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Gregory of Nazianzus · 379–381 · Sermon
For anyone studying the doctrine of the Trinity, and for a reader who wants the one work of Gregory's that matters most; not a first book for a newcomer to the fathers.
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Rufinus of Aquileia · 397–398 · Book
De Principiis represents Rufinus of Aquileia's Latin translation and adaptation of Origen's foundational theological work On First Principles, completed between 397 and 398. Rufinus undertook this project amid intense controversy over Origen's…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 515–527 · Treatise
This theological treatise emerged from the doctrinal turmoil of early sixth-century North Africa, where Arian and semi-Pelagian teachings continued to challenge orthodox Christianity despite official condemnations. Fulgentius of Ruspe, writing sometime between…
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Anselm of Canterbury · 1094 · Treatise
De Incarnatione Verbi stands as Anselm of Canterbury's rigorous theological defense of orthodox Christology against the rationalist critiques of Roscelin of Compiègne. Written in 1094, this treatise emerged from a heated controversy…
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Peter Abelard · 1123–1124 · Treatise
Peter Abelard's Theologia Christiana emerged from the theological controversies surrounding his earlier work, particularly the condemnation of his Theologia 'Summi Boni' at the Council of Soissons in 1121. Written during his abbacy…
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Gilbert of Poitiers · 1140–1154 · Commentary
Gilbert of Poitiers composed this extensive commentary on Boethius's theological treatises on the Trinity during his tenure as chancellor of the cathedral school of Chartres and later as Bishop of Poitiers. Writing…
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Martin Luther · 1522–1544 · Sermon
For preachers and devotional readers: Luther's model sermons on the Sunday Epistles and Gospels, written for pastors to read aloud. Take one sermon at a time.
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Andrew Fuller · 1793 · Book
Andrew Fuller wrote this theological treatise in 1793 as a direct response to the growing influence of Socinian theology in English dissenting circles. Socinianism, which denied the Trinity and the deity of…
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Sergei Bulgakov · 1936 · Book
The Comforter represents the third volume of Sergei Bulgakov's ambitious theological trilogy on the Trinity, following his earlier works on the Lamb of God and the Bride of the Lamb. Writing in…
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Thomas Torrance · 1980 · Book
Thomas Torrance's The Ground and Grammar of Theology emerged from his decades-long engagement with the relationship between theology and natural science, particularly his conviction that theology had lost its way by adopting…
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Forgotten God Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
Francis Chan · 2009 · Book
Francis Chan wrote this accessible theological work in response to what he observed as widespread confusion and neglect of the Holy Spirit within evangelical Christianity. Drawing from his pastoral experience and biblical…
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Athenagoras of Athens · 176–180 · Treatise
A Plea for the Christians stands as one of the most sophisticated apologetic treatises of the second century, written by Athenagoras of Athens around 176-180 CE and addressed directly to the Roman…
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Theophilus of Antioch · 180–185 · Treatise
Written around 180-185 CE by Theophilus, the sixth bishop of Antioch, this three-book apologetic treatise addresses a pagan intellectual named Autolycus who had apparently challenged Christian beliefs and ridiculed the faith. Theophilus…
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Hippolytus of Rome · 210–220 · Treatise
Contra Noetum stands as one of the earliest surviving treatises dedicated to refuting modalistic monarchianism, a theological position that threatened orthodox Trinitarian doctrine in the early third century. Hippolytus of Rome composed…
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Tertullian · 213 · Treatise
For readers who want to see where the Western vocabulary of the Trinity was coined, and will work for it; not a first book.
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Statement of Faith Declaration of Faith, in Latin and the Original Greek
Athanasius of Alexandria · 340–360 · Treatise
For students comparing early creeds; a page-long statement, best read alongside On the Incarnation.
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Catechetical Lectures Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II Volume VII - Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem · 348–350 · Book
Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechetical Lectures represent one of the earliest and most complete systems of Christian instruction for new converts, delivered during his tenure as Bishop of Jerusalem from around 348 to…
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Hilary of Poitiers · 350–367 · Poem
Hilary of Poitiers composed these three surviving hymns during his years of exile in Phrygia, imposed by Emperor Constantius II between 356 and 360 for his opposition to Arianism. Writing in a…
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Ephrem the Syrian · 350–363 · Poem
Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns Against Heresies emerged from the theological battlegrounds of fourth-century Mesopotamia, where Christian communities faced sustained challenges from Arian, Marcionite, and Manichaean teachings. Writing between 350 and 363 in…
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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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Philocalia The Philocalia of Origen
Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Origen of Alexandria · 358–360 · Other
For readers who want the best of Origen chosen by two of his greatest admirers: on Scripture, on free will, and against Celsus.
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Letters to Serapion Letters to Serapion concerning the Holy Spirit
Athanasius of Alexandria · 359–361 · Letter
For students of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit: the first sustained argument that the Spirit is fully God; not a first book of Athanasius.
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Didymus the Blind · 360–398 · Commentary
Didymus the Blind's Commentary on Psalms represents one of the most sophisticated patristic engagements with the Psalter, emerging from the scholarly environment of fourth-century Alexandria where Didymus led the catechetical school after…
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Orations Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus · 362–390 · Sermon
For readers who want Gregory the preacher and orator, taken by occasion — a funeral, a feast, a farewell — rather than read end to end; the free English covers twenty-four of the forty-five.
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