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Anselm of Canterbury 1033–1109 4 texts

Monologion translated by Sidney Norton Deane, 1903 · About 31,398 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Proslogion translated by Sidney Norton Deane, 1903 · About 9,885 words, under an hour About the work →
Reply to Gaunilo translated by Sidney Norton Deane, 1903 · About 7,662 words, under an hour About the work →
Why God Became Man translated by James Gardiner Vose, 1855 · About 33,477 words, about 2 hours About the work →

Athanasius of Alexandria 296–373 2 texts

Life of Antony translated by H. Ellershaw, 1892 · About 24,462 words, about 2 hours About the work →
On the Incarnation translated by Archibald Robertson, 1892 · About 28,266 words, about 2 hours About the work →

Basil the Great 329–379 3 texts

Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature translated by Frederick Morgan Padelford, 1902 · About 5,986 words, under an hour About the work →
Nine Homilies on the Six Days of Creation translated by Blomfield Jackson, 1895 · About 43,424 words, about 3 hours About the work →
On the Holy Spirit translated by Blomfield Jackson, 1895 · About 35,353 words, about 2 hours About the work →

Catherine of Genoa 1447–1510 2 texts

Spiritual Dialogue 1874 · About 35,430 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Treatise on Purgatory 1874 · About 5,456 words, under an hour About the work →

Gregory of Nazianzus 329–390 3 texts

Oration 2: In Defense of His Flight translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow, 1894 · About 19,422 words, about an hour About the work →
Oration 43: Funeral Oration on Basil the Great translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow, 1894 · About 23,791 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Theological Orations translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow, 1894 · About 37,567 words, about 3 hours About the work →

Gregory of Nyssa 335–395 4 texts

Great Catechism translated by William Moore and Henry Austin Wilson, 1893 · About 29,456 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Life of Saint Macrina translated by W. K. Lowther Clarke, 1916 · About 11,177 words, under an hour About the work →
On the Making of Man translated by H. A. Wilson, 1893 · About 36,406 words, about 2 hours About the work →
On the Soul and the Resurrection translated by William Moore, 1893 · About 31,788 words, about 2 hours About the work →

Irenaeus of Lyons 130–202 3 texts

Against Heresies translated by Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut, 1885 · About 220,012 words, about 15 hours About the work →
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching translated by J. Armitage Robinson, 1920 · About 19,355 words, about an hour About the work →
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus translated by Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut, 1885 · About 9,496 words, under an hour About the work →

John of the Cross 1542–1591 11 texts

Dark Night of the Soul translated by E. Allison Peers, 1935 · About 51,582 words, about 3 hours About the work →
Dark Night of the Soul translated by David Lewis, 1891 · About 43,434 words, about 3 hours About the work →
On a Dark Night (Stanzas of the Soul) translated by David Lewis, 1864 · About 199 words, under an hour About the work →
Precautions translated by David Lewis, 1912 · About 2,037 words, under an hour About the work →
Sayings of Light and Love (Maxims) translated by David Lewis, 1912 · About 14,062 words, about an hour About the work →
The Ascent of Mount Carmel translated by E. Allison Peers, 1935 · About 121,794 words, about 8 hours About the work →
The Ascent of Mount Carmel translated by David Lewis, 1922 · About 104,158 words, about 7 hours About the work →
The Letters of Saint John of the Cross translated by David Lewis, 1912 · About 7,210 words, under an hour About the work →
The Living Flame of Love translated by David Lewis, 1919 · About 31,166 words, about 2 hours About the work →
The Spiritual Canticle translated by David Lewis, 1909 · About 70,781 words, about 5 hours About the work →
The Spiritual Canticle (poem): Where Have You Hidden? translated by David Lewis, 1864 · About 1,090 words, under an hour About the work →

Julian of Norwich 1342–1416 2 texts

A Vision Showed to a Devout Woman translated by Dundas Harford, 1911 · About 14,888 words, about an hour About the work →
Revelations of Divine Love translated by Grace Warrack, 1901 · About 56,601 words, about 4 hours About the work →

Martin Luther 1483–1546 36 texts

A Brief Explanation of the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1916 · About 8,884 words, under an hour About the work →
A Discussion of Confession translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915 · About 6,799 words, under an hour About the work →
A Manual of the Book of Psalms translated by Henry Cole, 1837 · About 103,266 words, about 7 hours About the work →
A Treatise Concerning the Ban translated by J. J. Schindel, 1916 · About 6,467 words, under an hour About the work →
A Treatise Concerning the Blessed Sacrament and Concerning the Brotherhoods translated by J. J. Schindel, 1916 · About 8,139 words, under an hour About the work →
A Treatise on Baptism translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915 · About 5,704 words, under an hour About the work →
A Treatise on Good Works translated by A. T. W. Steinhaeuser, 1915 · About 36,178 words, about 2 hours About the work →
A Treatise on the New Testament, That Is, the Holy Mass translated by J. J. Schindel, 1915 · About 11,825 words, about an hour About the work →
An Argument in Defense of All the Articles of Dr. Martin Luther Wrongly Condemned in the Roman Bull translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1930 · About 35,516 words, about 2 hours About the work →
An Earnest Exhortation for All Christians, Warning Them Against Insurrection and Rebellion translated by W. A. Lambert, 1930 · About 5,699 words, under an hour About the work →
An Open Letter on Translating translated by Gary Mann, 1995 · About 6,598 words, under an hour About the work →
Answer to the Superchristian, Superspiritual, and Superlearned Book of Goat Emser of Leipzig translated by A. Steimle, 1930 · About 32,580 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Bondage of the Will translated by Henry Cole, 1823 · About 120,015 words, about 8 hours About the work →
Commentary on Galatians translated by Theodore Graebner, 1939 · About 84,743 words, about 6 hours About the work →
Freedom of a Christian translated by Henry Wace and C. A. Buchheim, 1883 · About 18,452 words, about an hour About the work →
Ninety-Five Theses translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915 · About 2,650 words, under an hour About the work →
Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans translated by Andrew Thornton, 1983 · About 6,430 words, under an hour About the work →
Preface to the German Writings translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915 · About 791 words, under an hour About the work →
Preface to the Latin Writings translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915 · About 599 words, under an hour About the work →
Reply to the Answer of the Leipzig Goat translated by A. Steimle, 1930 · About 5,706 words, under an hour About the work →
Secular Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed translated by J. J. Schindel, 1930 · About 16,447 words, about an hour About the work →
Table Talk translated by William Hazlitt, 1857 · About 129,233 words, about 9 hours About the work →
That Doctrines of Men Are to Be Rejected translated by W. A. Lambert, 1916 · About 8,286 words, under an hour About the work →
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church translated by A. T. W. Steinhaeuser, 1916 · About 43,522 words, about 3 hours About the work →
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars translated by John Camden Hotten, 1860 · About 8,927 words, under an hour About the work →
The Eight Wittenberg Sermons translated by A. Steimle, 1916 · About 11,800 words, about an hour About the work →
The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained translated by E. H. Gillett, 1859 · About 85,221 words, about 6 hours About the work →
The Fourteen of Consolation translated by A. T. W. Steinhaeuser, 1915 · About 18,363 words, about an hour About the work →
The Large Catechism translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau, 1921 · About 48,116 words, about 3 hours About the work →
The Magnificat translated by A. T. W. Steinhaeuser, 1930 · About 28,370 words, about 2 hours About the work →
The Papacy at Rome translated by A. Steimle, 1915 · About 19,597 words, about an hour About the work →
The Smalcald Articles translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau, 1921 · About 13,148 words, about an hour About the work →
The Small Catechism translated by Robert E. Smith, 2002 · About 3,984 words, under an hour About the work →
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1916 · About 32,208 words, about 2 hours About the work →
To the Knights of the Teutonic Order translated by W. A. Lambert, 1930 · About 6,619 words, under an hour About the work →
To the Leipzig Goat translated by A. Steimle, 1930 · About 1,600 words, under an hour About the work →

Origen of Alexandria 185–253 5 texts

Against Celsus translated by Frederick Crombie, 1885 · About 240,134 words, about 15 hours About the work →
Letter to Africanus translated by Frederick Crombie, 1885 · About 6,920 words, under an hour About the work →
Letter to Gregory translated by Allan Menzies, 1896 · About 1,197 words, under an hour About the work →
On First Principles translated by Frederick Crombie, 1885 · About 125,731 words, about 8 hours About the work →
Philocalia translated by George Lewis, 1911 · About 83,874 words, about 6 hours About the work →

Teresa of Ávila 1515–1582 13 texts

Book of Foundations translated by David Lewis, 1871 · About 91,261 words, about 6 hours About the work →
Conceptions of the Love of God translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1913 · About 19,085 words, about an hour About the work →
Exclamations of the Soul to God translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1913 · About 8,158 words, under an hour About the work →
Interior Castle translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook (rev. Benedict Zimmerman), 1921 · About 66,439 words, about 4 hours About the work →
Life of Teresa of Jesus translated by David Lewis, 1904 · About 166,231 words, about 11 hours About the work →
Life of Teresa of Jesus translated by E. Allison Peers, 1946 · About 144,346 words, about 10 hours About the work →
Maxims (Counsels) translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1913 · About 1,174 words, under an hour About the work →
On Making the Visitation of Nunneries translated by David Lewis, 1913 · About 8,097 words, under an hour About the work →
Spiritual Testimonies (The Relations) translated by David Lewis, 1904 · About 27,160 words, about 2 hours About the work →
The Constitutions translated by David Lewis, 1913 · About 7,505 words, under an hour About the work →
The Poems of Saint Teresa translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1913 · About 8,259 words, under an hour About the work →
Way of Perfection translated by Benedictines of Stanbrook, 1911 · About 69,198 words, about 5 hours About the work →
Way of Perfection translated by E. Allison Peers, 1964 · About 75,282 words, about 5 hours About the work →

Tertullian 160–225 7 texts

Apology translated by Alexander Souter, 1917 · About 34,650 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Apology translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 35,064 words, about 2 hours About the work →
Of Patience translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 7,906 words, under an hour About the work →
On Baptism translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 7,639 words, under an hour About the work →
On Repentance translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 7,294 words, under an hour About the work →
On the Shows translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 10,950 words, under an hour About the work →
To the Martyrs translated by S. Thelwall, 1885 · About 2,496 words, under an hour About the work →

Cattaneo Marabotto and Ettore Vernazza 1 text

Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa 1874 · About 36,107 words, about 2 hours About the work →

Alexander Whyte 1 text

Santa Teresa: An Appreciation 1900 · About 20,463 words, about an hour About the work →