abbreviations
(Latin: abbreviare, to shorten)
The use of a single letter for the entire word, or a sign or mark for a word or phrase, a custom common from early days, especially in Greece and Rome, and adopted by Christians first as a means of keeping their secrets from enemies and then as a matter of economy in transcribing manuscripts. The abbreviations used by the Papal Chancery, the theological schools of Paris and Oxford, and the Bologna school of civil law became from the ninth century the standards for Europe. They abound in manuscripts of Roman and canon law , theology, civil and ecclesiastical documents, and chronicles. The invention of printing greatly influenced the use of abbreviations.
Ecclesiastical abbreviations are:
administrative, as used in pontifical documents, once numerous, but all abolished by Leo XIII in 1878 , except for the names of sees, forms of address, and titles of Roman Congregations and individual ecclesiastical authorities;
liturgical, as in the description of or directions for liturgical acts;
scholastic, as for academic titles and degrees;
chronological, for the civil or ecclesiastical year.
Well-known examples of abbreviations are:
A.D., Anno Domini, Year of the Lord
A.M.D.G., Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, For the greater glory of God
B.C., Before Christ
I.H.S., usually interpreted Jesus Hominum Salvator, Jesus Saviour of Men
R.I.P., Requiescat in Pace, May he (or she) rest in peace.
The various titles of religious orders, priests, and congregations have each their abbreviations, e.g., O.P., Ordo Prredicatorum, Order of Preachers. Abbreviations in general ecclesiastical use and in titles of religious orders are given in their proper alphabetical places.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Abbreviations
I. General
Alex.Alexandrian.
Apoc.Apocalypse, Apocalyptic.
Apocr.Apocrypha, Apocryphal.
Aq.Aquila.
Arab.Arabic.
Aram.Aramaic.
Assyr.Assyrian.
AVAuthorized Version.
AVmAuthorized Version margin.
Bab.Babylonian.
ccirca, about.
cf.compare.
ct.contrast.
DDeuteronomist.
EElohist.
edd.editions or editors.
EVEnglish Version.
f.and following verse or page: as Act 10:34 f.
ff.and following verses or pages: as Mat 11:28 ff.
HLaw of Holiness.
Hex.Hexateuch.
JJahwist.
JJahweh.
Jos.Josephus.
LXXSeptuagint.
MTMassoretic Text.
n.note.
NTNew Testament.
OTOld Testament.
PPriestly Narrative.
Pr. Bk.Prayer Book.
RRedactor.
RVRevised Version.
RVmRevised Version margin.
TRTextus Receptus.
tr.translate or translation.
VSSVersions.
Vulg.Vulgate.
WHWestcott and Horts text.
II. Books of the Bible
Apocrypha
1 Es, 2 Es1 and 2 Esdras.
ToTobit.
JthJudith.
Ad. EstAdditions to Esther.
WisWisdom.
SirSirach or Ecclesiasticus.
BarBaruch.
ThreeSong of the Three Children.
SusSusanna.
BelBel and the Dragon.
Pr. ManPrayer of Manasses.
1 Mac, 2 Mac1 and 2 Maccabees.
III. For the Literature
AHTAncient Hebrew Tradition.
AJThAmerican Journal of Theology.
ATAltes Testament.
BRPBiblical Researches in Palestine.
COTCuneiform Inscriptions and the OT.
DBDictionary of the Bible.
DCGDictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
EBiEncyclopdia Biblica.
EBrEncyclopdia Britannica.
EGTExpositors Greek Testament.
ExpTExpository Times.
GAPGeographie des alten Palstina.
GGAGttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen.
GGNNachrichten der knigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gttingen.
GJVGeschichte des Jdischen Volkes.
GVIGeschichte des Volkes Israel.
HCMHigher Criticism and the Monuments.
HGHLHistorical Geography of Holy Land.
HJPHistory of the Jewish People.
HPNHebrew Proper Names.
HWBHandwrterbuch.
ICCInternational Critical Commentary.
JAOSJourn. of the Amer. Oriental Society.
JBLJourn. of Biblical Literature.
JEJewish Encyclopedia.
JQRJewish Quarterly Review.
JThStJournal of Theological Studies.
KATDie Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament.
KIBKeilinschriftliche Bibliothek.
LBThe Land and the Book.
LOTIntrod. to the Literature of the Old Testament.
MNDPVMittheil. u. Nachrichten d. Deutch. Pal.-Vereins.
OTJCThe Old Test. in the Jewish Church.
PBPolychrome Bible.
PEFPalestine Exploration Fund.
PEFStQuarterly Statement of the same.
PSBAProceedings of Soc. of Bibl. Archology.
PREReal-Encykl. fr protest. Theol. und Kirche
RBRevue Biblique.
RERealencyklopdie.
REJRevue des tudes Juives.
RPRecords of the Past.
RSReligion of the Semites.
RWBRealwrterbuch.
SBOTSacred Books of Old Testament.
SPSinai and Palestine.
SWPMemoirs of the Survey of W. Palestine.
TSTexts and Studies.
TSBATransactions of Soc. of Bibl. Archology.
TUTexte und Untersuchungen.
WAIWestern Asiatic Inscriptions.
ZATWZeitschrift fr die Alttest. Wissenschaft.
ZNTWZeitschrift fr die Neutest. Wissenschaft.
A small superior number designates the particular edition of the work referred to: as KAT [Note: Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament.] 2, LOT [Note: OT Introd. to the Literature of the Old Testament.] 6.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Abbreviations
Explanations: A. V.=Authorized Version; R. V.Revised Version; Sept.=Septuagint, or Greek Version of the Old Testament; , as in fr; , as in cre; , as in thre; , as in trm; , as in pque; , as in fr; , as in fd; , as in ft; , as in frl; the other abbreviations are self-explanatory.