Find the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture in the Divinity Reference Room or in the library catalog.
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) gathers lots of short excerpts on short passages of Scripture, but these come from longer works. So how do you find the longer works?
- First, find a passage you like in ACCS.
- Locate the author (small caps, after the bolded section heading), and the source (small caps, at the end of the section).
- The source will have a footnote: look for the corresponding number at the bottom of the page. Here you will find an abbreviation of the larger source.
- EXAMPLE: LCC 3:178-79 means Library of Christian Classics, volume 3, pages 178-79.
- Not sure what the abbreviation stands for? Look for the Abbreviations section in the front of the volume you are using. Popular series in English include:
ACW (Ancient Christian Writers)
ANF (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
FC (Fathers of the Church)
LCC (Library of Christian Classics)
NPNF (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers)
