Abbreviations
Abbreviations of Periodicals, Series, Handbooks, Dictionaries and Databases
| BBKL | Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon |
| BETL | Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium |
| BN | Biographie Nationale |
| BRHE | Bibliothèque de la Revue d’histoire ecclesiastique |
| CCCOGD | Giuseppe Alberigo and Alberto Melloni (ed.), Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta, 7 vols. Corpus christianorum. Conciliorum oecumenicorum generaliumque decreta (Turnhout: Brepols, 2006–). |
| CCSL | Corpus Christianorum Series Latina |
| CSEL | Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum |
| CT | Concilium Tridentinum: Diariorum, actorum, epistularum, tractatuum nova collectio, 13 vol., Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder and Görres Gesellschaft, 1901–2001. |
| DH | Henrich Denzinger, Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum. Original bilingual edition by Peter Hünermann; English edition by Robert L. Fastiggi and Anne E. Nash (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2012). |
| DHGE | Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques |
| ETL | Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses |
| NBW | Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek |
| NNBW | Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek |
| STCN | Short-Title Catalogue Nederland |
| STCV | Short-Title Catalogue Vlaanderen |
Standard Abbreviations and Sigla
| c. | column |
| l. | line |
| n. | note |
| r. | reign |
| t. | time of office |