EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

VOLUME 1

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. I

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE

CLEMENT OF ROME

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.
2. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS

MATHETES

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE EPISTLES OF MATHETES TO DIOGNETUS
2. THE EPISTLE OF MATHETES TO DIOGNETUS

POLYCARP

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP TO THE PHILIPPIANS.
2. THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP TO THE PHILIPPIANS
3. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE EPISTLE CONCERNING THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP.
4. THE ENCYCLICAL EPISTLE OF THE CHURCH AT SMYRNAM

IGNATIUS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS.
2. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS
3. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE MAGNESIANS
4. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE TRALLIANS
5. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS
6. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE PHILADELPHIANS
7. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNAEANS
8. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP
9. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE SYRIAC VERSION OF THE IGNATIAN EPISTLES.
10. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP
11. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS
12. THE THIRD EPISTLE OF THE SAME ST. IGNATIUS
13. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE SPURIOUS EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS.
14. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE TARSIANS
15. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ANTIOCHIANS
16. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO HERO, A DEACON OF ANTIOCH
17. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE PHILIPPIANS
18. THE EPISTLE OF MARIA THE PROSELYTE TO IGNATIUS
19. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO MARY AT NEAPOLIS, NEAR ZARBUS.
20. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE
21. A SECOND EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO ST. JOHN.
22. THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE VIRGIN MARY
23. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS.
24. THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS

BARNABAS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.
2. THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS

PAPIAS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE FRAGMENTS OF PAPIAS.
2. FRAGMENTS OF PAPIAS

JUSTIN MARTYR

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE FIRST APOLOGY OF JUSTIN MARTYR.
2. THE FIRST APOLOGY OF JUSTIN
3. THE SECOND APOLOGY OF JUSTIN
4. DIALOGUE OF JUSTIN
5. JUSTIN'S HORTATORY ADDRESS TO THE GREEKS
6. JUSTIN ON THE SOLE GOVERNMENT OF GOD.
7. FRAGMENTS OF THE LOST WORK OF JUSTIN ON THE RESURRECTION
8. OTHER FRAGMENTS FROM THE LOST WRITINGS OF JUSTIN
9. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE MARTYRDOM OF JUSTIN MARTYR.
10. THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY MARTYRS

IRENAEUS.

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO IRENAEUS AGAINST HERESIES.
2. IRENAEUS AGAINST HERESIES
3. BOOK I
4. BOOK II
5. BOOK III.
6. BOOK IV.
7. BOOK V.
8. FRAGMENTS FROM THE LOST WRITINGS OF IRENAEUS
9. POSTSCRIPT

VOLUME 2

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. II

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE PASTOR OF HERMAS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE PASTOR OF HERMAS
2. BOOK FIRST-VISIONS
3. VISION FIRST
4. VISION SECOND
5. VISION THIRD
6. VISION FOURTH
7. VISION FIFTH
8. BOOK SECOND-COMMANDMENTS
9. COMMANDMENT FIRST
10. COMMANDMENT SECOND
11. COMMANDMENT THIRD
12. COMMANDMENT FOURTH
13. COMMANDMENT FIFTH
14. COMMANDMENT SIXTH
15. COMMANDMENT SEVENTH
16. COMMANDMENT EIGHTH
17. COMMANDMENT NINTH
18. COMMANDMENT TENTH
19. COMMANDMENT ELEVENTH
20. COMMANDMENT TWELFTH
21. BOOK THIRD-SIMILITUDES.
22. SIMILITUDE FIRST
23. SIMILITUDE SECOND
24. SIMILITUDE THIRD
25. SIMILITUDE FOURTH
26. SIMILITUDE FIFTH
27. SIMILITUDE SIXTH
28. SIMILITUDE SEVENTH
29. SIMILITUDE EIGHTH
30. SIMILITUDE NINTH
31. SIMILITUDE TENTH
32. ELUCIDATIONS.

TATIAN

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO TATIAN THE ASSYRIAN.
2. ADDRESS OF TATIAN TO THE GREEKS.

THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH.
2. THEOPHILUS TO AUTOLYCUS
3. BOOK I.
4. BOOK II
5. BOOK III.

WRITINGS OF ATHENAGORAS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE WRITINGS OF ATHENAGORAS
2. A PLEA FOR THE CHRISTIANS
3. ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
2. EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN
3. THE INSTRUCTOR. [PAEDAGOGUS.]
4. BOOK I
5. BOOK II.
6. BOOK III.
7. THE STROMATA, OR MISCELLANIES
8. BOOK I
9. BOOK II.
10. BOOK III.
11. BOOK IV.
12. BOOK V.
13. BOOK VI.
14. BOOK VII.
15. BOOK VIII.
16. FRAGMENTS OF CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS.
17. I. FROM THE LATIN TRANSLATION OF CASSIODORUS.
18. II. NICETAS BISHOP OF HERACLEA.
19. III. FROM THE CATENA ON LUKE, EDITED BY CORDERIUS.
20. IV. FROM THE BOOKS OF THE HYPOTYPOSES.
21. V. FROM THE BOOK ON PROVIDENCE.
22. VI. FROM THE BOOK ON THE SOUL.
23. VII. FRAGMENT FROM THE BOOK ON SLANDER.
24. VIII. OTHER FRAGMENTS FROM ANTONIUS MELISSA.
25. IX. FRAGMENT OF THE TREATISE ON MARRIAGE.
26. X. FRAGMENTS OF OTHER LOST BOOKS.
27. XI. FRAGMENTS FOUND IN GREEK ONLY IN THE OXFORD EDITION.
28. XII. FRAGMENTS NOT GIVEN IN THE OXFORD EDITION.
29. WHO IS THE RICH MAN THAT SHALL BE SAVED?
30. ELUCIDATIONS

VOLUME 3

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. III

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. PREFACE.
3. INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

TERTULLIAN

1. THE APOLOGY.
2. ON IDOLATRY.
3. THE SHOWS, OR DE SPECTACULIS.
4. THE CHAPLET, OR DE CORONA.
5. TO SCAPULA.
6. AD NATIONES.
7. BOOK I.
8. BOOK II.
9. APPENDIX.
10. AN ANSWER TO THE JEWS.
11. THE SOUL'S TESTIMONY.
12. A TREATISE ON THE SOUL.
13. INTRODUCTION, BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
14. THE PRESCRIPTION AGAINST HERETICS.
15. THE FIVE BOOKS AGAINST MARCION.
16. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE FIVE BOOKS AGAINST MARCION.
17. BOOK I.
18. BOOK II.
19. BOOK III.
20. BOOK IV.
21. DR. HOLMES' NOTE
22. ADDITIONAL NOTE.
23. BOOK V.
24. AGAINST HERMOGENES.
25. AGAINST THE VALENTINIANS.
26. ON THE FLESH OF CHRIST.
27. ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH.
28. AGAINST PRAXEAS
29. SCORPIACE.
30. APPENDIX. AGAINST ALL HERESIES.
31. ON REPENTANCE.
32. ON BAPTISM.
33. ON PRAYER.
34. AD MARTYRAS.
35. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE MARTYRDOM OF PERPETUA AND FELICITAS.
36. THE PASSION OF THE HOLY MARTYRS PERPETUA AND FELICITAS.
37. ELUCIDATION. DINOCRATES, CAP. II, P. 701.
38. OF PATIENCE.
39. ELUCIDATIONS

VOLUME 4

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. IV

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

TERTULLIAN

1. I. ON THE PALLIUM.
2. II. ON THE APPAREL OF WOMEN.
3. BOOK I.
4. BOOK II.
5. III. ON THE VEILING OF VIRGINS.
6. IV. TO HIS WIFE.
7. BOOK I.
8. BOOK II.
9. V. ON EXHORTATION TO CHASTITY.
10. VI. ON MONOGAMY.
11. VII. ON MODESTY.
12. VIII. ON FASTING. IN OPPOSITION TO THE PSYCHICS.
13. IX. DE FUGA IN PERSECUTIONE.
14. X. APPENDIX.
15. 1. A STRAIN OF JONAH THE PROPHET.
16. 2. A STRAIN OF SODOM.
17. 3. GENESIS.
18. 4. A STRAIN OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD.
19. 5. FIVE BOOKS IN REPLY TO MARCION.
20. ELUCIDATIONS.

MINUCIUS FELIX

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO MINUCIUS FELIX.
2. THE OCTAVIUS OF MINUCIUS FELIX.
3. COMMODIANUS
4. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF COMMODIANUS.
5. THE INSTRUCTIONS OF COMMODIANUS IN FAVOUR OF CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE. AGAINST THE GODS OF THE HEATHENS. (EXPRESSED IN ACROSTICS.)
6. ELUCIDATION.

ORIGEN

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE WORKS OF ORIGEN.
2. PREFATORY NOTICE TO ORIGEN'S WORKS.
3. PROLOGUE OF RUFINUS.
4. ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.
5. BOOK I.
6. BOOK II.
7. BOOK III.
8. BOOK IV.
9. A LETTER TO ORIGEN FROM AFRICANUS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA.
10. A LETTER FROM ORIGEN TO AFRICANUS.
11. A LETTER FROM ORIGEN TO GREGORY.
12. ORIGEN AGAINST CELSUS.
13. BOOK I.
14. BOOK II.
15. BOOK III.
16. BOOK IV.
17. BOOK V.
18. BOOK VI.
19. BOOK VII.
20. BOOK VIII

VOLUME 5

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. V

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. PREFACE
3. HIPPOLYTUS.
4. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO HIPPOLYTUS
5. THE REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES
6. BOOK I.
7. BOOK IV.
8. NOTE
9. BOOK V.
10. BOOK VI.
11. BOOK VII.
12. BOOK VIII.
13. BOOK IX.
14. BOOK X.
15. THE EXTANT WORKS AND FRAGMENTS OF HIPPOLYTUS.
16. PART I. EXEGETICAL. FRAGMENTS FROM COMMENTARIES ON VARIOUS BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE.
17. PART II. DOGMATICAL AND HISTORICAL.
18. APPENDIX TO THE WORKS OF HIPPOLYTUS.
19. ELUCIDATIONS.

CYPRIAN

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO CYPRIAN
2. THE LIFE AND PASSION OF CYPRIAN, BISHOP AND MARTYR
3. THE EPISTLES OF CYPRIAN
4. EPISTLE I.
5. EPISTLE II.
6. EPISTLE III.
7. EPISTLE IV.
8. EPISTLE V.
9. EPISTLE VI.
10. EPISTLE VII.
11. EPISTLE VIII.
12. EPISTLE IX.
13. EPISTLE X.
14. EPISTLE XI.
15. EPISTLE XII.
16. EPISTLE XIII.
17. EPISTLE XIV.
18. EPISTLE XV.
19. EPISTLE XVI
20. EPISTLE XVII.
21. EPISTLE XVIII.
22. EPISTLE XIX.
23. EPISTLE XX.
24. EPISTLE XXI.
25. EPISTLE XXII.
26. EPISTLE XXIII.
27. EPISTLE XXIV.
28. EPISTLE XXV.
29. EPISTLE XXVI.
30. EPISTLE XXVII.
31. EPISTLE XXVIII.
32. EPISTLE XXIX.
33. EPISTLE XXX.
34. EPISTLE XXXI.
35. EPISTLE XXXII.
36. EPISTLE XXXIII.
37. EPISTLE XXXIV.
38. EPISTLE XXXV.
39. EPISTLE XXXVI.
40. EPISTLE XXXVII.
41. EPISTLE XXXVIII.
42. EPISTLE XXXIX.
43. EPISTLE XL.
44. EPISTLE XLI.
45. EPISTLE XLII.
46. EPISTLE XLIII.
47. EPISTLE XLIV.
48. EPISTLE XLV.
49. EPISTLE XLVI.
50. EPISTLE XLVII.
51. EPISTLE XLVIII.
52. EPISTLE XLIX.
53. EPISTLE L.
54. EPISTLE LI.
55. EPISTLE LII.
56. EPISTLE LIII.
57. EPISTLE LIV.
58. EPISTLE LV.
59. EPISTLE LVI.
60. EPISTLE LVII.
61. EPISTLE LVIII.
62. EPISTLE LIX.
63. EPISTLE LX. TO EUCHRATIUS, ABOUT AN ACTOR.
64. EPISTLE LXI.
65. EPISTLE LXII.
66. EPISTLE LXIII.
67. EPISTLE LXIV.
68. EPISTLE LXV.
69. EPISTLE LXVI.
70. EPISTLE LXVII.
71. EPISTLE LXVIII.
72. EPISTLE LXIX.
73. EPISTLE LXX.
74. EPISTLE LXXI.
75. EPISTLE LXXII.
76. EPISTLE LXXIII.
77. EPISTLE LXXIV.
78. EPISTLE LXXV.
79. EPISTLE LXXVI.
80. EPISTLE LXXVII.
81. EPISTLE LXXVIII.
82. EPISTLE LXXIX.
83. EPISTLE LXXX.
84. EPISTLE LXXXI.
85. EPISTLE LXXXII.
86. BIDDING PRAYERS
87. THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN
88. TREATISE I. ON THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH.
89. TREATISE II. ON THE DRESS OF VIRGINS.
90. TREATISE III. ON THE LAPSED.
91. TREATISE IV. ON THE LORD'S PRAYER.
92. TREATISE V. AN ADDRESS TO DEMETRIANUS.
93. TREATISE VI. ON THE VANITY OF IDOLS
94. TREATISE VII. ON THE MORTALITY.
95. TREATISE VIII. ON WORKS AND ALMS.
96. TREATISE IX. ON THE ADVANTAGE OF PATIENCE.
97. TREATISE X. ON JEALOUSY AND ENVY.
98. TREATISE XI. EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM, ADDRESSED TO FORTUNATUS.
99. TREATISE XII. THREE BOOKS OF TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS.
100. THE SEVENTH COUNCIL OF CARTHAGE UNDER CYPRIAN.
101. TREATISES ATTRIBUTED TO CYPRIAN ON QUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY.
102. ON THE PUBLIC SHOWS.
103. ON THE GLORY OF MARTYRDOM.
104. OF THE DISCIPLINE AND ADVANTAGE OF CHASTITY.
105. EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE.
106. ELUCIDATIONS.

CAIUS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO CAIUS, PRESBYTER OF ROME
2. FRAGMENTS OF CAIUS
3. ELUCIDATIONS.

NOVATIAN

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO NOVATIAN, A ROMAN PRESBYTER
2. A TREATISE OF NOVATIAN CONCERNING THE TRINITY.
3. TWO NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
4. ON THE JEWISH MEATS.

APPENDIX

1. ACTS AND RECORDS OF THE FAMOUS CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS.
2. A ROMAN COUNCIL CELEBRATED UNDER STEPHEN.
3. CARTHAGINIAN COUNCILS.
4. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO AN ANONYMOUS TREATISE AGAINST THE HERETIC NOVATIAN.
5. A TREATISE AGAINST THE HERETIC NOVATIAN BY AN ANONYMOUS BISHOP.
6. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE ANONYMOUS TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM.⁷⁸
7. A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM BY AN ANONYMOUS WRITER.
8. NOTE BY THE EDINBURGH TRANSLATOR

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ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. VI

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. GREGORY THAUMATURGUS
3. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO GREGORY THAUMATURGUS
4. TRANSLATOR'S NOTICE.
5. PART I. ACKNOWLEDGED WRITINGS.
6. A DECLARATION OF FAITH.
7. A METAPHRASE OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES.
8. CANONICAL EPISTLE.
9. THE ORATION AND PANEGYRIC ADDRESSED TO ORIGEN.
10. PART II. DUBIOUS OR SPURIOUS WRITINGS.
11. A SECTIONAL CONFESSION OF FAITH.
12. ON THE TRINITY.
13. TWELVE TOPICS ON THE FAITH.
14. ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SOUL.
15. FOUR HOMILIES.
16. THE FIRST HOMILY ON THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY.
17. THE SECOND HOMILY
18. THE THIRD HOMILY
19. THE FOURTH HOMILY
20. ON ALL THE SAINTS.
21. ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.

DIONYSIUS

1. THE WORKS OF DIONYSIUS EXTANT FRAGMENTS
2. PART I. CONTAINING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE WORKS.
3. PART II. CONTAINING EPISTLES, OR FRAGMENTS OF EPISTLES.
4. EXEGETICAL FRAGMENTS.
5. I. A COMMENTARY ON THE BEGINNING OF ECCLESIASTES.
6. II. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE.
7. III. ON LUKE XXII. 42, ETC.
8. IV. AN EXPOSITION OF LUKE XXII. 46, ETC.
9. V. ON JOHN VIII. 12.
10. VI. OF THE ONE SUBSTANCE.
11. VII. ON THE RECEPTION OF THE LAPSED TO PENITENCE.
12. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.

JULIUS AFRICANUS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO JULIUS AFRICANUS.
2. THE EXTANT WRITINGS OF JULIUS AFRICANUS.
3. I. THE EPISTLE TO ARISTIDES.
4. II. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS HAPPENING IN PERSIA ON THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
5. III. THE EXTANT FRAGMENTS OF THE FIVE BOOKS OF THE CHRONOGRAPHY OF JULIUS AFRICANUS.
6. IV. THE PASSION OF ST. SYMPHOROSA AND HER SEVEN SONS.
7. NOTE.

ANATOLIUS AND MINOR WRITERS.

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO ANATOLIUS AND MINOR WRITERS
2. THE PASCHAL CANON OF ANATOLIUS OF ALEXANDRIA.
3. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
4. FRAGMENTS OF THE BOOKS ON ARITHMETIC.

ALEXANDER OF CAPPADOCIA.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. FROM THE EPISTLES OF ALEXANDER.
3. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.

THEOGNOSTUS OF ALEXANDRIA.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. FROM HIS SEVEN BOOKS OF HYPOTYPOSES OR OUTLINES.

PIERIUS OF ALEXANDRIA.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. I. A FRAGMENT OF A WORK OF PIERIUS ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS.
3. II. A SECTION ON THE WRITINGS OF PIERIUS.

THEONAS OF ALEXANDRIA.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. THE EPISTLE OF THEONAS, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA, TO LUCIANUS, THE CHIEF CHAMBERLAIN.

PHILEAS.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. FRAGMENTS OF THE EPISTLE OF PHILEAS TO THE PEOPLE OF THMUIS.
3. THE EPISTLE OF THE SAME PHILEAS OF THMUIS TO MELETIUS, BISHOP OF LYCOPOLIS.

PAMPHILUS.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. AN EXPOSITION OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

MALCHION.

1. TRANSLATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
2. I. THE EPISTLE WRITTEN BY MALCHION
3. II. FRAGMENTS APPARENTLY OF THE SAME EPISTLE OF THE SYNOD OF ANTIOCH
4. III. FROM THE ACTS OF THE DISPUTATION CONDUCTED BY MALCHION AGAINST PAUL OF SAMOSATA.
5. IV. A POINT IN THE SAME DISPUTATION.
6. ELUCIDATIONS.

ARCHELAUS.

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE
2. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
3. THE ACTS OF THE DISPUTATION WITH THE HERESIARCH MANES.
4. GENERAL NOTE.

ALEXANDER

1. OF THE MANICHAEANS.
2. ELUCIDATIONS.

PETER, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO PETER, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA
2. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.²
3. THE GENUINE ACTS OF PETER.
4. THE CANONICAL EPISTLE
5. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
6. FRAGMENTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF PETER.
7. ELUCIDATIONS.

ALEXANDER

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA.
2. EPISTLES ON THE ARIAN HERESY
3. ELUCIDATIONS.

METHODIUS

1. THE BANQUET OF THE TEN VIRGINS
2. DISCOURSE I. MARCELLA.
3. DISCOURSE II. THEOPHILA.
4. DISCOURSE III. THALEIA.
5. DISCOURSE V. THALLOUSA.
6. DISCOURSE VI. AGATHE.
7. DISCOURSE VII. PROCILLA.
8. DISCOURSE VIII. THEKLA.
9. DISCOURSE IX. TUSIANE.
10. DISCOURSE X. DOMNINA.
11. DISCOURSE XI. ARETE.
12. CONCERNING FREE-WILL.
13. FROM THE DISCOURSE ON THE RESURRECTION.
14. FRAGMENTS
15. GENERAL NOTE.
16. ORATION CONCERNING SIMEON AND ANNA
17. ORATION ON THE PSALMS.
18. THREE FRAGMENTS FROM THE HOMILY ON THE CROSS AND PASSION OF CHRIST.
19. SOME OTHER FRAGMENTS OF THE SAME METHODIUS.
20. GENERAL NOTE.

ARNOBIUS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO ARNOBIUS.
2. THE SEVEN BOOKS OF ARNOBIUS AGAINST THE HEATHEN. (ADVERSUS GENTES.)
3. BOOK I.
4. BOOK II.
5. BOOK III.
6. BOOK IV.
7. BOOK V.
8. BOOK VI.
9. BOOK VII.
10. APPENDIX
11. ELUCIDATIONS

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ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. VII

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

LACTANTIUS

1. THE DIVINE INSTITUTES
2. BOOK I. OF THE FALSE WORSHIP OF THE GODS.
3. BOOK II. OF THE ORIGIN OF ERROR.
4. BOOK III. OF THE FALSE WISDOM OF PHILOSOPHERS.
5. BOOK IV. OF TRUE WISDOM AND RELIGION.
6. BOOK V. OF JUSTICE.
7. BOOK VI. OF TRUE WORSHIP.
8. BOOK VII. OF A HAPPY LIFE.
9. THE EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES
10. A TREATISE ON THE ANGER OF GOD
11. ON THE WORKMANSHIP OF GOD, OR THE FORMATION OF MAN
12. OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PERSECUTORS DIED.
13. FRAGMENTS OF LACTANTIUS
14. THE PHOENIX
15. A POEM ON THE PASSION OF THE LORD
16. GENERAL NOTE.

VENANTIUS

1. ON EASTER
2. GENERAL NOTE.

ASTERIUS URBANUS

1. THE EXTANT WRITINGS OF ASTERIUS URBANUS
2. GENERAL NOTE.
3. ELUCIDATION

VICTORINUS

1. ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
2. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE OF THE BLESSED JOHN

DIONYSIUS

1. AGAINST THE SABELLIANS
2. ELUCIDATIONS. THE CONFESSION s WESTERN CONFESSION

APOSTOLIC TEACHING AND CONSTITUTIONS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE TEACHING OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES
2. THE LORD'S TEACHING THROUGH THE TWELVE APOSTLES TO THE NATIONS.
3. CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES
4. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES
5. BOOK I.
6. BOOK II.
7. BOOK III.
8. BOOK IV.
9. BOOK V.
10. BOOK VI.
11. BOOK VII.
12. GENERAL NOTE.
13. BOOK VIII.
14. THE ECCLESIASTICAL CANONS OF THE SAME HOLY APOSTLES.
15. ELUCIDATIONS

CLEMENT

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE HOMILY KNOWN AS THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT
2. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE BY PROFESSOR M. B. RIDDLE, D.D.
3. THE HOMILY

NICENE COUNCIL

1. THE NICENE CREED
2. THE CREED
3. THE RATIFICATION.
4. ADDENDA,

EARLY LITURGIES

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE EARLY LITURGIES
2. THE DIVINE LITURGY OF JAMES
3. THE DIVINE LITURGY OF THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST MARK
4. THE LITURGY OF THE BLESSED APOSTLES.
5. ELUCIDATIONS

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ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. VIII

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
2. THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
3. I. THE TESTAMENT OF REUBEN CONCERNING THOUGHTS
4. II. THE TESTAMENT OF SIMEON CONCERNING ENVY.
5. III. THE TESTAMENT OF LEVI CONCERNING THE PRIESTHOOD AND ARROGANCE.
6. IV. THE TESTAMENT OF JUDAH CONCERNING FORTITUDE, AND LOVE OF MONEY, AND FORNICATION.
7. V. THE TESTAMENT OF ISSACHAR CONCERNING SIMPLICITY.
8. VI. THE TESTAMENT OF ZEBULUN CONCERNING COMPASSION AND MERCY.
9. VII. THE TESTAMENT OF DAN CONCERNING ANGER AND LYING.
10. VIII. THE TESTAMENT OF NAPHTALI CONCERNING NATURAL GOODNESS.
11. IX. THE TESTAMENT OF GAD CONCERNING HATRED.
12. X. THE TESTAMENT OF ASHER CONCERNING TWO FACES OF VICE AND VIRTUE.
13. XI. THE TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH CONCERNING SOBRIETY.
14. XII. THE TESTAMENT OF BENJAMIN CONCERNING A PURE MIND.
15. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.

THEODOTUS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO EXCERPTS OF THEODOTUS OR, SELECTIONS FROM THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES.
2. EXCERPTS OF THEODOTUS

CLEMENT OF ROME

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO TWO EPISTLES CONCERNING VIRGINITY
2. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
3. TWO EPISTLES CONCERNING VIRGINITY
4. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE BLESSED CLEMENT
5. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SAME CLEMENT.

PSEUDO-CLEMENTINE LITERATURE

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO PSEUDO-CLEMENTINE LITERATURE
2. RECOGNITIONS OF CLEMENT
3. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE RECOGNITIONS OF CLEMENT
4. BOOK I.
5. BOOK II.
6. BOOK III.
7. BOOK IV.
8. BOOK V.
9. BOOK VI.
10. BOOK VII.
11. BOOK VIII.
12. BOOK IX.
13. BOOK X.
14. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE CLEMENTINE HOMILIES
15. EPISTLE OF PETER TO JAMES
16. EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO JAMES
17. THE CLEMENTINE HOMILIES
18. HOMILY I.
19. HOMILY II.
20. HOMILY III.
21. HOMILY IV.
22. HOMILY V.
23. HOMILY VI.
24. HOMILY VII.
25. HOMILY VIII.
26. HOMILY IX.
27. HOMILY X.
28. HOMILY XI.
29. HOMILY XII.
30. HOMILY XIII
31. HOMILY XIV.
32. HOMILY XV.
33. HOMILY XVI
34. HOMILY XVII.
35. HOMILY XVIII.
36. HOMILY XIX.
37. HOMILY XX.

APOCRYPHA OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO APOCRYPHA OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
2. THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES
3. THE GOSPEL OF PSEUDO-MATTHEW
4. THE GOSPEL OF THE NATIVITY OF MARY
5. THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER
6. THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS
7. FIRST GREEK FORM
8. SECOND GREEK FORM
9. LATIN FORM
10. THE ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF THE SAVIOUR
11. THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS
12. PART I. THE ACTS OF PILATE
13. PART II. THE DESCENT OF CHRIST INTO HELL
14. THE LETTER OF PONTIUS PILATE
15. THE REPORT OF PILATE THE PROCURATOR
16. FIRST GREEK FORM
17. SECOND GREEK FORM
18. THE GIVING UP OF PONTIUS PILATE
19. THE DEATH OF PILATE, WHO CONDEMNED JESUS
20. THE NARRATIVE OF JOSEPH
21. THE AVENGING OF THE SAVIOUR
22. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL
23. THE STORY OF PERPETUA.
24. ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA
25. THE ACTS OF BARNABAS
26. THE ACTS OF PHILIP
27. OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF PHILIP THE APOSTLE
28. ACTS OF SAINT PHILIP THE APOSTLE WHEN HE WENT TO UPPER HELLAS.
29. ADDITION TO ACTS OF PHILIP
30. ACTS AND MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW
31. ACTS OF ANDREW AND MATTHIAS
32. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND ANDREW.
33. ACTS AND MARTYRDOM OF ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE
34. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE THOMAS
35. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE THOMAS
36. CONSUMMATION OF THOMAS THE APOSTLE
37. MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY AND GLORIOUS APOSTLE BARTHOLOMEW
38. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE THADDAEUS, ONE OF THE TWELVE
39. ACTS OF THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN
40. REVELATION OF MOSES
41. WORD AND REVELATION OF ESDRAS
42. REVELATION OF PAUL
43. REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN.
44. THE ACCOUNT OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN
45. THE PASSING OF MARY
46. FIRST LATIN FORM.
47. SECOND LATIN FORM.

THE DECRETALS

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE DECRETALS
2. THE EPISTLES OF ZEPHYRINUS
3. THE FIRST EPISTLE
4. THE SECOND EPISTLE
5. NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
6. THE EPISTLES OF POPE CALLISTUS
7. THE FIRST EPISTLE
8. THE SECOND EPISTLE
9. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
10. THE EPISTLE OF POPE URBAN FIRST
11. THE EPISTLES OF POPE PONTIANUS
12. THE FIRST EPISTLE
13. THE SECOND EPISTLE
14. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
15. POPE ANTERUS THE EPISTLE.
16. THE EPISTLES OF POPE FABIAN
17. THE FIRST EPISTLE
18. THE SECOND EPISTLE
19. THE THIRD EPISTLE
20. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
21. DECREES OF FABIAN
22. THE DECREES OF THE SAME
23. ELUCIDATIONS

MEMOIRS OF EDESSA

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO MEMOIRS OF EDESSA AND OTHER SYRIAC DOCUMENTS
2. RELATING TO THE EARLIEST ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN EDESSA AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
3. A CANTICLE OF MAR JACOB THE TEACHER ON EDESSA.
4. EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS BOOKS CONCERNING ABGAR THE KING AND ADDAEUS THE APOSTLE.

ANCIENT SYRIAC DOCUMENTS

1. THE TEACHING OF ADDAEUS THE APOSTLE.
2. SYRIAC CALENDAR.
3. THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTLES.
4. THE TEACHING OF SIMON CEPHAS IN THE CITY OF ROME.³
5. ACTS OF SHARBIL,
6. FURTHER, THE MARTYRDOM OF BARSAMYA,
7. MARTYRDOM OF HABIB THE DEACON.
8. MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY CONFESSORS
9. HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
10. HOMILY ON HABIB THE MARTYR
11. A HOMILY ON GURIA AND SHAMUNA
12. INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT SYRIAC DOCUMENTS
13. BARDESAN
14. A LETTER OF MARA, SON OF SERAPION.
15. AMBROSE.
16. ELUCIDATIONS

REMAINS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO REMAINS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES
2. QUADRATUS, BISHOP OF ATHENS.
3. ARISTO OF PELLA.
4. MELITO, THE PHILOSOPHER.
5. HEGESIPPUS.
6. DIONYSIUS, BISHOP OF CORINTH.
7. RHODON.
8. MAXIMUS BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.
9. CLAUDIUS APOLLINARIS, BISHOP OF HIERAPOLIS, AND APOLOGIST.
10. POLYCRATES BISHOP OF EPHESUS.
11. THEOPHILUS BISHOP OF CAESAREA IN PALESTINE.
12. SERAPION BISHOP OF ANTIOCH.
13. APOLLONIUS.
14. PANTAENUS THE ALEXANDRIAN PHILOSOPHER.
15. PSEUDO-IRENAEUS.
16. THE LETTER OF THE CHURCHES OF VIENNA AND LUGDUNUM TO THE CHURCHES OF ASIA AND PHRYGIA
17. NOTE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
18. ELUCIDATION

VOLUME 10

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS, VOL. X

1. WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE GOSPELS
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF PETER
3. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER
4. SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF THE FOUR CANONICAL GOSPELS AND THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER
5. THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN
6. INTRODUCTION TO THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN
7. INTRODUCTORY NOTES.
8. SUBSCRIPTIONS

APOCALYPSES AND ROMANCES

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE REVELATION OF PETER.
2. THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER
3. INTRODUCTION TO THE VISION OF PAUL
4. THE VISION OF PAUL
5. THE APOCALYPSE OF THE VIRGIN
6. THE APOCALYPSE OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD CONCERNING THE CHASTISEMENTS
7. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE APOCALYPSE OF SEDRACH
8. THE APOCALYPSE OF SEDRACH
9. INTRODUCTION TO THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM
10. THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM
11. INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF XANTHIPPE, POLYXENA, AND REBECCA
12. LIFE AND CONDUCT OF THE HOLY WOMEN XANTHIPPE, POLYXENA, AND REBECCA
13. INTRODUCTION TO THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS
14. THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS CONCERNING THE LIFE OF THE BLESSED.

THE EPISTLES OF CLEMENT

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO 1ST CLEMENT
2. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS
3. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE
4. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT
5. THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES
6. INTRODUCTION.
7. INTRODUCTION TO THE PASSION OF THE SCILLITAN MARTYRS
8. THE PASSION OF THE SCILLITAN MARTYRS

ORIGEN

1. INTRODUCTION
2. LETTER OF ORIGEN TO GREGORY.
3. ORIGEN'S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
4. BOOK I
5. BOOK II.
6. FRAGMENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK
7. FROM THE FIFTH BOOK.
8. SIXTH BOOK
9. TENTH BOOK
10. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMENTARIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
11. FROM THE SECOND BOOK OF THE COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
12. BOOK II
13. BOOK X.
14. BOOK XI.
15. BOOK XII.
16. BOOK XIII.
17. BOOK XIV