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John Chrysostom · 386 · Sermon
Adversus Judaeos comprises eight homilies delivered by John Chrysostom in Antioch during 386-387, responding to what he perceived as a crisis within his Christian congregation. Many of his parishioners were participating in…
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Jerome · 386 · Commentary
For students of Jerome on the pastoral epistles: two short commentaries written with the Galatians and Ephesians ones, the Titus commentary his fullest statement on the clergy's duties; Latin only.
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Jerome · 386 · Commentary
For students of the Origenist controversy as much as of Ephesians: Rufinus later quoted this commentary to show Jerome had once followed Origen on the pre-existence of souls; Latin only.
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Jerome · 386 · Commentary
For students of Paul's reception: three books on Galatians drawing on Origen's lost commentary, the source of Jerome's quarrel with Augustine over Peter's 'pretence' at Antioch; Latin only.
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John Chrysostom · 386–407 · Sermon
John Chrysostom delivered these eighty-eight homilies on the Gospel of John to his congregation in Antioch between 386 and 398, during the height of his preaching ministry before becoming Archbishop of Constantinople.…
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Letters Letters of St. Augustin
Augustine of Hippo · 386–430 · Letter
The letters of Augustine of Hippo span nearly five decades of correspondence, from his early years as a Christian convert through his death as Bishop of Hippo in 430. Written to fellow…
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John Chrysostom · 386–387 · Sermon
John Chrysostom delivered these twelve homilies in Antioch between 386 and 387, responding to a theological crisis that threatened to divide his congregation. The Anomoean party, led by Aëtius and Eunomius, claimed…
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John Chrysostom · 386–390 · Treatise
John Chrysostom's De sacerdotio (On the Priesthood) emerged from a personal crisis that became the foundation for Christian reflection on pastoral ministry. Written between 386 and 390, the work originated when Chrysostom…
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John Chrysostom · 386–407 · Other
This collection brings together John Chrysostom's most enduring writings from his years as priest in Antioch and archbishop of Constantinople. On the Priesthood, written around 386, emerged from Chrysostom's own reluctance to…
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Didymus the Blind · 387 · Commentary
Didymus the Blind's Commentary on Zechariah emerges from the scholarly atmosphere of fourth-century Alexandria, where this remarkable theologian led the catechetical school despite his physical blindness from infancy. Writing in Greek during…
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John Chrysostom · 387 · Sermon
De statuis is a series of twenty-one sermons preached by John Chrysostom in Antioch during the spring of 387, responding to a grave civic crisis that erupted when angry citizens destroyed imperial…
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Augustine of Hippo · 388–395 · Treatise
Augustine's dialogue on free will emerged from urgent pastoral and theological pressures in North Africa during the late fourth century. Written as a conversation with his friend Evodius between 388 and 395,…
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Ambrose of Milan · 388–391 · Treatise
De Officiis Ministrorum stands as Ambrose of Milan's systematic treatment of Christian ethics for clergy, written between 388 and 391 for his ordained sons in the faith. The work emerged from Ambrose's…
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Jerome · 389–406 · Commentary
For students of the prophets and of Jerome's method: twelve commentaries written over seventeen years, each book expounded first from the Hebrew and then from the Septuagint; Latin only, the modern English (Scheck) being in copyright.
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Jerome · 389 · Commentary
For students of Jerome's exegesis at its best: his first commentary from the Hebrew, written for Paula and Eustochium, reading Qoheleth's 'vanity' as contempt of the world; Latin only.
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Ambrose of Milan · 389 · Commentary
Ambrose of Milan's exposition of Luke's Gospel emerges from his pastoral preaching in the basilicas of late fourth-century Milan, delivered during a period when the young church was still working out fundamental…
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Ambrose of Milan · 389 · Treatise
Ambrose of Milan's Hexaemeron emerged from a series of homilies he delivered during Holy Week 389 to newly baptized Christians in his cathedral. The work takes its name from the Greek term…
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Book of Hebrew Names Liber interpretationis Hebraicorum nominum
Jerome · 390 · Other
For scholars: an alphabetical glossary of the Hebrew names in each book of the Bible with their supposed meanings, reworked from Philo and Origen; a reference book, Latin only.
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Church History Rufinus: The Church History of Eusebius, Jerome's De Viris Illustribus, Jerome's Letters to Marcella and Principia, and other historical writings
Rufinus of Aquileia · 390–410 · Other
Rufinus of Aquileia produced these translations and continuations during the height of theological controversies surrounding Origen in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. As monasticism spread westward and Latin Christians sought…
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John Chrysostom · 390–398 · Commentary
These forty-four homilies on Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians represent John Chrysostom's systematic exposition of one of the New Testament's most practically challenging epistles. Preached during his tenure as Archbishop of…
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John Chrysostom · 390–398 · Sermon
John Chrysostom's homilies on the Acts of the Apostles represent a masterwork of late fourth-century biblical preaching, delivered to his congregation in Constantinople between 390 and 398. These fifty-five sermons emerged from…
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John Chrysostom · 390 · Sermon
John Chrysostom's homilies on the Gospel of Matthew represent a landmark achievement in early Christian biblical commentary, delivered as sermons to his congregation in Antioch around 390. These ninety homilies emerged from…
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John Chrysostom · 390–407 · Commentary
John Chrysostom's homilies on the Pauline epistles represent the culmination of his biblical preaching ministry during his tenure as Archbishop of Constantinople from 397 to 407. These verse-by-verse expositions emerged from his…
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Nilus of Sinai · 390–430 · Letter
The letters of Nilus of Sinai emerge from the monastic communities of the early fifth century, when the desert fathers' movement had matured beyond its initial ascetic fervor into a more structured…
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