- J
- St. Jacob of Serugh,
Syriac Christian hymnographer, (V/VI Centuries):
[Accepted by both Chalcedonians and Non-Chalcedonians.] Homily
in verse about Samson as a prefiguration of Christ. --- HOLY TRANSFIGURATION MONASTERY
- Secondary Sources:
St. Jerome, Latin theologian and Bible
translator, (IV/V Centuries): About
deacons, that they are not as high-ranking as priests. Seems almost to equate bishops and
priests. --- SPL
Life of Hilarion
---CCEL
Life of Malchus
---CCEL
Life of Paul the
Hermit ---CCEL
To Pammachius
against John of Jerusalem ---CCEL
The Perpetual
Virginity of the Blessed Mary ---CCEL
Prefaces from other writings of Jerome:
---CCEL
John II, Pope of Rome:
St. John Cassian the Roman, Daco-Romanian
monastic active in Gaul, (IV/V Centuries): Cassian
visited Egypt and interviewed the famous hermits of the desert. Gibson translation, 1894.
--- OSB
On the Incarnation, against
Nestorius: Gibson translation, 1894. --- NA
Institutes: A
detailed first-hand account of Egyptian monastic life, which became a major source of
information about Eastern practice for monks in the West. Gibson translation, 1894. ---
OSB
St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of
Constantinople, (IV/V Centuries): Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost
translation, 1851. --- SPL
The Divine Liturgy
--- ORTHODOX PAGE
Easter Sermon --- ORTHODOX
CHRISTIAN FOUND.
On Eutropius ---
CCEL
Exhortation
to Theodore, After His Fall: The sinner should mourn for his deeds, and think
of the fire of Hell and (what is worse) the loss of heaven, but at the same time never
despair. The letter is addressed to a young monk who has fallen in love with a woman and
intends to marry her in spite of his vow of celibacy. --- CCEL
Instructions to
Catachumens --- CCEL
Letters to Innocent I, Pope
of Rome --- CCEL
Letters to Olympias ---
CCEL
Letter to
a Young Widow: Addressing the widow of a fast-rising politician who died not
yet in his prime, Chrysostom urges her to look forward to a reunion with her beloved
husband in heaven; if, on the other hand, it is the sudden end of the couple's social
climb which most distresses her, she should remember the teaching of the Greek
philosophers (with whose works she is said to be familiar) concerning the transience and
peril of earthly glory. And, he adds, during this time of barbarian invasion, there are
many widows, including prominent ones. More importantly, widowhood is Biblically an
honored state like virginity. --- CCEL
Letter to some Priests of Antioch:
--- NA
The Lord's
Prayer: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation,
1851. --- SPL
On Lowliness of Mind ---
CCEL
Against Marcionists and
Manichaeans --- CCEL
On the New Testament: --- CCEL Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851. --- SPL
The Lord's
Prayer: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851.
--- SPL
John
Acts
Romans
I & II Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
On the Paralytic Let Down
Through the Roof --- CCEL
On the Power of Demons ---
CCEL
On the
Priesthood: Often considered the most important patristic account of this
topic. Stephens translation, 1888. --- CCEL
Against Publishing the
Errors of the Brethren --- CCEL
Homily on St. Babylas:
Emphasizing the failure of Julian the Apostate to suppress the veneration of the
saint in Daphne, a city sacred to Apollo. Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
Homily on St.
Ignatius: Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
On the Statues ---
CCEL
To Those Who Had Not
Attended the Assembly, on Resentment: --- CCEL
A Treatise to Prove That No
One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself --- CCEL
St. John of Damascus, Arab Christian
theologian, (VI/VII Centuries): Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
Barlaam and Ioasaph: Considered
by some to be patterned on the life of the Buddha. Authorship disputed. Woodward and
Mattingly translation, 1914. --- OMACL
Exact Exposition of
the Orthodox Faith: A classic textbook, actually the third part of a longer
work also covering philosophy and heresies. --- Fr. Seraphim Holland
St. John of Kronstadt, Russian priest,
(XIX/XX Centuries):
Copyrighted
Spruksts translation, 1996. -- Orthodox List
Preparation for Confession:
Short meditation. -- St. John's R. O. Cathedral
What has the
Feast of Pascha Left in our Hearts? Holidays are not an excuse for greed and
drunkenness. From The Sun of Righteousness. Spruksts translation, 1983. --- SPL
The Word was
Made Flesh: Christmas sermon by the great Russian preacher. From The Sun of
Righteousness. Spruksts translation, 1983. --- SPL
Jonas, monk at Bobbio in Italy, (VII
Century): Based
on interviews with Columbanus' disciples and friends by a monk who entered the monastery
three years after its founder's repose. Describes the saint's life in France, his miracles
(including the multiplication of beer), his amicable relations with numerous wild animals,
and his involvement in Merovingian politics. Munro translation, 1907.
Joseph the Hesychast, Athonite Elder,
(XIX/XX Centuries): SGPM translation, 1997. --- SGPM
Juansher, Georgian historian, (XII Century):
History of Georgia from Tower of Babel to XII Century. Translated from an Armenian
(but apparently diophysite pro-Chalcedon) version. Bedrosian translation, 1991. -- AHS
Junillus:
St. Justin Martyr, Hellenistic philosopher
and Christian apologist, (II Century): Argues that Christ is the Logos of Platonic philosophy, and describes early
liturgical practices. --- NNC
Second Apology: --- NA
Discourse to
the Greeks: An attack on Greek polytheism. Dods translation. --- NNC
Hortatory
Address to the Greeks: Contrasts the weaknesses and inconsistency of Greek
myth and philosophy with the antiquity and coherence of Judæo-Christianity. The
philosophers and poets nevertheless anticipated many aspects of the Christian revelation.
Dods translation. --- NNC
On the
Resurrection (fragments): The dead will rise in physical bodies at the Second
Advent. --- NNC
The Sole
Government of God: Evidence for monotheism can be found even in classical
Greek literature. Reith translation. --- NNC
Fragments of
Lost Writings, collected by Rev. A. Roberts. --- NNC
Secondary sources:
St. Justinian, Emperor of the East, (V/VI
Centuries): Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
Dialogue with
Paul of Nisibis: Transcript of a debate between the emperor and the Persian
Nestorian bishop Paul. CAUTIONARY NOTE: This document reflects a stage in the development
of the Emperor's Christology and uses vague language which would be rendered more precise
during the Monoenergist and Monothelite controversies of later times. Copyrighted
Macdonald translation, 1998. --- SPL
K
L
The Lenten Triodion:
St. Leo I the Great, Pope of Rome, (V
Century):
- Tomos: Leo's famous letter
defending the doctrine of Christ's two natures:
Post-Nicene
Fathers Translation (NA); Tanner
Translation (St Michael's Depot)
Sermon 1 (First Birthday
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 2 (Second Birthday
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 3 (Third Birthday
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 9 (Fourth Sermon on the
Collections): --- NA
Sermon 10 (Fifth Sermon on the
Collections): --- NA
Sermon 12 (First Sermon on the
Fast of the Tenth Month): --- NA
Sermon 16 (Fifth Sermon on the
Fast of the Tenth Month): --- NA
Sermon 17 (Sixth Sermon on the
Fast of the Tenth Month): --- NA
Sermon 19 (Eighth Sermon on the
Fast of the Tenth Month): --- NA
Sermon 21 (First Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 22 (Second Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 23 (Third Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 24 (Fourth Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 26 (Sixth Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 27 (Seventh Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 28 (Eighth Christmas
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 31 (First Epiphany
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 3 3 (Third Epiphany
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 34 (Fourth Epiphany
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 36 (Sixth Epiphany
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 39 (First Lenten Sermon):
--- NA
Sermon 40 (Second Lenten
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 42 (Fourth Lenten
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 46 (Eighth Lenten
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 49 (Eleventh Lenten
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 51 (Sermon for Saturday
before Second Sunday of Lent -- On the Transfiguration): --- NA
Sermon 54 (Palm Sunday Sermon --
On the Passion, III): --- NA
Sermon 55 (Holy Wednesday Sermon
-- On the Passion, IV): --- NA
Sermon 58 (On the Passion, VII):
--- NA
Sermon 59 (Holy Wednesday Sermon
-- On the Passion, VIII): --- NA
Sermon 62 (On the Passion, XI):
--- NA
Sermon 63 (Sermon for a
Wednesday -- On the Passion, XII): --- NA
Sermon 67 (Sunday Sermon -- On
the Passion, XVI): --- NA
Sermon 68 (Wednesday Sermon --
On the Passion, XVII): --- NA
Sermon 71 (Easter Vigil Sermon
-- On the Lord's Resurrection, I): --- NA
Sermon 72 (On the Lord's
Resurrection, II): --- NA
Sermon 73 (First Ascension
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 74 (Second Ascension
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 75 (First Pentecost
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 77 (Third Pentecost
Sermon): --- NA
Sermon 78 (First Sermon on the
Pentecost Fast): --- NA
Sermon 82 (Sermon on the Feast
of Saints Peter and Paul): --- NA
Sermon 84 (On the Neglect of the
Commemoration): --- NA
Sermon 85 (Sermon on the Feast
of St. Laurence): --- NA
Sermon 88 (Third Sermon on the
Fast of the Seventh Month): --- NA
Sermon 90 (Fifth Sermon on the
Fast of the Seventh Month): --- NA
Sermon 95: On
the Beatitudes: The emphasis on theosis is notable. Feltoe translation, 1894.
--- SPL
Letters: --- NA
Liturgies:
Roman: [POST-SCHISM USAGE]
St. Basil:
- Coptic [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
---St. Mary's Coptic Church
St. James:
St. John Chrysostom:
Liutprand of Cremona:
Lives of the Saints: Lives of the majority of Eastern saints, by a XX Century author who
himself was recently canonized. --- Serbian Unity
Saints' Lives Page: A collection
of primary sources.[Includes some non-Orthodox Western saints.] --- MSBP
Righteous Adam the First Created Man: (All
these lives are legendary and should be read with caution.)
Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. One of the most ambitious
attempts to create a scholarly hypertext edition of an early Judæo-Christian work. ---
University of Virginia
St. Ephraim of
Syria(?): The Cave of Treasures: Legendary lives of the patriarchs who
lived before the Deluge. Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. ---
University of Virginia
St. Alban, Romano-British martyr, (III
Century): The only authoritative account of the protomartyr of Britain. ---
SPL
Ælfric: Homily for the Feast of
St. Alban: From Verse Lives of the Saints. --- Brit. Orth. Church
St. Anskar (Oscar), Archbishop of Bremen,
Frankish missionary to Scandinavia and Northern Germany, (IX Century): Also includes some mediæval hymnography. Robinson translation, 1921. --- MSBP
St. Anthony the Great:
St. Athanasius the Great of Alexandria: An
ancient life of Athanasius. --- CCEL
St. Gregory the Theologian: Oration
21 (On Athanasius the Great): Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
St. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Roman missionary in England, (VI/VII Centuries): The fullest account of St. Augustine's life is found
in Book One, Chapters 23-34 and Book Two, Chapters 1-3. --- SPL
St. Babylas of Daphne: Emphasizing the failure of Julian the Apostate to
suppress the veneration of the saint in Daphne, a city sacred to Apollo.
Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
St. Barlaam of Great India: Woodward and Mattingly translation, 1914. --- OMACL
St. Barsamya of Edessa: Bishop martyred under Trajan. --- SPL
St. Basil the Great: Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
Gregory of Nyssa: Eulogy for
Basil the Great: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and
David Salomon. --- GNHP
St. Benedict Biscop: Giles translation, 1910. --- MSBP
St. Benedict of Nursia: The life of Benedict by his famous contemporary.
--- SPL
Anonymous (VII
Century): The Discovery of the Relics of St. Benedict. Coulton translation,
1910. --- MSBP
St. Cædmon of Northumbria: In Old English, no translation. --- Harvard
St. Cæsarius, brother of Gregory the
Theologian: Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
St. Cecilia: William Caxton translation, 1483. May contain HTML
errors. READ WITH CAUTION: This is a very late (post-Schism) Western version. ---
Harvard
St. Ceolfrid:
St. Columba of Iona: Reeves translation, 1874. --- St Columba Page
St. Columbanus of Bobbio: Based on interviews with Columbanus' disciples and friends by a monk
who entered the monastery three years after its founder's repose. Describes the saint's
life in France, his miracles (including the multiplication of beer), his amicable
relations with numerous wild animals, and his involvement in Merovingian politics. Munro
translation, 1907.
Sts. Constantine and Helen:
St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne:
St. Cyprian of Carthage:
St. Cyril of Alexandria: Illustrates
how this most celebrated of Egyptian hierarchs and his opponent Nestorius were remembered
in the X Century. [NON-CHALCEDONIAN AUTHOR] --- SPL
St. Daniel the Stylite: Dawes translation, 1948. --- MSBP
St. Declan of Ardmore: Power translation, 1914. --- CCEL
St. Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria,
(II/III Centuries): The
author's desire to praise chastity perhaps goes a bit overboard. Evetts translation.
--- SPL
St. Domnina of Antioch:
St. Easterwine of Northumbria: Giles translation, 1910. --- MSBP
St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, martyr, (IX
Century): Cutler translation, 1998. ---
MSBP
Lydgate, John: Lives of Sts.
Edmund and Fremund and Miracles of St. Edmund: In archaic English.
This account is post-Schism. --- Lydgate Project
St. Erendruda of Salzburg:
St. Eutropius the Reader, Byzantine cleric
and defender of John Chrysostom, (IV/V Centuries):
Righteous Eve the First Created Woman: (All
these lives are legendary and should be read with caution.)
Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. One of the most ambitious
attempts to create a scholarly hypertext edition of an early Judæo-Christian work. ---
University of Virginia
St. Ephraim of
Syria(?): The Cave of Treasures: Legendary lives of the patriarchs who
lived before the Deluge. Translated and edited by G. A. Anderson and M. E. Stone. ---
University of Virginia
Sts. Felicity and Perpetua of Carthage: Thelwall translation. --- CCEL
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir)
McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
Sts. Gervase and Protase of Milan: Relates his discovery of the relics of Saints Gervase
and Protase. --- CCEL
St. Gorgonia, sister of Gregory the
Theologian: Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
St. Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder (father
of the Theologian Gregory): Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
Gregory the Theologian: Oration
16 (On his Father's Silence because of the Plague of Hail): Browne-Swallow
translation. --- NA
Gregory the Theologian: Oration
18 (On the Death of his Father): Browne-Swallow translation. --- NA
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir)
McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
St. Guria of Syria:
St. Habib of Telzeha: One of the last martyrs before the Edict of Toleration. ---
SPL
Jacob of Serugh: Homily on Habib.
--- NA
St. Hilarion:
St. Huetberht of Northumbria: Giles translation, 1910. --- MSBP
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Roberts-Donaldson
translation, 1885. --- NA
John Chrysostom:
Homily on St. Ignatius: Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
St. Ioasaph of Great India: Woodward and Mattingly translation, 1914. --- OMACL
St. James the Apostle:
St. Januarius of Benevento: Famous martyr of southern Italy, known today for
the miracle associated with his blood. --- SPL
St. John the Almsgiver:
Abba John Khame: [PROBABLY NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
St. Julian the Hospitaller:
St. Justin Martyr:
St. Laurence the Deacon:
Maccabee Family:
St. Macrina:
- St. Gregory of Nyssa: Life of
Macrina: Macrina was Gregory's sister and a major influence on his thought.
Apart from its religious aspect, this is one of the few ancient biographies of a woman
intellectual. Clarke translation, 1916. --- MSBP
St. Malchus the Maronite:
St. Mark the Apostle:
St. Martin of Tours:
- Sulpitius
Severus: Life of St. Martin: It was Martin of Tours, more than anyone else, who
was responsible for spreading monasticism in Western Europe, and it was this biography,
written while the saint was still alive, which made Martin famous throughout the Empire.
Roberts translation, 1894. -- E. KNUTH
- St. Sulpitius
Severus: The Dialogues: Sequel to the Life of St. Martin. Roberts
translation, 1894. --- CCEL
St. Mary of Egypt:
St. Matrona of Perge, Byzantine abbess,
(V/VI Centuries):
St. Maximin of Micy, Gallic abbot, (VI
Century):
St. Meletius, Bishop of Antioch:
St. Nicholas of Myra:
St. Nina (Nino) of Georgia:
St. Ninian:
St. Olaf of Norway:
St. Olympias, Byzantine deaconess and
religious activist, (IV/V Centuries):
St. Onnophrius (Onuphrius) of the Desert:
St. Palladius of Ireland, Roman missionary,
(V Century):
St. Patrick of Ireland:
St. Paul the Hermit:
St. Pelagia of Caesarea:
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage:
St. Peter of Alexandria:
St. Peter of Canterbury, Roman monastic in
England, (VI/VII Centuries):
St. Pisentius of Qift [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]:
St. Polycarp of Smyrna:
- The Martyrdom of Polycarp: Eyewitness
account.
Polyeuctus, Roman soldier martyred in
Cappadocia, (III Century):
St. Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza, (IV/V
Centuries):
- Mark the Deacon: Life of
Saint Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza: Written by Porphyry's own disciple. Describes
among other things how the State, at the Church's request, forcibly suppressed pagan
worship (although not all ancient sources agree that Porphyry favored this.) Also
describes the veneration of the True Cross in Jerusalem. Hill translation, 1913. ---
MSBP
Sts. Protase and Gervase of Milan:
St. Romylos the New, Byzantine hesychast,
(XIV Century):
St. Rupert of Salzburg:
Scillitan Martyrs (Carthage):
St. Sergius of Radonezh:
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus:
St. Shamuna of Syria:
St. Sharbil of Edessa:
St. Sigfrid of Northumbria:
Stephen the Protomartyr:
St. Thecla of Iconium:
St. Theodore the Greatmartyr:
St. Theodore of Sykeon:
St. Theophilus, martyr:
St. Vedast (or Foster), Bishop of Arras,
(V/VI Centuries):
- Alcuin: Life of St.
Vedastus: Describes the conversion of King Clovis to Orthodoxy. Lasnier
translation, 1996. Alcuin, the author of the life, although pre-Schism, held some views
later rejected by the Orthodox; however St. Foster himself is considered an Orthodox
saint. --- University of Kansas
Mamikonean, John, Armenian writer, (date
unknown) [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]:
- The History of Taron: A
mediæval story about Armenian knights battling the Persians in a religiously motivated
war. Although ostensibly describing events of the VII Century, it seems far closer in
spirit to the era of the Turkish invasion of Asia Minor much later. Bedrosian translation,
1985. --- AHS
Marcellus:
Mark the Deacon, (IV/V Centuries):
- Life of Saint Porphyry,
Bishop of Gaza: Written by Porphyry's own disciple. Describes among other
things how the State, at the Church's request, forcibly suppressed pagan worship (although
not all ancient sources agree that Porphyry favored this.) Also describes the veneration
of the True Cross in Jerusalem. Hill translation, 1913. --- MSBP
St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, Roman
(Pannonian) monastic and missionary in Gaul, (IV Century):
- St. Sulpitius
Severus: Life of St. Martin: It was Martin of Tours, more than anyone else,
who was responsible for spreading monasticism in Western Europe, and it was this
biography, written while the saint was still alive, which made Martin famous throughout
the Empire. Roberts translation, 1894. -- E. KNUTH
- St. Sulpitius
Severus: The Dialogues: Sequel to the Life of St. Martin. Roberts
translation, 1894. --- CCEL
- St. Sulpitius
Severus: Sacred History: A history of the world from Creation to the End
Times. Portions of this work were heavily criticized by other Christian writers for
factual errors, and the authenticity of the prophecies ascribed to St. Martin has often
been questioned. --- CCEL
Maximus Margunius, Bishop of Cythera,
Byzantine Renaissance humanist, editor of the works of Chrysostom, (XVI/XVII Centuries):
St. Mark, Bishop of Ephesus, (XV Century):
- Council of Basle, Ferara, and Florence,
1430s: An attempt to reform the Church and to reunify East and West; the great
Byzantine theologian Mark of Ephesus was present, and later led Eastern opposition to the
reunion:
Tanner translation. [This is, of course, a Roman Catholic council.] --- St.
Michael's Depot
Marthoma Devotional Material:
[NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
Mary, the Blessed Virgin Theotokos, (I
Century BCE / I Century):
- Works of disputed authenticity: [READ WITH
EXTREME CAUTION]
Roberts-Donaldson translation, 1885. --- NA
Mary of Cassobelæ, Christian convert, (II
Century): See
also Ignatius' reply. This work is
considered spurious by some scholars. Roberts-Donaldson translation, 1885. --- NA
John Mauropous, Metropolitan of Euchaita,
Byzantine hymnographer, poet, and intellectual, (XI Century):
Maximus of Madaura:
St. Methodius of Olympus:
Minucius Felix:
Monastic Charters:
Monastic Rules:
N
O
- Oceanus:
- St. Olaf II, King of Norway, (XI Century):
- Optina Elders, Russian monastics, (XIX/XX
Centuries):
- Cell Rule of the Optina Monastery:
The rule of prayer for monks (not, it should be stressed, for those in the world or
without the guidance of an Elder). --- Orthodoxinfo
- Otfrid of Weissenburg, German monk and poet,
(IX Century):
- Letter
about the Translation of the Gospels: Otfrid wrote a life of Christ in rhyming
German verse at the request of the noblewoman Judith. This letter to the Archbishop of
Mainz describes the work, as well the challenges of creating one of the first long written
documents in the Germanic language. Latin original followed by Marchand translation, 1992.
--- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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St. Paula of Bethlehem:
St. Peter, Crown of the Martyrs, Patriarch
of Alexandria, (III/IV Centuries):
St. Peter Mogila:
Manuel Philes, Byzantine poet, (XIV
Century):
Philokalia, anthology of patristic
texts, (compiled XVIII Century):
George Pisides, Byzantine poet and
historian, (VI/VII Centuries)
- Right
Rule Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr,
(I/II Centuries):
St. Pontian, Pope of Rome, (III Century):
Pontius the Deacon:
Prayer Collections:
- Byzantine Prayers ---
ORTHODOX PAGE
- Carmina Gadelica: [READ WITH CAUTION:
Based on ancient oral tradition, but may contain distortions from long period of
transmission in a heterodox environment.]
- Carmichael translation, with
original Gaelic In the 1800s, Alexander Carmichael (Beachd Alastair) collected
over a hundred ancient poems and prayers still current in the Hebrides. Many
unquestionably date back to the early Celtic Church. --- ISLE OF SKYE GAELIC COLLEGE
- Coptic
Prayers [NON-CHALCEDONIAN] --- CN
- Latin
Prayers and Hymns with English Translations [REFLECTS POST-SCHISM ROMAN PRACTICE] ---
CATHOLIC RESOURCES ON THE NET
St. Proclus, Bishop of Cyzicus in Asia
Minor, (V Century):
Theodore Prodromus, Byzantine poet, (XII
Century):
St. Protase of Milan, martyr, (date
unknown):
R
S
- Sebeos, Armenian historian, (VII Century):
[NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
- History: History of
Armenia in the VI and VII Centuries. Bedrosian translation, 1979.
- Severus, Bishop of Al-Ushmunain, Coptic
historian, (X Century): [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
- History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria:
Evetts translation. --- SPL
- Prefaces:
By the author and later scribes.
- The
Tale of Theodosius the Jew
A story with antisemitic overtones claiming that Jesus
was enrolled among the Jewish priests and known by them to be the Messiah, embedded in a
very interesting "frame story" depicting the far from clear-cut relations of
Jews and Gentiles in the Byzantine Near East and the author's awareness of the situation's
psychological complexity.
- St.
Mark, Apostle and Evangelist:
The story of the evangelization of Egypt and of the
Apostle's martyrdom.
- St.
Demetrius, Twelfth Patriarch:
Demetrius was patriarch in the time of Origen and
led the opposition to his teachings, a conflict depicted in the second half of this work.
The first half focuses on the personal life of the saint, who was one of the last famous
married bishops. The author's desire to praise chastity perhaps goes a bit overboard.
- St.
Cyril the Great, Twenty-fourth Patriarch:
Illustrates how this most celebrated of
Egyptian hierarchs and his opponent Nestorius were remembered in the X Century. [NON-CHALCEDONIAN
AUTHOR] --- SPL
Simeon of Gesir:
- Potter
Songs Ancient Syriac Christmas carols. Euringer-Meditz translation, 1996.
---SPL
St. Simeon Metaphrastes, Byzantine
hagiographer, (X Century):
St. Sixtus II, Pope of Rome, (III Century):
Socrates Scholasticus, Byzantine historian,
(V Century):
St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem,
(VI/VII Centuries):
- The Life of our Holy Mother
Mary of Egypt: The story of the Egyptian prostitute's conversion and
subsequent life of miraculous asceticism is so important to the Eastern Orthodox that it
is read aloud in church during the fifth week of Lent. Jordanville translation. ---
ORTHODOX PAGE
Sozomen, Byzantine historian, (V Century):
St. Sulpitius Severus:
- Life of St.
Martin: It was Martin of Tours, more than anyone else, who was responsible for
spreading monasticism in Western Europe, and it was this biography, written while the
saint was still alive, which made Martin famous throughout the Empire. Roberts
translation, 1894. -- E. KNUTH
- The Dialogues:
Sequel to the Life of St. Martin. Roberts translation, 1894. --- CCEL
- Sacred History:
[READ WITH CAUTION] A history of the world from Creation to the End Times. Portions of
this work were heavily criticized by other Christian writers for factual errors, and the
authenticity of the prophecies ascribed to St. Martin has often been questioned. ---
CCEL
- Letters:
Synesius, Bishop of Cyrene, Christian
Neo-Platonist philosopher, (IV/V Centuries): [READ WITH CAUTION: The author is not
canonized, and was heavily influenced by non-Christian writers.]
Syriac Devotional Material:
[NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
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- Tatian, Assyrian-born Hellenistic Christian
philosopher, first Orthodox, later Gnostic, (II Century): [READ WITH EXTREME CAUTION]
- Address to the Greeks: Styling
himself a "barbarian philosopher", the young (Orthodox) Tatian ferociously
attacks nearly all aspects of Hellenistic civilization as corrupt or fraudulent. Ryland
translation. --- NA
- Diatessaron: An
attempt to combine passages of all four Gospels into a single narrative. --- NA
- Fragments: Emphasis is
on Tatian's later heresies. Ryland translation. --- NA
- Tertullian, African theologian, first
Orthodox, later Montanist, (II/III Centuries):
[READ WITH CAUTION: Most writings are from Orthodox period and are a
major primary source about the early Church, but they do not have patristic authority.]
- St. Theodore of Studium:
- Blessed Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus,
theologian, (IV/V Centuries): [READ WITH SOME CAUTION: Some but not all of Bl. Theodoret's
writings were condemned by the Church during the "Three Chapters" controversy.]
- Theodotus:
- Theophilus of Antioch:
- St. Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria:
---CCEL
- St. Timothy, Patriarch of Alexandria:
- T'ovma of Metsob, Armenian monk and
intellectual, (XIV/XV Centuries): [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
- John Tzetzes, Byzantine poet, (XII Century):
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St. Urban I, Pope of Rome, (II/III
Centuries):
- Epistle: On gifts to
the Church from non-believers; on why bishops have special thrones in all churches; on
shunning the excommunicated. --- NA
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Writings of the Church
Fathers/Doctors/Saints
The writings of some of the Church Fathers,
Church Doctors and Saints are available here. They include writings by St.
Cyprian, St.
Ignatius, Tertullian,
St.
Athanasius (On the Incarnation), Barnabas (Epistle
of Barnabas), St. Bernard
of Clairvaux (On Loving God), St.
Bonaventure (Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary), St.
Clement (First Epistle to the Corinthians), Second
Clement, The Didache,
The Epistle
to Diognetus, The Shepherd
of Hermas, The
Martyrdom of Polycarp, and The
Epistle of Polycarp.
EARLY CHRISTIAN
WRITER
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