The following works of the fathers of the Church have been cited in this study. To avoid repetition in the footnotes, and to provide a convenient reference page for the reader, they are listed below. if no English translation for a particular work is listed, this is because the translator is not aware of any extant or easily available English translation. In this case the reader is referred to french translations, or the Latin original or translation. Note that the quotations from the Fathers in the text do not necessarily come from the translations listed below.