Church Fathers

Early Christian Writings

The Early Church Fathers

The first five items are links to more extended collections and indexes. 
• Writings of Church Fathers/Doctors/Saints (index at American University)
• Selected writings of the Apostolic Fathers (index at UPenn Gopher)
• Documents from Early Church History (index with brief descriptions; from ICLnet)
• EWTN. [At EWTN]. EWTN is a conservative Catholic web site, but it has a huge file library of over 9000 items, with good search facilities. Many are useless files from modern journals, but there are also very extensive selections from the fathers and medieval writers.
• FATHERS OF THE CHURCH [At New Advent] New Advent has taken the entire Father so the Church series, as at the Wheaton College site, and broken the files down to the size of individual works. The following works by various fathers are in rough chronological order. Most are off site links to documents or indexes. 

Ante-Nicene Fathers

• The Didache, or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (at american.edu)
• Clement of Rome: First Epistle to the Corinthians (c. 96; at american.edu) See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Clement I, Saint and Pope
• Attributed to Clement: Second Epistle (c. 150; at Penn)
• Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 107): Index at American University. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Ignatius of Antioch
• Epistle of Barnabas (c. 130; at American University) See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistle of Barnabus
• Polycarp of Smryna: Epistle (c. 69 - c. 155), letter (c. 130, at Penn)
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp (2nd century, at Penn))
• The Shepherd of Hermas (at american.edu)
• Justin Martyr: Second Apology [Dialogue with Trypho] , complete - but a very large file.
• Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 220): Index at American University.
• Cyprian (c. 200 - 258): Index at American University. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: ST. CYPRIAN or Catholic Encyclopedia: Cyprian of Carthage, Saint
• John Cassian: Institutes at the Benedictine page.
  This is an HTML file in parts. The whole text in one enormous file is available at Wheaton College/CCEL See also Catholic Encyclopedia: John Cassian
• John Cassian: Conferences 

Post Nicene: Non-Greek/Non-Latin Fathers

• Ephraim of Syria: THE PEARL [At CCEL]. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: SYRIAC HYMNODY

Post Nicene: Greek Fathers

Athanasius

• Athanasius: On the Incarnation (c. 295 - 373) (c. 318) [At CCEL]. See Encyclopeadia Britannica (11 ed): Athanasius

  Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem: The Procatechesis or Prologue to the Catechetical Lectures (c. 315 - c. 386) (at ocf.org)
• Cyril of Jerusalem: First Catechetical Lecture (at ocf.org)
• Cyril of Jerusalem: Second Catechetical Lecture (at ocf.org)

  Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa: Index (c. 335 - c. 394) [At UConn]. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA

  Cyril of Alexandria

• Cyril of Alexandria: Index (Bishop, 412-444) [At U. NW Missouri] Collected translations of writings by Cyril.

  John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew (c. 346 - 407) (at CCEL)
• John Chrysostom: Homilies on Acts and Romans (at CCEL)
• John Chrysostom: Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colessians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon (at CCEL)
• John Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and Hebrews (at CCEL)

  Zosimus

• Zosimus: Concerning the Life of the Blessed from Vol X of Ante-Nicene Fathers series

Post-Nicene: Latin Fathers

Jerome

• Jerome [and Paula?]: Vulgate Bible (c. 347 - 420)(at OBI Gopher)
• Jerome:Letters and Selected Works (c. 347 - 420) (at CCEL)
• Jerome: Letter to Eustochium 
• Jerome: Letter to Magnus, an Orator of Rome

  Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo: Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental (354 - 430) (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichaean (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Confessions (at CCEL)
• Augustine, Confessions, in modern translation
• Augustine of Hippo: De Dialectica (HTML at Penn)
• Augustine of Hippo: Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) (HTML at CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo:Letters (HTML at CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: On Baptism, Against the Donatists (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: On Christian Doctrine (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Of the Morals of the Catholic Church (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: On The Morals of the Manichaeans (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Reply to Faustus the Manichaean (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: A Treatise Concerning the Correction of the Donatists (from CCEL)
• Augustine of Hippo: Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans (391; from CCEL)
• Augustine: The City of God, complete in HTML from Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers

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