Bibliographical Helps
Numerous key patristic resources for the fourth century are
unavailable at many libraries. Some were also published in numerous fascicles
and volumes, making it difficult to navigate both the material and the
bibliographic information on them. If you need a certain page photocopied,
or want to order a fascicle through inter-library loan, it can be tricky to find
the right volume. The links below supply useful helps to the
contents and make-up of these important works. For a fuller bibliographies
of early Christianity, see
H. Drobner, The Fathers of the Church: A
Comprehensive Introduction, trans. S. Schatzmann, updated by W.
Harmless and H. Drobner (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007) , pp. xli-lvi.
C. Moreschini and E. Norelli, Early Christian Greek and Latin Literature:
A Literary History, trans. M.O'Connell, volume 2 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson,
2005), pp.719-24.
Pages which are part of our Fourth Century Christianity
website are noted with the FCC abbreviation.
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Ancient Christian Writers
(English translations of early Christian writings) external link |
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This series has 58 volumes of ancient Christian writings, many
of which are available nowhere else in English translation. This
link takes you to the Paulist Press page where you can view the
titles of the volumes they have published so far. |
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Ante-Nicene Fathers (10 volumes of English translations of early Christian
writings) external link |
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While over 100 years old, this set was a valuable contribution
to scholarship at its time, and continues to be valuable because its
copyright is expired so it is available on the internet for free.
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library edition includes
supplemental translations by Roger Pearse. |
| Athanasius Werke
(3 volumes) contents listed by FCC |
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H.-G. Opitz et al. (1934-5) -- works of Athanasius (vol. 1-2) and
others documents relating to the Arian controversy (Urkunden, vol.
3).
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| CPL - Clavis Patrum Latinorum
(A one-volume work by E. Dekkers) contents listed by FCC |
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a checklist of the authors listed in sections 1 and 2
of CPL
(3rd edition, 1995), with the CPL numbers assigned to their works.
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| CPG - Clavis Patrum Graecorum
(The second volume of this work by Mauritius Geerard) contents
listed by FCC |
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a checklist of the authors listed in volume 2 of CPG
(from Athanasius to Chrysostom, 1974), with the CPG numbers assigned
to their works. |
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Corpus Christianorum (Critical
editions of early Christian writings) external link |
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This publishing house produces both a
Greek
(Series Graeca) and
Latin
(Series Latina) series of ancient
texts. |
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CSEL - Corpus
Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Critical editions of
early Christian Latin writings) FCC summary |
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This series, begun in 1866 and continuing to the present, gives critical
editions to replace the volumes in PL (see below). The CSEL website
has a list of the volumes arranged by
author or
volume. To see a list arranged by volume, with links to volumes
available free on the Internet, click here. |
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Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Orientalium (Critical editions
and translations of
early eastern Christian writings, over 600 volumes) external
link |
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This series began in 1903 and includes critical editions of works in Syria,
Coptic, Ethiopic, Arabic, Armenian and Georgian. Typically one volume
is a critical edition while the next volume is the translation. Early
translations were into Latin, but recent translations are in modern
languages. |
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Fathers of the Church (English translations of early
Christian writings) external link |
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This series has over 108 volumes of ancient Christian writings, many
of which are available nowhere else in English translation. This
series does not include the original text. This
link takes to you the Catholic University Press website where you
can view the titles of the volumes they have published so far. |
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GCS - Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller (Critical
editions of early Christian writings) external link |
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This is a series of ancient Christian texts. There are currently over 50
volumes. The link is to the GCS website which gives a full listing of the texts published in GCS series.
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Loeb Classical
Library (Text and translations of Greek and Latin writings from
antiquity) |
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Though this series of more than 400 volumes does not focus on early
Christianity, it contains over 20 volumes of Christian writings. |
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Nicene/Post Nicene Fathers (28-volumes of English translations of
early Christian writings) |
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While over 100 years old, this set was a valuable contribution
to scholarship at its time, and continues to be valuable because its
copyright is expired so it is available on the internet for free.
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library edition includes
supplemental translations by Roger Pearse. |
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PG
- Patrologia Graeca (Texts of early Christian Greek
writings) external link |
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This 161-volume collection of
early Christian Greek writings was compiled by Migne from 1857 to 1866. This link takes you to
Wikipedia's listing of the contents which has a few links to some
volumes available online.
Documenta Catholica Omnia has significant portions of over 100
volumes in a read-only format. |
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PL - Patrologia Latina (Texts early Christian Latin
writings)
external link |
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This 217-volume collection of early Christian Greek writings was
compiled by Migne from 1844 to 1855.
Documenta Catholica Omnia has significant portions of 217
volumes in a read-only format. (or see
entire contents) |
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PO - Patrologia
Orientalis (Texts of early Christian writings in multiple
languages, with translations in various languages) |
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This collection of early Christian Syriac, Coptic,
Armenian, Georgian, Greek and Latin writings was compiled to cover
the eastern writings not covered in Patrologia Latina or Patrologia
Graeca. Our page lists the contents of the volumes and notes
the volumes that are available online. |
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Oxford Early Christian Studies and Early Christian Texts |
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Oxford University publishes texts with translations under the
the category
Early Christian Texts, but they also have many translations
without texts under the category
Early Christian Studies. They have so many publications on
the early church, you might have to search to make sure you didn't
miss something in another category such as Classical Studies or
Biblical Studies. |
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St. Vladimir's Seminary Press |
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St. Vladimir's Seminary has published several translations and
studies of the early church fathers. Translations are
especially available under the category "Popular Patristics" to
which this link will direct you. |
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SC
- Sources-Chrétiennes
(Critical editions of early Christian writings with French
translations) external link |
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This series, begun in 1947, publishes original texts of ancient Christian
writings with a French translation on the opposite page. The
series contains over 500 works, including many editions of fourth-century writers.
This
external link will take you to a list of all the authors in their
series. |
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Translated Texts for Historians (English translations of
important ancient texts) |
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Though this series does not focus exclusively on Christian
authors, it contains over 15 volumes related to early Christianity. |
See also Fourth Century Christianity's other pages:
| Recommended Reading |
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a listing of a
few books we have consulted in making this site, or we recommend for more
information.
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| Recommended Websites |
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there are
several other sources on the web which can assist your study of Fourth Century
Christianity
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