Abbreviations
| Blessedness | Book on Profound and Mysterious Blessedness |
| CSCO | Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: various imprints, 1903–) |
| DF | Dao Feng: Jidujiao wenhua pinglun |
| DJ | Dunhuangxue jikan |
| Discourse | Discourse on the One God |
| GEDSH | Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz, and Lucas Van Rompay. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2011 |
| Honored | Honored Persons and Sacred Books |
| Kärkkäinen, CCTPW | Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World. Vol. 1, Christ and Reconciliation. Vol. 2, Trinity and Revelation. Vol. 3, Creation and Humanity. Vol. 4, Spirit and Salvation. Vol. 5, Hope and Community. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Lin and Yin, TJZYJ (ZDB) | Wushu Lin |
| McGrath, ScT | Alister E. McGrath. A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1, Nature. Vol. 2, Reality. Vol. 3, Theory. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, 2002, 2006 [2003] |
| OCA | Orientalia Christiana Analecta |
| Origin | Book of Daqin Jingjiao on Revealing the Origin and the Deepest Foundation |
| Mediator | Book of the Righteous Meditator |
| Nicolini-Zani, LWE | Matteo Nicolini-Zani. The Luminous Way to the East: Texts and History of the First Encounter of Christianity with China. Trans. William Skudlarek. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022 |
| ParOr | Parole de l’Orient |
| Praise | Hymn in Praise of the Salvation Achieved through the Three Majesties of Daqin Jingjiao |
| PTMS | Princeton Theological Monograph Series |
| SECR | Sobornost/Eastern Churches Review |
| Sk. | Sanskrit |
| Stele | Stele of the Diffusion of Daqin Jingjiao in China and Preface |
| SZY | Shijie zongjiao yanjiu |
| SZW | Shijie zongjiao wenhua |
| TP | T’oung Pao |
| XYYJ | Xiyu yanjiu |
| Yong, CB | Amos Yong. The Cosmic Breath: Spirit and Nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-Science Trialogue. Leiden: Brill, 2012 |
| ZZ | Zhongguo zongjiao |
| Wu, DJLZB | Changxing Wu (or Chang Shing Wu) |