The Early Church

Links to Texts and Archives

Athanasius (293?-373)

The Life of St. Antony (ORB, Sourcebook)
On the Incarnation (CCEL)


Augustine (354-430)
Barnabas

Epistle of Barnabus trans. J.B. Lightfoot (UPenn)
Epistle of Barbabas (CCEL)


St. Basil the Great (329-379)

De Spiritu Sancto (New Advent)


John Chrysostomos (347?-407)

The Divine Liturgy (As Used By Orthodox Churches) (U of Maryland)
The Divine Liturgy (As Used By Eastern Catholic Churches) (U of Maryland)


Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians (CCEL)
Constantine I (306-337)
Cyprian (200-258)
Cyril of Alexandria
Dead Sea Scrolls (UNC)
Egeria

The Liturgy of Fourth Century Jerusalem (U of Durham)


Gelasius I (?-496)

On Spiritual and Temporal Power (ORB, Sourcebook)


Gregory of Nyssa (335-394)
The Shepherd of Hermas (American U)
Ignatius (?-c 110)
Ireneus

Against Heresies: Book I (CCEL)
Against Heresies: Book II (CCEL)
Against Heresies: Book III (CCEL)
Against Heresies: Book IV (CCEL)
Against Heresies: Book V (CCEL)
Fragments (CCEL)


Justin Martyr (c 100-c 165)
Mathetes

Epistle to Diognetus trans. J.B. Lightfoot (UPenn)
Epistle to Diognetus (CCEL)


Ohtfrid

Letter about the Translation of the Gospels (U of Kansas)


Papias

Fragments (CCEL)


Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs trans. J.A, Robinson (ORB, Sourcebook)
Passion of SS Serge and Bacchus (CMU)
Patrick (385?-461?)

Confession trans. Ludwig Bieler (CCEL)


Polycarp

Epistle to the Philippians (CCEL)
Concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp (CCEL)


Tertullian (140-230)
Valentian III

Decree on Papal Power (445)

Articles and Essays

Timothy W. Seid Christianity in Gaza 1996 (The Ecole Initiative)
A History of the Church: The Apostolic Age (ACU)
The Second Hundred Years of the Gospel (Isnet)

Other Resources

Apostolic Succession of the Church of the Culdees
Anti-Nicene Fathers (CCEL)
Early Church Documents circa 96-150 A.D. (NJB)
Guide to Early Church Resources (ICLnet)
Internet Resources: Early Christianity (WSU)
Selected Works (UPenn)
Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings (CMU)