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Ambrose of Milan · 374–397 · Letter
The letters of Ambrose of Milan emerge from the turbulent decades when Christianity was consolidating its position as the religion of the Roman Empire. Written between 374 and 397, these epistles document…
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Ambrose of Milan · 374–397 · Book
Ambrose of Milan's writings emerged from his unexpected elevation from provincial governor to bishop of Milan in 374, thrusting a recently baptized layman into leadership of one of the Western Empire's most…
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Jerome · 379 · Treatise
For students of the aftermath of the Arian crisis: may bishops who signed the Arian creed of 359 be received back? A dialogue, Jerome's first theological work, and readable.
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Gregory of Nyssa · 379 · Treatise
For readers of Basil's Hexaemeron who want its sequel: Gregory's defence of his brother's six days and his own account of creation as a single act unfolding in order; for students more than general readers.
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Gregory of Nazianzus · 382 · Poem
For anyone curious how a bishop of Constantinople came to resign, told in his own verse — a story first and theology second; English translations exist but none is free.
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Ambrose of Milan · 384–390 · Treatise
Ambrose of Milan's treatise on penance emerged from the practical challenges he faced as bishop during the 380s, when questions about forgiveness, restoration, and the church's disciplinary authority pressed urgently on Christian…
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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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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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John Chrysostom · 391 · Sermon
John Chrysostom's thirty-two homilies on Paul's letter to the Romans represent the most sustained biblical exposition from Christianity's greatest preacher. Delivered in Antioch around 391, these sermons emerged from Chrysostom's regular practice…
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Jerome · 392 · Treatise
For anyone who wants a map of Christian writing to 392 from someone who had read it: 135 short notices from Peter to Jerome himself; the first history of Christian literature, and a working reference still.
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Orosius · 414 · Treatise
This treatise represents Orosius's contribution to the theological controversies that shook the early fifth-century church, written in 414 during his stay in Palestine. The Spanish priest and historian composed this "memorandum" on…
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Orosius · 416–418 · Book
Paulus Orosius wrote his Seven Books of History Against the Pagans between 416 and 418 at the request of Augustine of Hippo, who sought a comprehensive historical work to support his arguments…
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Sermons Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna
Peter Chrysologus · 433–450 · Sermon
Peter Chrysologus served as Archbishop of Ravenna from approximately 433 to 450 CE, during a pivotal period when the Western Roman Empire was fragmenting and the church was establishing its theological foundations…
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Prosper of Aquitaine · 450 · Treatise
Prosper of Aquitaine wrote this theological treatise around 450 CE to defend the universal scope of divine grace against semi-Pelagian objections that had emerged in southern Gaul. The work addresses a fundamental…
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Letters Letters and Other Writings
Fulgentius of Ruspe · 490–533 · Letter
Fulgentius of Ruspe emerged as one of North Africa's most significant theological voices during the tumultuous sixth century, when Vandal persecution under Arian rule forced repeated exiles and created urgent pastoral crises.…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 500–533 · Treatise
Against Fabianus the Arian stands as one of Fulgentius of Ruspe's most systematic refutations of Arian theology, written during the early sixth century when Arianism remained a persistent challenge to orthodox Christianity…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 500–527 · Treatise
This theological treatise emerged from the doctrinal controversies that continued to roil North Africa in the early sixth century, particularly disputes over grace, predestination, and the nature of salvation. Fulgentius of Ruspe,…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 507–533 · Letter
The letters of Fulgentius of Ruspe emerged from the theological controversies that convulsed North African Christianity in the early sixth century. As bishop of Ruspe in Byzantine Africa, Fulgentius faced the resurgence…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 507–533 · Treatise
Fulgentius of Ruspe wrote this treatise on the forgiveness of sins during his later pastoral ministry in North Africa, likely between 515 and 525, addressing theological controversies that had emerged from both…
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Fulgentius of Ruspe · 515–533 · Treatise
Fulgentius of Ruspe composed this treatise in response to an Arian sermon that had reached him in his North African exile during the early sixth century. The work emerges from the final…
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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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Cassiodorus · 548–570 · Commentary
Cassiodorus completed his massive commentary on the Psalms during his retirement at the Vivarium monastery in southern Italy, having withdrawn from decades of political service under Gothic rulers to dedicate his final…
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Cassiodorus · 570 · Commentary
The Complexiones in Epistulas Apostolorum stands as Cassiodorus's final major scholarly undertaking, completed around 570 CE during his retirement at the monastery of Vivarium in southern Italy. This commentary on the apostolic…
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