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Ambrose letter to Emperor Theodosius after the massacre at Thessalonica
Apollinaris, Apollinarius, his teaching on Christology from fragments of his writings
Arius letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia as found in Theodoret and Epiphanius. Arius speaks about his Christology.
Arius, the Thalia of, as found in Athanasius, Adversus Arianos Oratio Prima, 1. 5 and De Synodis, 15
Athanasius on the atonement
Athanasius De Synodis, 22-25 - the creeds of the Council of Antioch in 341
Athanasius 39th Festal Letter stating the Canonical books of the New Testament
Athanasius The Life of Antony, chapters 5 - 10 and 89 - 94
Augustine on how he was influenced by Ambrose from Confessions, 5. 13. 23 - 14. 25.
Augustine on how he was influenced by the reading of Cicero's Hortensius. Confessions 3. 3. 6 - 5. 9
Augustine on his conversion from Confessions 8. 12. 28-30
Augustine on The Cross from Contra Faustum, 14
Augustine on the episcopate
Augustine on free will
Augustine on Philosophy and Theology / Christianity and Pagan learning from De Doctrina Christiana (On Christian Doctrine), 40 (60, 61)
Augustine on The Relation of the Old and the New Testaments from De Utilitate
Credendi 9.3.
Augustine Sermon 272 on The Eucharist.
Augustine on The Trinity from De Trinitate, 9
Augustine on War from Contra Faustum, 22. 69 - 76
Barnabas, Epistle of, 9: 6-9, and 12: 1-7. The Greek text is from the Kirsopp Lake edition of the Apostolic Fathers.
Basil the Great on God's Essence and God's Attributes - Letter 234 to Amphilochius.
Basil the Great on Ousia and Hypostasis
Bede on the martyrdom of Alban - Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, 1. 7.
Canons of the Council of Chalcedon, 451
Canons of the Council of Constantinople, 381
Canons of the Council of Ephesus, 431
Canons of the Council of Nicaea, 325
The Chalcedonian Definition
I Clement, 40 - 42, 44 about Christian Ministry at the end of the first century
Clement of Alexandria on the Ineffability of God (Stromateis, 5. 12)
Clement of Alexandria on Philosophy and Christianity (Stromateis, 5. 12)
Clement of Alexandria, Liber Quis Dives Salvetur, 11 - 17, on the Christian attitude towards riches
Creed of Constantinople (Homoian - 360) Greek text with translation from Athanasius, De Synodis, 30.
Creed of the Long Lines, Ekthesis Macrostichos - 345 - Greek Text with English translation (from Athanasius and Socrates)
Creed of Nicaea in Greek and Latin - Greek text as agreed at Council of Nicaea in 325
Creed (first) of Sirmium (351), as found in Athanasius, De Synodis, Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica and Hilary, De Synodis.
Creed (second) of Sirmium (357), as found in Athanasius, De Synodis, Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica and Hilary, De Synodis.
Creed (fourth) of Sirmium (359), as found in Athanasius, De Synodis and Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica.
Creed of the Western Council of Sardica (343) - Theodoret, Historia Ecclestiaca, book 2. 6 (or 8)
Cyprian Letter to Pompey about Stephen's views on the baptism of "heretics" - Epistle 73 or 74, LXXIII or LXXIV
Cyprian Letter to Quintus about the baptism of "heretics" - Epistle 70 or 71, LXX or LXXI
Cyprian On the Unity of the Church
Cyril of Alexandria Twelve Anathemas against Nestorius
Cyril of Jerusalem on the significance of baptism from Mystagogica Catechesis, 1, 1-3 (Catechetical Lecture 19, XIX)
Cyril of Jerusalem on the Catholic Church from Catechetical Lecture, 18. 23 & 26
The Didache
Dio Cassius, Historia Romana, Book 67, chapter 14 - Persecution under Domitian
Dionysius of Alexandria - Defence of his Theology - Greek text from Athanasius, De Sententia Dionysii, 14 - 18
Dionysius of Rome, Against the Sabellians, Greek text from a fragment as given in Migne PL vol. 5. (from Athanasius De Decretis Nicaenae Synodi, ch. 26).
Diognetus, Epistle to - chapters 5-7
Egeria (Etheria) - Silviae Vel Potius Aetheriae Peregrinatio Ad Loca Sancta (chapters XXIX - XL - Holy Week and Easter): The Pilgrimage of Etheria
Epiphanius - Marcellus of Ancyra apologia to Pope Julius (containing the Old Roman Creed)
Epiphanius Adversus Haereses (Panarion), 62 in which the views of Sabellius and the Sabellians are described.
Eusebius of Caesarea on the Canon of the New Testament, from Historia Ecclesiastica 3.25.
Eusebius of Caesarea on the Canonical Epistles of the New Testament (Peter and Paul), from Historia Ecclesiastica 3.3.
Eusebius of Caesarea - The Edict of Milan - translation into Greek from the Latin
Eusebius of Caesarea - Letter to his Church about the Creed of Nicaea. The letter is an important witness to the text of the Creed and has given rise to discussion about the role and motives of Eusebius at Nicaea in 325. The letter is found in Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica, 1.8.
Eusebius of Caesarea - Life of Constantine, Constantine's vision of the cross
Eusebius of Caesarea - Montanism - the Origins of, from Historia Ecclesiastica, 5.16
Eusebius of Caesarea - Origen's work on the Text of the Old Testament (his Hexapla), from Historia Ecclesiastica, 6.16
Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica, 3. 39 about Papias
Eusebius of Caesarea - Persecution under Nero and the martyrdom of Peter and Paul, from Historia Ecclesiastica, 2.25
Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica, 4. 3 about Quadratus and Aristides
Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica, 4. 28 - 29 about Tatian
Gregory of Nazianzus on the Deity of the Holy Spirit
Gregory of Nazianzus Critique of Apollinaris and Apollinarianism, from letter 101 to Cledonius
Gregory of Nazianzus Letter CXXX to Procopius, in which he complains about the futility of Councils of Bishops.
Gregory of Nazianzus on the Theophany, or Birthday of Christ. Oratio, 38 (1 - 4, 13 - 18).
Gregory of Nyssa on Baptism. In Baptismum Christi (On the Baptism of Christ) - excerpt.
Gregory of Nyssa Life of St Macrina extracts
Gregory of Nyssa on the self-emptying of the Godhead
Hadrian Rescript to Caius
Hilary of Poitiers on The Trinity: From De Trinitate, book 12. 52 and 57
Hilary of Poitiers on The Two Natures of Christ: From De Trinitate, book 9. 14 and 10.19.
Hippolytus writing about Callistus
Hippolytus on Montanist Prophets from Refutation of All Heresies, 8. 19.
Ignatius Letter to the Magnesians - about Christianity and Judaism (also whole letter)
Ignatius Letter to the Romans - chapter 5 about Martyrdom (also a link to complete text and translation)
Ignatius Letter to the Smyrnaeans - about Ministry and Sacraments (also whole letter)
Ignatius Letter to the Trallians - with a focus on Docetism (also whole letter)
Irenaeus about Basilides (Gnostic) from Adversus Haereses, 1.19.
Irenaeus - the glory of God, a living human being from Adversus Haereses, 4.34, 5-7
Irenaeus about Ebionites from Adversus Haereses, 1.22.
Irenaeus on Tradition from Adversus Haereses, 3. 2. 1 - 3. 4. 2
Irenaeus on Marcion from Adversus Haereses, 1. 24
Irenaeus on Recapitulation in Christ from Adversus Haereses
Irenaeus "The Rule of Faith" from Adversus Haereses, 1. 2 - 3.
James, Protoevangelium of
Jerome - Adversus Helvidium, 20-22. To marry or to be celibate.
Jerome Contra Joannem Hierosolymitanum, 7. (A negative attitude towards Origen)
Jerome De Viris Illustribus, 19 - 20, on Quadratus and Aristides
Jerome Fragment of Letter 33 to Paula. (A positive attitude towards Origen)
Jerome Letter 22 to Eustochium (section 7), about Jerome's experiences as an ascetic in the desert
Jerome Letter 22 to Eustochium (sections 34-35) in which he describes the life of three kinds of Egyptian monks: Coenobites, Anchorites and Remoboth.
Jerome Letter 53 to Paulinus,
about the importance of scripture and how to understand it correctly
Jerome preface to the Four Gospels
John Chrysostom on free will and grace - Homily 16 on Romans 9
John Chrysostom - Homily VI on Matthew 2: 1-2, about the Magi, the star and Herod.
John Chrysostom - Letter during his second exile from Constantinople appealing to to Innocent I for support (from Palladius Dialogus De Vita S. Joannis Chrysostomi.
John Chrysostom - Paschal (Easter) Sermon
Julian (Emperor) Rescript on Christian Teachers - Letter 36
Justin Martyr on the possibility of Christians before Christ
Justin Martyr on Baptism from Apology 1. 61.
Justin Martyr on the celebration of the Eucharist and the pattern of Sunday of Worship from Apology 1. 65 - 67.
Lactantius Liber de Mortibus Persecutorum, XI - XIII. The beginning, in 303, of the great persecution under Diocletian and Galerius.
Lactantius Liber de Mortibus Persecutorum, XXXIV. The Edict of Galerius (311) - the end of the Great Persecution.
Lactantius Liber de Mortibus Persecutorum, XLIV. Constantine's heavenly vision before the battle of Milvian Bridge in 312.
Lactantius Liber de Mortibus Persecutorum, XLVIII. The Edict of Milan granting freedom of worship to Christians.
Leo - Sermon on the Festival of The Nativity VIII, (Sermon XXVIII)
Leo - The Tome of Leo - Letter 28 to Flavian - Greek and Latin Text with English translation
Libellus from the period of persecution under the emperor Decius
Martyrdom of Polycarp
Meletius of Lycopolis - Codex Veronensis LX. Letter of Four Egyptian Bishops, A note about the Meletian Schism, Letter of Peter of Alexandria to his flock. From Routh, Reliquiae Sacrae.
Minucius Felix Octavius, chapters 5, 6, 8, 9 and 12
Muratorian Canon, both as found in Migne PL and in Gwatkin Selections from Early Christian Writers.
Nicene Creed in Greek and Latin - as agreed at the Council of Constantinople in 381
Novatian De Trinitate, chapter 31. The Latin text from the Fausset 1909 edition with the NPNF English translation.
Old Roman Creed - forerunner of the Apostles Creed - Greek and Latin texts
Optatus on the origins of the Donatist Controversy from De Schismate Donatistarum
Origen from De Principiis 4. 2. 4 (in Greek) - how to understand the Scriptures - threefold understanding
Origen from De Principiis 4.16 about the Parabolic Element in Scripture.
(Palladius - see John Chrysostom above for text from Dialogus De Vita S. Joannis Chrysostomi)
The Passion/Martyrdom of Perpetua, Greek and Latin text
Pelagius on free will
Pirminius, Abbas - the apostles' creed
Pliny Letter to Trajan in Latin about the treatment of Christians in Bithynia
Rufinus on the Apostles' Creed (Commentarius In Symbolum Apostolorum, 2)
Rufinus on the Crucifixion of Christ (Commentarius In Symbolum Apostolorum, 14 - 17)
Salvian, De Gubernatione Dei, (Extracts - 3. 9; 4. 12-14; 5. 4). (On the Government of God)
Shepherd of Hermas - extracts and a link to the complete Greek text and translation
Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, 1.6. 4 ff. The letter of Alexander and his clergy (c. 319) about the controversy surrounding Arius
Socrates' description of the start of the Arian controversy
Socrates on John Chrysostom and the statue of Eudoxia
From Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, The Letter of the Council of Nicaea to the Egyptian Church
Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, 1. 26 Arius' Confession of Faith to Constantine
Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, 2. 20 about the Council of Sardica (Serdica) in 343
Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, 7. 29, in which Socrates describes the appointment of Nestorius as Bishop of Constantinople
Socrates Historia Ecclesiastica, 6. 13, in which Socrates defends Origen against criticism.
Sozomen Historia Ecclesiastica, 1. 15, in which Sozomen writes about Arius and the start of controversy.
Sozomen Historia Ecclesiastica, 2. 25, in which Sozomen writes about Athanasius and the Council of Tyre.
Sozomen Historia Ecclesiastica, 2. 27, Arius' Confession of Faith to Constantine.
Sozomen Historia Ecclesiastica, 3. 14, in which Sozomen writes about Pachomius and the monks of Egypt.
Sozomen Historia Ecclesiastica, 3. 16, in which Sozomen writes about Ephraim the Syrian.
Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini, 10, in which Martin's Monastery at Marmoutier is described.
Tacitus Annals, 15.44, The great fire of Rome and persecution of Christians under Nero.
Tertullian passage from Apologeticus pro Christianis (Apology), 29 - 32 - about Christians and loyalty to the Emperor.
Tertullian on the Incarnation from Apologeticus pro Christianis (Apology), 21: 10-14
Tertullian on Marcion from Adversus Marcionem, 1.19, 1.27, 3.8
Tertullian on Marcion from De Praescriptione Haereticorum, 30
Tertullian on philosophy and Christianity
Tertullian on Apostolic Tradition, from De Praescriptione Haereticorum, 20, 21 and 32
Tertullian on the "Rule of Faith" from Liber de Praescriptionibus adversus haereticos, ch. 13.
Tertullian on the Two Natures of Christ from Adversus Praxeam, ch. 27.
Tertullian on traditional Christian practices (Baptism and the Eucharist) from De Corona, 3
Tertullian on the Trinity from Adversus Praxeam, chapters 2 & 3
Theodoret Letter 180 to Domnus, on the death of Cyril of Alexandria
Theodore of Mopsuestia, De Incarnatione, 7
Trajan reply to Pliny in Latin about the treatment of Christians in Bithynia
Vincent of L?ins on the Catholic Faith and "Heresy" from Commonitorium, 2. 4 - 3. 8 and 23. 54 - 58.