In the footnote references certain large collections of source materials have been abbreviated as follows:
| ANF, | The Ante-Nicene Fathers. |
| MBVP, | Maxima Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum. |
| MGH, | Monumenta Gerrnaniae Historica. |
| NPNF, | A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. |
| PG, | Patrologia Graeca (Migne). |
| PL, | Patrologia Latina (Migne). |