6th c.)
- PAUL of Leon (d. 572/575)
- PAUL of Merida (7th c.)
- PAUL of Narbonne (3rd c)
- PAUL of Nisibis (or Paul the Persian)
- PAUL of Samosata (3rd c.)
- PAUL of Tamma
- PAUL of Tella (7th c.)
- PAUL of Thebes (4th c.)
- PAUL of Verdun (d. 648/49)
- PAUL SILENTIARIUS (6th c.)
- PAUL the SIMPLE, saint (4th c.)
- PAULA (347–404)
- PAULICIANS
- PAULINIANS
- PAULINIANUS (4th c.–beginning of 5th. c)
- PAULINUS of Antioch (d. after 382)
- PAULINUS of Bordeaux
- PAULINUS of Milan
- PAULINUS of Nola (355–431)
- PAULINUS of Pella (d. after 459)
- PAULINUS of Perigueux
- PAULINUS of Trier
- PAULINUS of Tyre
- PAULINUS of York (d. 10 October 644)
- PEACE
- PEACOCK
- PEKTORIOS (Pectorius) (inscription)
- PELAGIA martyr
- PELAGIUS (ca. 354–ca. 427) - PELAGIANS - PELAGIANISM
- PELAGIUS I, pope (556–561)
- PELAGIUS II, pope (579–590)
- PELAGIUS of Laodicea
- PELLA
- PELUSIUM
- PENANCE
- PENTAPOLIS
- PENTARCHY
- PENTECOST
- PEPUZA
- PEREGRINUS
- PEREGRINUS of Auxerre
- PEREGRINUS, exegete
- PERFUME
- PERICHORESIS (Gk. περιχωρησις)
- PERIGENES
- PERIODEUTA
- PERPETUA and FELICITAS
- PERPETUUS of Tours (d. 491)
- PERSECUTIONS
- PERSIA
- PERSONA - PERSON
- PERSONIFICATIONS
- PESHITTA
- PETER apostle
- PETER APSELAMOS or BALSAMOS (d. 309)
- PETER CHRYSOLOGUS (ca. 380–450)
- PETER MONGUS (d. 490)
- PETER I of Alexandria (d. ca. 311)
- PETER II of Alexandria (d. 381)
- PETER IV of Alexandria (d. 577)
- PETER of Altinum (5th–6th c)
- PETER of Apamea (d. after 536)
- PETER of Callinicum
- PETER of Jerusalem (d. 552)
- PETER of Mira
- PETER of Perembolae (d. before 441)
- PETER II of Sebaste (ca. 344–ca. 394)
- PETER of Trajanopolis (5th c.)
- PETER the DEACON (d. after 604)
- PETER the FULLER (d. 488)
- PETER the IBERIAN (d. 491)
- PETER the PATRICIAN (6th c.), also called “Peter the Orator,” Byzantine historian
- PETILIAN
- PETITIONES ARIANORUM
- PETRA
- PETRONILLA, martyr
- PETRONIUS of Bologna
- PHILASTER PHILASTRIUS
- PHILEAS of Thmuis (d. 306)
- PHILIP, apostle
- PHILIP, apostle (apocryphal)
- PHILIP, deacon
- PHILIP, presbyter (d. after 431)
- PHILIP, priest (d. 455/456)
- PHILIP of Gortyna (2nd c.)
- PHILIP of Side (5th c.)
- PHILIP the Arab
- PHILIP the Gnostic (3rd c.)
- PHILIPPI
- PHILO, historiographer (between the 4th and 7th c.)
- PHILO of Alexandria (1st c.)
- PHILO of Carpasia (d. beginning of 5th c.)
- PHILOCALIA
- PHILOCALUS (or Filocalus), Furius Dionysius (d. ca. 382)
- PHILOGONIUS of Antioch (d. 324)
- PHILOMENA, martyr
- PHILOSOPHY and ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY
- PHILOSTORGIUS (d. ca. 430)
- PHILOTHEUS
- PHILOTHEUS, catenist (5th–6th c.)
- PHILOXENUS of Mabbug (d. 523)
- PHILUMENE the Marcionite (2nd c.)
- PHINEHAS (iconography)
- PHOCAS of Sinope (d. 305?)
- PHOEBADIUS (d. after 392)
- PHOENIX (iconography)
- PHOS HILARON
- PHOTINUS of Constantinople (d. after 610)
- PHOTINUS of Sirmium (d. after 362)
- PHOTIUS (ca. 820–891)
- PHRYGIA
- PHYSICIAN, CHRIST the
- PHYSIOLOGUS
- PIERIUS of Alexandria (d. after 309)
- PIETY
- PILATE
- PILGRIMAGES (Peregrinatio)
- PIMENIUS, martyr
- PINIANUS (d. 432)
- PINYTUS
- PIONIUS
- PIONIUS (pseudo)
- PIRMINIUS (8th c.)
- PISENTHIUS of Kepht (d. 632)
- PIUS I, pope (ca. 140–ca. 155)
- PLATONISM and the FATHERS
- PLEROMA (πληρωμα)
- PLEROPHORIAE
- PLINY the Younger (61/62–after 113)
- PLOTINUS (ca. 204–270)
- PNEUMA - SPIRIT (πνευμα)
- PNEUMATOMACHOI
- POEMA ULTIMUM
- POEMENIA (4th c.)
- POETRY, CHRISTIAN
- POETRY, SYRIAC
- POITIERS
- POLEMIUS SILVIUS
- POLEMON the Apollinarist
- POLITICS
- POLLENTIUS (beginning of the 5th c.)
- POLYCARP (d. 167)
- POLYCHRONIUS of Apamea
- POLYCRATES of Ephesus
- POLYEUCTUS, martyr (3rd c.)
- POMPA DIABOLI
- POMPONIA GRAECINA (1st c.)
- POMPONIUS
- PONTIANUS, bishop (6th c.)
- PONTIANUS (Pontian), pope (ca. 230–235)
- PONTICIANUS (4th c.)
- PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
- PONTIUS, deacon
- PONTUS
- POOR – POVERTY
- POPE
- PORCARIUS of Lerins, martyr
- PORPHYRY of Antioch (d. 413)
- PORPHYRY of Gaza, bishop (ca. 347–420)
- PORPHYRY of Philippi
- PORPHYRY of Tyre (232/233–305?), philosopher
- PORTER
- PORTRAIT
- PORTUGAL
- POSIDONIUS (d. after 430)
- POSSESSOR
- POSSIDIUS (d. after 437)
- POTAMIANA and BASILIDES, martyrs
- POTAMION (Potamon) of Heraclea (4th c.)
- POTAMIUS of Lisbon (d. before 383/384)
- POTHINUS of Lyons
- PRAEDESTINATUS
- PRAETEXTATUS, Vettius Agorius, consul (d. 385)
- PRAGMATICA SANCTIO
- PRAILIUS of Jerusalem
- PRAXEAS (3rd c.)
- PRAXEDIS
- PRAYER
- PREACHING
- PREDESTINATION
- PRESANCTIFIED
- PRESBYTERS
- PRESBYTERS, APOSTOLIC
- PRESENTATION in the TEMPLE
- PRIESTHOOD of BELIEVERS
- PRIMASIUS of Hadrumetum (6th c.)
- PRIMIAN of Carthage
- PRIMICERIUS
- PRINCIPIA DIALECTICAE
- PRISCA saint
- PRISCIAN
- PRISCILLA
- PRISCILLIAN – PRISCILLIANISM
- PRISCUS, historian (5th c.)
- PRIVATUS
- PRIVATUS of Lambaesis (3rd c.)
- PROBA (4th c.)
- PROCESSION
- PROCHORUS
- PROCLUS, Montanist
- PROCLUS LYCIUS DIADOCHUS (d. 484/485)
- PROCLUS of Constantinople (before 390–446)
- PROCOPIUS
- PROCOPIUS of Gaza (465–ca. 530)
- PROCOPIUS the Usurper (ca. 326–366)
- PROCULLIANUS (4th–5th c.)
- PROCULUS of Marseille, bishop (5th c.)
- PROFUTURUS
- PROFUTURUS of Braga
- PROGRESS
- PROHAERESIUS (4th c.)
- PROJECTUS, bishop (d. after 431)
- PROLOGUES to the BIBLICAL BOOKS
- PROLOGUS PASCHAE AD VITALEM
- PROPERTY, ECCLESIASTICAL
- PROPHET
- PROPHETIAE EX OMNIBUS LIBRIS COLLECTAE
- PROPHETS, List of
- PROSELYTE
- PROSOPON
- PROSPER of Aquitaine (d. after 455)
- PROSTITUTION
- PROTERIUS the Alexandrian (4th c.)
- PROTEVANGELIUM of JAMES
- PROTOGENES of Serdica (d. after 343)
- PROTOKTISTI (Protoktistoi)
- PROTOLOGY - STUDY of ORIGINS
- PROTOPASCHITES
- PROTREPTIC
- PROVERBIA GRAECORUM
- PROVIDENCE
- PRUDENTIUS (348?–after 405)
- PSALMODY
- PSALMS, BOOK of
- PSALMUS RESPONSORIUS
- PSEUDEPIGRAPHY
- PSOTES of Psoi (d. 305)
- PSYCHICI (ψυχικοι)
- PTOLEMY and LUCIUS
- PTOLEMY the Gnostic
- PUBLISHING
- PUBLIUS of Athens (2nd c.)
- PUDENS and PUDENTIANA
- PULCHERIA (AELIA PULCHERIA AUGUSTA) (399-453)
- PULCHRITUDINE MUNDI, De
- PUNIC
- PURGATORY
- PURIFICATION
- PURPLE
- PYRRHUS
- Q
- QALAT SEMAN
- QIIORE (d. 436/437)
- QUADRATUS, apologist
- QUADRATUS of Athens (pseudo)
- QUAESTIONES ET RESPONSIONES on Holy Scripture
- QUAILS, MIRACLE of the (iconography)
- QUARTODECIMANS
- QUICUMQUE VULT
- QUINISEXT
- QUINTASIUS of Carales (d. after 314)
- QUIRICUS
- QUIRICUS of Barcelona
- QUIRINUS, martyr
- QUMRAN
- QUO VADIS?
- QUOD IDOLA DII NON SINT (That Idols Are Not Gods)—hereafter, QId
- QUODVULTDEUS (d. 454)
- R
- RABBAN SHABUR
- RABBULA of Edessa (d. 435)
- RADEGUND (520-587)
- RANSOM of PRISONERS
- RAPE
- RATIO PASCHAE (or Cyclus paschalis annorum LXXXIV)
- RATIONE EMBOLISMORUM, De
- RATIONE PASCHAE, De (or Computus Carthaginensis AD 455)
- RATIONE PASCHAE, Prologus de (or Ratione Paschae, Praefatio de)
- RATIONE PASCHAE, Tractatus de
- RATIONE PASCHALI, Disputatio de
- RATIONES SEMINALES
- RAVENNA
- RAVENNIUS of Arles (d. 460/461)
- REBAPTISMATE, De
- REBEKAH (iconography)
- RECAPITULATION
- RECARED (mid 6th c.–601)
- RECTA IN DEUM FIDE, De
- REDEMPTION
- REFRIGERIUM
- REGINUS. (5th c.)
- REGULA FIDEI
- REIMS
- RELICS
- REMIGIUS of Reims
- RESTITUTUS (Restutus) (4th c.)
- RESURRECTION of CHRIST (iconography)
- RESURRECTION of the DEAD
- RETICIUS of Autun (d. ca. 334)
- REUSE
- REVELATION
- REVELATION, Book of
- REVERENTIUS
- RHAETIA (Raetia)
- RHETORIC
- RHODANIUS of Toulouse
- RHODON
- RICH – RICHES – PROPERTY
- RIEZ, Council of
- RIGHTEOUSNESS (Justice)
- RIMINI, Council of
- RING
- ROGATION DAYS
- ROGATUS (d. before 408)
- ROMAN LAW and CHRISTIANITY
- ROMANIANUS
- ROMANUS, martyr
- ROMANUS MELODUS (d. after 555)
- ROMANUS of Roso (6th c.)
- ROME
- ROTHARI
- RUFINUS (Friend of Prosper of Aquitaine) (d. after 429)
- RUFINUS FLAVIUS (ca. 335–395)
- RUFINUS of Aquileia (345–410)
- RUFINUS the Syrian (d. after 415)
- RUFUS of Octodurum
- RUFUS of Shotep (6th–7th c.)
- RUFUS of Thessalonica
- RULES, MONASTIC
- RUNIC
- RUPERT of Salzburg (d. after 716)
- RURICIUS of Limoges (5th–6th c.)
- RUSTICUS, deacon (6th c.)
- RUSTICUS, poet (5th c.)
- RUSTICUS, presbyter
- RUSTICUS of Narbonne (d. 26 October 461)
- S
- SABAS (439–532)
- SABBATH
- SABELLIUS – SABELLIANISM
- SABINA
- SABINIAN (Sabinianus), pope (604–606)
- SABINUS of Canosa (d. ca. 566)
- SABINUS of Heraclea
- SABINUS of Piacenza (4th c.)
- SABRATHA
- SACERDOTIO CHRISTI, De (apocryphal text)
- SACRAMENT (Sacramentum)
- SACRAMENTAL SECRECY
- SACRAMENTARY
- SACRAMENTS
- SACRIFICE
- SACRILEGIUM (Gk. ιεροσυλειν = sacra legere, rapere, auferre, clepere)
- SAECULUM (world/age)
- SAHAK the Great (Isaac; Armenian catholicos, 387–438)
- SAHDONA
- SAINT and HOLINESS
- SAINTS, FOOLISH (Holy Fools)
- SAINTS, INTERCESSION of
- SALLUSTIUS the Neoplatonist (d. 378/379?)
- SALONA
- SALONIUS of Geneva (ca. 400–after 500)
- SALSA of Tipasa (4th c.)
- SALT
- SALVIAN of Marseille (5th c.)
- SALVIUS (5th c.)
- SAMARITANS
- SAMSON (iconography)
- SAMUEL of Qalamun (Kalamun) (d. 695)
- SANCTE DEUS, LUCIS LUMEN, CONCORDIA RERUM (ps.-Paulinus of Nola)
- SANCTUARY
- SARACENS
- SARAGOSSA
- SARCOPHAGI, Early Christian
- SARDICA
- SARDINIA
- SASSANIDS
- SATISFACTIO
- SATOR / AREPO
- SATORNILUS (Saturninus)
- SATURNINUS and DATIVUS, martyrs
- SATURNINUS of Arles (4th c.)
- SATURNINUS of Cagliari
- SATURNINUS of Rome
- SATURNINUS of Toulouse, martyr (3rd c.)
- SATYRUS (ca. 330–375/378)
- SAVIA
- SAYINGS of JESUS, apocryphal
- SCAPULA
- SCETE, Desert of
- SCHISM – SCHISMATIC
- SCHOLASTICA
- SCHOLASTICUS
- SCHOLION
- SCHOOL
- SCILLITAN MARTYRS
- SCOTLAND
- SCRIBE – RABBI
- SCRIPTURE, HOLY
- SCRIPTURE, HOLY (Ancient Versions)
- SCULPTURE
- SCYTHIA MINOR
- SCYTHOPOLIS
- SEAL
- SEBASTE
- SEBASTIAN
- SEBEOS (Eusebius)
- SECOND COMING of CHRIST
- SECRETUM (Secrecy)
- SECUNDIANUS of Singidunum
- SECUNDINUS, Manichean
- SECUNDINUS of Ireland, bishop (d. ca. 447)
- SECUNDUS, gnostic
- SECUNDUS of Tigisis
- SECUNDUS of Trent (d. 512)
- SEDATUS of Beziers (Sedatus Biterrensis)
- SEDATUS of Nimes (6th c.)
- SEDULIUS
- SELEUCIA - CTESIPHON
- SELEUCIA - CTESIPHON, School of
- SELEUCIA in ISAURIA, Council of
- SEMIARIANS
- SEMI-PELAGIANS
- SENATOR of Milan (5th c.)
- SENECA and PAUL, Correspondence of
- SENIORES LAICI
- SENTENTIAE EPISCOPORUM
- SENTENTIAE S. AUGUSTINI et ISIDORI
- SEPTEM ORDINIBUS, De
- SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, emperor
- SERAPEION (Serapeum) in Alexandria
- SERAPION of Antioch (2nd c.)
- SERAPION of Thmuis (d. after 362)
- SERDICA (Sardica)
- SERGIA (7th c.)
- SERGIOPOLIS
- SERGIUS, patriarch (610–638)
- SERGIUS, pope (687–701)
- SERGIUS (ps.-Cassiodorus) (5th c.)
- SERGIUS AMPHIATOR (The Sacristan)
- SERGIUS and BACCHUS, martyrs
- SERGIUS GRAMMATICUS (6th c.)
- SERGIUS of Cyprus
- SERGIUS of Rish'ayna (d. 536)
- SERGIUS PAULUS (1st c.)
- SERGIUS the STYLITE (8th c.)
- SERMO Sermon
- SERMO ARIANORUM
- SERMON on the MOUNT (iconography)
- SERMONS, AFRICAN (anonymous)
- SERMONS, ARIAN (anonymous)
- SERMONS, DONATIST
- SERPENT
- SERVANUS
- SERVATIUS of Tongres (d. ca. 384)
- SERVUS DEI
- SETHIANS
- SETIF
- SEVEN MARTYRS of CAPSA
- SEVEN SLEEPERS of EPHESUS
- SEVERIAN of Gabala (d. 408/425)
- SEVERINUS, pope (638–640)
- SEVERINUS of Cologne (late 4th c.)
- SEVERINUS of Noricum (5th c.)
- SEVERUS
- SEVERUS of Antioch (d. 538)
- SEVERUS of Aquileia (586–607)
- SEVERUS of Malaga (d. ca. 602)
- SEVERUS of Milevis
- SEVERUS of Minorca (d. after 419)
- SEVERUS of Naples (d. 409?)
- SEVERUS of Ravenna (d. after 343)
- SEVERUS of Synnada (5th c.)
- SEVILLE
- SEXTUS, antignostic
- SEXTUS, Sentences of
- SEXUALITY
- SHAPUR
- SHEEP
- SHENOUTE
- SHEPHERD, THE GOOD
- SHIP
- SICCA VENERIA
- SICILY, Council of
- SIDE, Council of
- SIDI JDIDI
- SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS (ca. 431–ca. 486)
- SIGISMUND
- SIGISTHEUS
- SILVANUS of Cirta (4th c.)
- SILVANUS of Tarsus (4th c.)
- SILVERIUS, pope (536–537)
- SIMEON BAR SABBA (d. 344)
- SIMEON of Beth Arsham (d. before 548)
- SIMEON of Edessa (Emesa), The Holy Fool (1st half of the 6th c.)
- SIMEON of Jerusalem
- SIMEON STYLITES the Elder (d. 459; feast day, 27 July among the Syrians, 1 September among the Greeks)
- SIMEON STYLITES the Younger (521–592)
- SIMON, apostle (apocryphal)
- SIMON BARQAJĀ (end of the 6th c.–beginning of the 7th c.)
- SIMON MAGUS - SIMONIANS
- SIMON (Simeon) of Taybutheh
- SIMON the ZEALOT, apostle
- SIMONY
- SIMPLICIANUS of Milan (d. 400/401)
- SIMPLICIUS, pope (468–483)
- SIMPLICIUS of Vienne (d. 439?)
- SIN
- SINAI
- SINGIDUNUM (Belgrade)
- SINGULARITATE CLERICORUM, De
- SIRICIUS, pope (384–399)
- SIRMIUM
- SISBERT of Toledo (7th c.)
- SISEBUT of Toledo
- SISINNIUS, Novatianist (late 4th c.)
- SISINNIUS, pope (d. 708)
- SISINNIUS, MARTYRIUS and ALEXANDER, martyrs
- SISINNIUS of Constantinople, archbishop (426– 427)
- SIXTUS I, pope (ca. 115–ca. 128)
- SIXTUS II, pope (257–258)
- SIXTUS III, pope (432–440)
- SLAVERY
- SMYRNA
- SOCRATES
- SOCRATES of Constantinople (Scholasticus)
- SODOM (iconography)
- SODOM, De
- SOGDIAN
- SOLEMNITATIBUS ET SABBATIS, Disputatio de
- SOLOMON (iconography)
- SOLSTITIIS ET AEQUINOCTIIS, De
- SOLUTIONES OBJECTIONUM ARIANORUM
- SONG OF SONGS (Canticle of Canticles)
- SONNATIUS of Reims
- SOPHRONIUS (Jerome's friend) (d. after 392)
- SOPHRONIUS of Jerusalem (ca. 550–638)
- SOPHRONIUS of Pompeiopolis (4th c.)
- SORTES SANCTORUM
- SORTES SANGALLENSES
- SOTER, pope (ca. 166–ca. 175)
- SOTERIC of Caesarea (d. 537)
- SOTERIOLOGY
- SOTERIS (Sotheris), martyr
- SOUL (Human)
- SOZOMEN (5th c.)
- SPAIN and PORTUGAL
- SPES (4th–5th c)
- SPIRITUAL COMBAT
- SPIRITUALITY
- SPONSA CHRISTI
- SPYRIDON (3rd–4th c.)
- STATUTA ECCLESIAE ANTIQUA
- STENOGRAPHY
- STEPHEN (Eddius Stephanus)
- STEPHEN, the first martyr
- STEPHEN, the first martyr (apocryphal)
- STEPHEN I, pope (254–257)
- STEPHEN II of Hierapolis-Mabbug (end of the 6th c.)
- STEPHEN BAR SUDHAILE (5th–6th c.)
- STEPHEN GOBAR
- STEPHEN of Bostra (7th–8th c.)
- STEPHEN of Ephesus (5th c)
- STEPHEN of Larissa (6th c.)
- STEPHEN of Thebes
- STILICHO, Flavius (ca. 360–408)
- STOBI
- STOICISM and the FATHERS
- STRATEGIUS (Strategus)
- STYLITE – STYLITISM
- SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM
- SUBDEACON
- ŠUBḤALMARAN
- SUBORDINATIONISM
- SUCCENSUS (d. ca. 440)
- SUCCESSION, APOSTOLIC
- SUETONIUS (70–ca. 140)
- SUICIDE
- SUIDAS (Sudas)
- SULPICIUS SEVERUS (ca. 360–ca. 420)
- SUN, CULT of the
- SUNDAY
- SUPERSTITION
- SUSANNA
- SUSANNA, martyr – CHURCH of SAINT SUSANNA
- SYAGRIUS (mid-5th c.)
- SYAGRIUS of Autun (d. ca. 600)
- SYLVESTER I, pope (314–335)
- SYLVIA (d. before 594)
- SYMBOLS – SYMBOLISM
- SYMBOLUM NICAENUM, Commentarius in
- SYMBOLUM NICAENUM, Enarratio in
- SYMMACHIAN FORGERIES.
- SYMMACHIANS
- SYMMACHUS, Aurelius Anicius (ca. 380– ca. 430)
- SYMMACHUS, exegete
- SYMMACHUS, pope (498–514)
- SYMMACHUS, Quintus Aurelius (340–402)
- SYMMACHUS, Quintus Aurelius Memmius (ca. 450–525)
- SYMMACHUS, translator (late 2nd c.)
- SYMPHOROSA
- SYMPHOSIUS (Symposius)
- SYMPRONIANUS (4th c.)
- SYNAGOGUE
- SYNAXIS
- SYNCLETICA
- SYNCLETICA, nun
- SYNCRETISM
- SYNESIUS of Cyrene (ca. 370–ca. 413)
- SYNODITES
- SYNODOS ALEXANDRINA.
- SYNOUSIASTS
- SYRACUSE
- SYRIA
- SYRIAC
- SYRIAC PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN.
- SYRO-ROMAN LAWBOOK
- T
- TABARKA
- TABITHA (iconography)
- TABULA PASCHALIS PETROCORICENSIS
- TABULAE ALBERTINI
- TACITUS on CHRISTIANS
- TAIO of Saragossa (7th c.)
- TALMUD and MISHNAH
- TANAKH
- TANNAIM (literally “teachers”)
- TARGUM
- TARRA
- TARRACONENSIS
- TARRAGONA
- TARSICIUS (Tarcisius)
- TARSUS
- TATIAN (mid-2nd c.)
- TATWINE
- TAUROBOLIUM
- TAURUS, praetorian prefect
- TE DECET LAUS
- TE DEUM
- TEBESSA
- TELESPHORUS
- TEMPLE
- TEMPTATION
- TERASIA (ca. 370–409/415)
- TERRASSA (ancient Egara)
- TERTIUM GENUS
- TERTULLIAN
- TERTULLIANISTS
- TESTAMENTS of the TWELVE PATRIARCHS
- TESTAMENTUM DOMINI (Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
- TESTIMONIA
- TESTIMONIES ON THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT (or The Florilegium Fuldense) (5th c.; * Africa)
- TESTIMONIUM FLAVIANUM
- TESTIMONY – WITNESS
- TETRAMORPH
- THAGASTE
- THALASSIUS
- THALASSIUS of Angers
- THAMUGADI
- THEBAID
- THEBAN LEGION
- THECLA
- THECLA, ACTS of
- THEFT of the GREEKS
- THELA (Thelepte), Council of
- THEMISTIUS
- THEOCTISTUS of Caesarea (d. after 260)
- THEODELINDA (Theodolinda)
- THEODERIC (Theodoric) the Great
- THEODORA (497–548)
- THEODORA and DIDYMUS, martyrs
- THEODORE, martyr
- THEODORE, monk
- THEODORE, pope (642–649)
- THEODORE, presbyter (d. after 687)
- THEODORE ABU QURRAH
- THEODORE ASKIDAS (d. 558)
- THEODORE BAR KONI (8th c.)
- THEODORE of Alexandria
- THEODORE of Aquileia (d. 319?)
- THEODORE of Bostra (d. after 570)
- THEODORE of Canterbury
- THEODORE of Constantinople (7th c.)
- THEODORE of Copros
- THEODORE of Echinus (5th c.)
- THEODORE of Heraclea (d. ca. 355)
- THEODORE of Marseille (d. 594)
- THEODORE of Martigny (d. after 390)
- THEODORE of Mopsuestia (d. 428)
- THEODORE of Paphos (7th c.)
- THEODORE of Petra (6th c.)
- THEODORE of Pharan (570–ca. 638)
- THEODORE of Philae
- THEODORE of Raithu (d. 649?)
- THEODORE of Scythopolis
- THEODORE of Tabennesi (d. 368)
- THEODORE of Trimethus
- THEODORE of Tyana (4th c.)
- THEODORE SPUDAEUS (7th c.)
- THEODORE SYNCELLUS (7th c.)
- THEODORE the LECTOR
- THEODORET of CYRRHUS (ca. 393–ca. 466)
- THEODOSIUS, archdeacon (6th c.)
- THEODOSIUS, cenobiarch (423–529)
- THEODOSIUS, monk
- THEODOSIUS I (the Great), emperor (347–395)
- THEODOSIUS II, emperor (401–450)
- THEODOSIUS of Alexandria (6th c.)
- THEODOSIUS of Carthage, deacon (6th c.)
- THEODOSIUS of Gangra (d. after 662)
- THEODOTION (2nd c.)
- THEODOTUS and the SEVEN VIRGINS
- THEODOTUS of Ancyra (d. before 446)
- THEODOTUS of Antioch (d. 429)
- THEODOTUS of Byzantium, banker
- THEODOTUS of Byzantium, tanner
- THEODOTUS of Laodicea (4th c.)
- THEODOTUS the Valentinian (2nd c.)
- THEODULUS (5th c.)
- THEOGNIOS
- THEOGNIS of Nicaea (4th c.)
- THEOGNOSTUS (3rd c.)
- THEOGNOSTUS (5th c.)
- THEOLOGIA NEGATIVA – VIA NEGATIVA
- THEOLOGY
- THEONAS of Alexandria (d. ca. 300)
- THEONAS TRITHEIST
- THEOPASCHITES
- THEOPHANES the CONFESSOR (760–818)
- THEOPHANY (iconography)
- THEOPHILUS of Alexandria, patriarch (385–412)
- THEOPHILUS of Antioch (2nd c.)
- THEOPHILUS of Antioch (pseudo)
- THEOPHILUS of Caesarea
- THEOPHILUS of Castabala (d. 377)
- THEOPHILUS the INDIAN (d. 361)
- THEOPHYLACT SIMOCATTA (ca. 580–after 630)
- THEOPISTE, deacon (pseudo) (6th c.)
- THEORIA
- THEOSEBIA
- THEOSIS
- THEOSOPHY
- THEOTECNUS of Caesarea, bishop
- THEOTECNUS of Livia
- THEOTIMUS of Tomi (4th–5th c.)
- THEOTIMUS the Valentinian
- THEOTOKOS
- THERMAL BATHS
- THESSALONICA
- THESSALY
- THEURGY
- THIEF, GOOD
- THOMAS, apostle
- THOMAS (apocryphal)
- THOMAS of Edessa
- THOMAS of Germanicia (Euphrates)
- THOMAS of Heraclea (d. after 616)
- THOMAS of Marga (d. after 850)
- THRACE
- THRASEAS of Eumenia (2nd c.)
- THREE CHAPTERS, Controversy of the
- TIBERIANUS
- TIBERIUS, emperor (42 BC–AD 37)
- TIBURTINE SIBYL
- TIME
- TIMGAD
- TIMOTHY, Apollinarist (bishop of Berytus, ca. 381–399)
- TIMOTHY, apostle (apocryphal)
- TIMOTHY, disciple of Paul
- TIMOTHY and AQUILA, Dialogue of
- TIMOTHY I, Nestorian (ca. 727–823)
- TIMOTHY I of Alexandria (d. ca. 385)
- TIMOTHY II of Alexandria
- TIMOTHY IV (III) of Alexandria
- TIMOTHY of Alexandria (5th c.)
- TIMOTHY of Antioch
- TIMOTHY of Constantinople (6th–7th c.)
- TIMOTHY of Jerusalem (6th c.)
- TIMOTHY SALOFACIOLUS (d. 482)
- TIPASSA
- TIRECHAN
- TITULI PSALMORUM
- TITULUS
- TITUS
- TITUS (apocryphal)
- TITUS, emperor (AD 39–81)
- TITUS of Bostra (d. ca. 378)
- TOBIT
- TOLEDO
- TOMI or TOMIS (Constanţa, Romania)
- TOMUS AD FLAVIANUM
- TONANTIUS (Ferreolus) (5th c.)
- TONSURE
- TOPOGRAPHY, CHRISTIAN
- TOTILA
- TOULOUSE
- TOURS
- TRACTATUS
- TRACTATUS CONTRA ARIANOS
- TRADITIO LEGIS ET CLAVIUM (iconography)
- TRADITION
- TRADITOR (Traitor)
- TRADUCIANISM
- TRAJAN, emperor (53–117)
- TRANSITUS MARIAE
- TRANSLATIO IMPERII
- TRANSLATIO STUDII
- TRANSLATIONS, PATRISTIC
- TRAVEL – MEANS of COMMUNICATION
- TRIER
- TRIFOLIUS, presbyter (6th c.)
- TRINITATE FIDEI CATHOLICAE, De
- TRINITATE, De, (ps.-)Athanasius
- TRINITY
- TRISAGION
- TRITHEISM
- TRIUMPHUS CHRISTI HEROICUS
- TROJANUS of Saintes (d. before 533)
- TROPAEUM TRAIANI (Adamclisi, district of Constanţa, Romania)
- TROPHIES of DAMASCUS
- TROPHIMUS of Arles (3rd c.)
- TROPICI
- TROPOLOGY
- TRULLO (Quinisext), Council in
- TRUTH
- TUR'ABDIN
- TURA
- TURIBIUS of Astorga
- TURIN
- TYANA
- TYCHON (Tikhon, Tichon), saint
- TYCONIUS
- TYPOLOGY
- TYRE
- U
- ULFILA
- UNITY
- UNUS EX TRINITATE PASSUS EST
- URANIUS, presbyter
- URBAN I, pope (222–230)
- URBANUS of Sicca (5th c.)
- URBS BEATA JERUSALEM
- URSACIUS of Singidunum
- URSINIUS, Testimony of (apocryphal)
- URSINUS, antipope (d. 385)
- URSINUS of Bourges (3rd c.)
- URSULA and the 11,000 virgin martyrs
- USURY
- UZALIS
- V
- VAGHARSHAPAT – ETCHMIADZIN
- VAISON, Council of
- VALENCE, Council of
- VALENS, emperor (d. 378)
- VALENS of Mursa and URSACIUS of Singidunum
- VALENTINIAN I (d. 375)
- VALENTINIAN II (371–392)
- VALENTINIAN III (419-455)
- VALENTINUS (d. after 416)
- VALENTINUS, martyr
- VALENTINUS the Apollinarist
- VALENTINUS the Gnostic (2nd c.)
- VALERIA
- VALERIAN, emperor (ca. 193–260)
- VALERIAN of Aquileia (d. 388)
- VALERIAN of Calahorra (Calagurris)
- VALERIAN of Cimiez (d. ca. 460)
- VALERIUS of Bierzo (d. after 691)
- VANDALS
- VANNES, Council of
- VARIMADUM, Contra
- VATICAN
- VEDASTUS, saint (d. 540)
- VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS (ca. 535–ca. 600)
- VENERANDUS of Altaripa (7th c.)
- VENERIUS of Milan (d. after 406)
- VERANUS of Cavaillon (d. after 589)
- VERANUS of Vence (d. ca. 475)
- VERECUNDUS of Iunca (d. 552)
- VERONA
- VERONICA
- VERSUS DE SEX AETATIBUS ET MUNDI PRINCIPIO
- VERUS ISRAEL
- VERUS of Orange (5th–6th c.)
- VESPASIAN, emperor (AD 9–79)
- VESTIARIUS (Vestararius)
- VESTMENTS, LITURGICAL
- VICTOR (6th c.)
- VICTOR (Vincent), Donatist
- VICTOR I, pope (189?–198?)
- VICTOR of Antioch
- VICTOR of Capua (d. 554)
- VICTOR of Cartenna
- VICTOR of Marseille (d. 287/292)
- VICTOR of Tunnuna (d. after 566)
- VICTOR of Vita (ca. 429–510/512)
- VICTORINUS, poet (5th c.?)
- VICTORINUS of Petovium
- VICTORIUS of Aquitaine (mid-5th c.)
- VICTRICIUS of Rouen (ca. 340–ca. 410)
- VIENNE
- VIGIL
- VIGILANTIUS (4th–5th c.)
- VIGILIUS
- VIGILIUS, pope (537–555)
- VIGILIUS of Thapsus
- VIGILIUS of Trent
- VINCENT, martyr (d. 22 January 304)
- VINCENT, presbyter (4th c.)
- VINCENT of Capua (4th c.)
- VINCENT of Lerins (d. before 450)
- VINDICTA SALVATORIS (The Avenging of the Savior) (apocryphal)
- VINE
- VIR DEI
- VIRGA (iconography)
- VIRGILIUS MARO, grammarian
- VIRGIN – VIRGINITY – VELATIO
- VIRGO PARENS
- VIRTUES and VICES
- VISIGOTHS
- VISIO BARONTI (ca. 679)
- VISIO FURSEI
- VISIONS (iconography)
- VISIONS of the AFTERLIFE
- VITA BRIGIDAE
- VITA COLUM CILLE (Life of Columba)
- VITA FRUCTUOSI
- VITAE PATRUM
- VITALIAN, army general (d. 520)
- VITALIAN, pope (d. 672)
- VITALIS, Apollinarist (d. ca. 385)
- VITALIS and AGRICOLA, martyrs
- VITALIS of Antioch (4th c.)
- VITAS SANCTORUM PATRUM EMERITENSIUM
- VIVARIUM
- VIVENTIOLUS of Lyons (d. ca. 524)
- VOCONIUS
- VOLUSIANUS (d. 437)
- W
- WAGER – BET
- WAR
- WARNAHARIUS (Warner) (7th c.)
- WATER
- WEDDING at CANA (iconography)
- WEEK
- WIDOWS
- WILFRID of York. (ca. 634–709)
- WILLIBRORD of Utrecht (658–739)
- WINE
- WING (Flight of the Soul)
- WISDOM BOOKS
- WOMAN
- WOMEN, PIOUS (iconography)
- WORKS of AID and CHARITY
- WORLD
- WRITING
- WULFILA or Ulfila (ca. 311–383)
- X
- XENODOCHIUM (Hospital)
- Y
- YAZDEGERD I (399–420)
- YORK
- Z
- ZACCHEUS, antignostic
- ZACHARIAH, pope (741–752)
- ZACHARIAS of Jerusalem (609–ca. 628)
- ZACHARIAS Scholasticus or Rhetor
- ZENO
- ZENO of Verona
- ZENOBIA (d. after 272)
- ZENOBIUS of Zephyrium (5th c.)
- ZEPHYRINUS, pope (198–217)
- ZODIAC
- ZOILUS of Alexandria (d. 551)
- ZOORA, monk (6th c.)
- ZOSIMUS (6th c.)
- ZOSIMUS, Byzantine historian (5th–6th c.)
- ZOSIMUS, pope (417–418)
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