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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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Letters Letters of Paulinus of Nola
Paulinus of Nola · 394–431 · Letter
The letters of Paulinus of Nola span nearly four decades of correspondence from 394 to 431 CE, documenting one of the most remarkable spiritual journeys in early Christian history. Born into Roman…
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Prosper of Aquitaine · 433 · Treatise
The Contra collatorem stands as Prosper of Aquitaine's most sustained theological response to the Semi-Pelagian controversy that emerged in southern Gaul during the 430s. Written in 433, this treatise directly confronts John…
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Bede the Venerable · 731 · Book
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People stands as the foundational narrative of Christianity's establishment in Anglo-Saxon England. Writing from the monastery of Jarrow in 731, Bede responded to the need for…
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Meister Eckhart · 1311–1313 · Commentary
The Expositio libri Genesis is Meister Eckhart's Latin commentary on Genesis, composed during his second regency in the Dominican chair for foreign masters at Paris — an appointment previously held by Thomas…
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Thomas Bradwardine · 1344–1349 · Treatise
Thomas Bradwardine's massive theological treatise emerged from his deep concern that the dominant scholastic theology of his day had drifted toward Pelagianism by overemphasizing human free will and cooperation in salvation. Writing…
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Paulinus of Nola · 1894 · Letter
The letters of Paulinus of Nola emerge from the extraordinary transformation of a wealthy Roman aristocrat who abandoned worldly success to pursue Christian asceticism in late fourth-century Gaul and Italy. Born Pontius…
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Awaiting the King Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology
James K. A. Smith · 2017 · Book
James K. A. Smith's third volume in his Cultural Liturgies project addresses the crisis of Christian political engagement in contemporary democracies. Written during the tumultuous political climate surrounding the 2016 American election,…
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Justin Martyr · 150–180 · Book
The writings of Justin Martyr and Athenagoras represent the flowering of second-century Christian apologetics, composed when the young church faced both intellectual ridicule and imperial persecution. Writing in the mid-second century, Justin…
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Clement of Alexandria · 198–203 · Treatise
The Stromata represents Clement of Alexandria's ambitious attempt to construct a Christian philosophy that could engage the sophisticated intellectual culture of late second-century Alexandria. Written between 198 and 203, this sprawling work…
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Origen of Alexandria · 243–246 · Commentary
For students of Paul and of early readings of grace and free will; Latin only here.
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Works The treatises of S. Caecilius Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, and martyr
Cyprian of Carthage · 246–258 · Book
Cyprian's treatises emerged from the crucible of third-century persecution and controversy that tested the early Church's unity and identity. As Bishop of Carthage from 249 until his martyrdom in 258, Cyprian confronted…
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Works Library of fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Volume 03: The treatises of S. Caecilius Cyprian
Cyprian of Carthage · 248–258 · Book
The treatises of Cyprian of Carthage emerge from the crucible of third-century persecution and internal church conflict. Written between 248 and 258, these works address the pastoral and theological crises facing the…
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Novatian · 250–257 · Treatise
Novatian's treatise on the Trinity stands as one of the earliest systematic treatments of trinitarian doctrine in Latin Christianity, composed during the middle of the third century when the Church faced mounting…
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Works The writings of Cyprian: bishop of Carthage
Cyprian of Carthage · 250–258 · Other
Cyprian's writings emerge from the crucible of mid-third-century North African Christianity, when the church faced both external persecution under Emperor Decius and internal schism over how to treat those who had lapsed…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 251 · Treatise
Cyprian's treatise On the Unity of the Church emerged from the crisis that engulfed the North African church following the Decian persecution of 250-251. As Bishop of Carthage, Cyprian faced the practical…
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Cyprian of Carthage · 253 · Treatise
Cyprian of Carthage wrote this treatise on works and almsgiving around 253 CE, during his tenure as bishop in the aftermath of the Decian persecution. The Christian community in North Africa was…
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Hilary of Poitiers · 350–367 · Other
Hilary of Poitiers emerged as one of the West's most formidable defenders of Nicene orthodoxy during the turbulent decades following the Council of Nicaea. Writing between 350 and 367, his selected works…
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Hilary of Poitiers · 356–367 · Commentary
Hilary of Poitiers composed this commentary on Matthew's Gospel during his exile in Phrygia between 356 and 360, imposed by Emperor Constantius II for his opposition to Arianism. Writing from enforced isolation…
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Hilary of Poitiers · 356–359 · Treatise
Hilary of Poitiers composed this monumental treatise on the Trinity during his exile in Phrygia between 356 and 359, imposed by the Arian emperor Constantius II for his defense of Nicene orthodoxy.…
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Didymus the Blind · 360–398 · Treatise
Didymus the Blind's treatise Against the Manichees emerged from the intellectual ferment of fourth-century Alexandria, where the distinguished head of the catechetical school confronted one of early Christianity's most persistent and sophisticated…
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Athanasius of Alexandria · 360 · Other
For anyone drawn to prayer, solitude or the desert tradition, and the first saint's life most readers should meet; not a work of doctrine.
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Hilary of Poitiers · 365–367 · Commentary
Hilary of Poitiers wrote his Commentary on the Psalms during his exile in Phrygia between 356 and 360, where he had been banished by the Arian emperor Constantius II for his defense…
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Jerome · 370–420 · Letter
For any reader: the best way to meet Jerome — on virginity, on a clergyman's life, on translating Scripture, on grief, on Rome and Bethlehem — in about 150 letters, the free English being a generous selection.
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