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Fathers of the Church

Alexander of Alexandria
[SAINT]

  - Epistles on the Arian Heresy and the Deposition of Arius

Alexander of Lycopolis

  - Of the Manicheans

Ambrose (340-397)
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - On the Christian Faith (De fide)

  - On the Holy Spirit

  - On the Mysteries

  - On Repentance

  - On the Duties of the Clergy

  - Concerning Virgins

  - Concerning Widows

  - On the Death of Satyrus

  - Memorial of Symmachus

  - Sermon against Auxentius

  - Letters

Aphrahat/Aphraates (c. 280-367)

  - Demonstrations

Archelaus

  - Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes

Aristides the Philosopher

  - The Apology

Arnobius

  - Against the Heathen

Athanasius
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Against the Heathen

  - On the Incarnation of the Word

  - Deposition of Arius

  - On Luke 10:22 (Matthew 11:27)

  - Circular Letter

  - Apologia Contra Arianos

  - De Decretis

  - De Sententia Dionysii

  - Vita S. Antoni (Life of St. Anthony)

  - Ad Episcopus Aegypti et Libyae

  - Apologia ad Constantium

  - Apologia de Fuga

  - Historia Arianorum

  - Four Discourses Against the Arians

  - De Synodis

  - Tomus ad Antiochenos

  - Ad Afros Epistola Synodica

  - Historia Acephala

  - Letters

Athenagoras

  - A Plea for the Christians

  - The Resurrection of the Dead

Augustine of Hippo
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Confessions

  - Letters

  - City of God

  - Christian Doctrine

  - On the Holy Trinity

  - The Enchiridion

  - On the Catechising of the Uninstructed

  - On Faith and the Creed

  - Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen

  - On the Profit of Believing

  - On the Creed: A Sermon to Catechumens

  - On Continence

  - On the Good of Marriage

  - On Holy Virginity

  - On the Good of Widowhood

  - On Lying

  - To Consentius: Against Lying

  - On the Work of Monks

  - On Patience

  - On Care to be Had For the Dead

  - On the Morals of the Catholic Church

  - On the Morals of the Manichaeans

  - On Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans

  - Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus the Manichaean

  - Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental

  - Reply to Faustus the Manichaean

  - Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichaeans

  - On Baptism, Against the Donatists

  - Answer to Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta

  - Merits and Remission of Sin, and Infant Baptism

  - On the Spirit and the Letter

  - On Nature and Grace

  - On Man’s Perfection in Righteousness

  - On the Proceedings of Pelagius

  - On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin

  - On Marriage and Concupiscence

  - On the Soul and its Origin

  - Against Two Letters of the Pelagians

  - On Grace and Free Will

  - On Rebuke and Grace

  - On Rebuke and Grace

  - The Predestination of the Saints/Gift of Perseverance

  - Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount

  - The Harmony of the Gospels

  - Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament

  - Tractates on the Gospel of John

  - Homilies on the First Epistle of John

  - Soliloquies

  - The Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms

Bardesanes (154-222)

  - The Book of the Laws of Various Countries

Barnabas
[SAINT]

  - Epistle of Barnabas

Basil the Great
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - De Spiritu Sancto

  - Nine Homilies of Hexaemeron

  - Letters

Caius

  - Fragments

Clement of Alexandria
[SAINT]

  - Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?

  - Exhortation to the Heathen

  - The Instructor

  - The Stromata, or Miscellanies

  - Fragments

Clement of Rome
[SAINT]

  - First Epistle

  - Second Epistle [SPURIOUS]

  - Two Epistles Concerning Virginity [SPURIOUS]

  - Recognitions [SPURIOUS]

Commodianus

  - Writings

Cyprian of Carthage
[SAINT]

  - The Life and Passion of Cyprian

  - The Epistles of Cyprian

  - The Treatises of Cyprian

  - The Seventh Council of Carthage

Cyril of Jerusalem
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Catechetical Lectures

Dionysius of Rome
[SAINT]

  - Against the Sabellians

Dionysius the Great

  - Extant Fragments

  - Exegetical Fragments

Ephraim the Syrian (306-373)
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Nisibene Hymns

  - Miscellaneous Hymns — On the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh, For the Feast of the Epiphany, and On the Faith (”The Pearl”)

  - Homilies — On Our Lord, On Admonition and Repentance, and On the Sinful Woman

Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 265-c. 340)

  - Church History

  - Life of Constantine

  - Oration of Constantine “to the Assembly of the Saints”

  - Oration in Praise of Constantine

  - Letter on the Council of Nicaea

Gennadius of Marseilles

  - Illustrious Men (Supplement to Jerome)

Gregory the Great, Pope (c. 540-604)
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Pastoral Rule

  - Register of Letters

Gregory Nazianzen
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - Orations

  - Letters

Gregory of Nyssa
[SAINT]

  - Against Eunomius

  - Answer to Eunomius’ Second Book

  - On the Holy Spirit (Against the Followers of Macedonius)

  - On the Holy Trinity, and of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit (To Eustathius)

  - On “Not Three Gods” (To Ablabius)

  - On the Faith (To Simplicius)

  - On Virginity

  - On Infants’ Early Deaths

  - On Pilgrimages

  - On the Making of Man

  - On the Soul and the Resurrection

  - The Great Catechism

  - Funeral Oration on Meletius

  - On the Baptism of Christ (Sermon for the Day of Lights)

  - Letters

Gregory Thaumaturgus
[SAINT]

  - A Declaration of Faith

  - A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes

  - Canonical Epistle

  - The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen

  - A Sectional Confession of Faith

  - On the Trinity

  - Twelve Topics on the Faith

  - On the Subject of the Soul

  - On All the Saints

  - On Matthew 6:22-23

Hermas

  - The Pastor (or “The Shepherd”)

Hilary of Poitiers
[SAINT]
[DOCTOR]

  - On the Councils, or the Faith of the Easterns

  - On the Trinity

  - Homilies on the Psalms

Hippolytus
[SAINT]

  - The Refutation of All Heresies

  - The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus: Exegetical

  - Expository Treatise Against the Jews

  - Against Plato, On the Cause of the Universe

  - Against the Heresy of Noetus

  - Discourse on the Holy Theophany

  - The Antichrist

  - Appendix

Ignatius of Antioch
[SAINT]

  - Epistle to the Ephesians

  - Epistle to the Magnesians

  - Epistle to the Trallians

  - Epistle to the Romans

  - Epistle to the Philadelphians

  - Epistle to the Smyraeans

  - Epistle to Polycarp

  - The Martyrdom of Ignatius

  - The Spurious Epistles