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
– 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
Clement of Alexandria
– 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)
Cyprian of Carthage (Saint)
– The Life and Passion of Cyprian
– The Epistles of Cyprian
– The Treatises of Cyprian
– The Seventh Council of Carthage
– Treatises Attributed to Cyprian
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
– Four Homilies
– 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
Irenaeus of Lyons (Saint)
– Adversus haereses
– Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
Jerome (Saint) (Doctor)
– Letters
– The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
– To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem
– The Dialogue Against the Luciferians
– The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk
– The Life of S. Hilarion
– The Life of Paulus the First Hermit
– Against Jovinianus
– Against Vigilantius
– Against the Pelagians
– Preface to the Chronicle of Eusebius
– De Viris Illustribus (Illustrious Men)
– Apology for himself against the Books of Rufinus
John of Damascus (Saint) (Doctor)
– Exposition of the Faith
John Cassian (c. 360-c. 435)
– Institutes
– Conferences
– On the Incarnation of the Lord (Against Nestorius)
John Chrysostom (Saint) (Doctor)
– Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew
– Homilies on Acts
– Homilies on Romans
– Homilies on First Corinthians
– Homilies on Second Corinthians
– Homilies on Ephesians
– Homilies on Philippians
– Homilies on Colossians
– Homilies on First Thessalonians
– Homilies on Second Thessalonians
– Homilies on First Timothy
– Homilies on Second Timothy
– Homilies on Titus
– Homilies on Philemon
– Commentary on Galatians
– Homilies on the Gospel of John
– Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews
– Homilies on the Statues
– No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
– Two Letters to Theodore After His Fall
– Letter to a Young Widow
– Homily on St. Ignatius
– Homily on St. Babylas
– Homily Concerning “Lowliness of Mind”
– Instructions to Catechumens
– Three Homilies on the Power of Satan
– Homily on the Passage “Father, if it be possible . . .”
– Homily on the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof
– Homily on the Passage “If your enemy hunger, feed him.”
– Homily Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren
– First Homily on Eutropius
– Second Homily on Eutropius (After His Captivity)
– Four Letters to Olympias
– Letter to Some Priests of Antioch
– Correspondence with Pope Innocent I
– On the Priesthood
Julius Africanus
– Extant Writings
Justin Martyr (Saint)
– First Apology
– Second Apology
– Dialogue with Trypho
– Hortatory Address to the Greeks
– On the Sole Government of God
– Fragments of the Lost Work on the Resurrection
– Miscellaneous Fragments from Lost Writings
– Martyrdom of Justin, Chariton, and other Roman Martyrs
– Discourse to the Greeks
Lactantius
– The Divine Institutes
– The Epitome of the Divine Institutes
– On the Anger of God
– On the Workmanship of God
– Of the Manner In Which the Persecutors Died
– Fragments of Lactantius
– The Phoenix
– A Poem on the Passion of the Lord
Leo the Great, Pope (c. 395-461) (Saint) (Doctor)
– Sermons
– Letters
Malchion
– Extant Writings
Mar Jacob (452-521)
– Canticle on Edessa
– Homily on Habib the Martyr
– Homily on Guria and Shamuna
Mathetes
– Epistle to Diognetus
Methodius
– The Banquet of the Ten Virgins
– Concerning Free Will
– From the Discourse on the Resurrection
– Fragments
– Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna
– Oration on the Psalms
– Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ
– Some Other Fragments
Moses of Chorene (c. 400-c. 490)
– History of Armenia
Novatian
– Treatise Concerning the Trinity
– On the Jewish Meats
Origen
– Origen de Principiis
– Africanus to Origen
– Origen to Africanus
– Origen to Gregory
– Origen Against Celsus
– Letter of Origen to Gregory
– Commentary on the Gospel of John
– Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
Pamphilus (Saint)
– Extant Writings
Peter of Alexandria (Saint)
– The Genuine Acts of Peter
– The Canonical Epistle
– Fragments
Polycarp (Saint)
– Epistle to the Philippians
– The Martyrdom of Polycarp
Rufinus
– Apology
– Commentary on the Apostles’ Creed
– Prefaces
Socrates Scholasticus (c. 379-c. 450)
– Ecclesiastical History
Sozomen (c. 375-c. 447)
– Ecclesiastical History
Sulpitius Severus (c. 363-c. 420)
– On the Life of St. Martin
– Letters — Genuine and Dubious
– Dialogues
– Sacred History
Tatian
– Address to the Greeks
– Fragments
– The Diatessaron
Tertullian
– The Apology
– On Idolatry
– De Spectaculis (The Shows)
– De Corona (The Chaplet)
– To Scapula
– Ad Nationes
– (A Fragment)
– An Answer to the Jews
– The Soul’s Testimony
– A Treatise on the Soul
– The Prescription Against Heretics
– Against Marcion
– Against Hermogenes
– Against the Valentinians
– On the Flesh of Christ
– On the Resurrection of the Flesh
– Against Praxeas
– Scorpiace
– Appendix (Against All Heresies)
– On Repentance
– On Baptism
– On Prayer
– Ad Martyras
– The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity (Sometimes attributed to Tertullian)
– Of Patience
– On the Pallium
– On the Apparel of Women
– On the Veiling of Virgins
– To His Wife
– On Exhortation to Chastity
– On Monogamy
– On Modesty
– On Fasting
– De Fuga in Persecutione
Theodoret
– Counter-Statements to Cyril’s 12 Anathemas against Nestorius
– Ecclesiastical History
– Dialogues (“Eranistes” or “Polymorphus”)
– Demonstrations by Syllogism
– Letters
Theodotus
– Excerpts
Theophilus
– Theophilus to Autolycus
Venantius
– Poem on Easter
Victorinus (Saint)
– On the Creation of the World
– Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
Vincent of Lérins (d. c. 450) (Saint)
– Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith
OTHER WORKS
Liturgies
– The Liturgy of James
– The Liturgy of Mark
– The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles
Councils
– Carthage under Cyprian (257) [LOCAL]
– Ancyra (314) [LOCAL]
– Neocaesarea (315) [LOCAL]
– Nicaea I (325) [ECUMENICAL]
– Antioch in Encaeniis (341) [LOCAL]
– Gangra (343) [LOCAL]
– Sardica (344) [LOCAL]
– Constantinople I (381) [ECUMENICAL]
– Constantinople (382) [LOCAL]
– Laodicea (390) [LOCAL]
– Constantinople under Nectarius (394) [LOCAL]
– Carthage (419) [LOCAL]
– Ephesus (431) [ECUMENICAL]
– Chalcedon (451) [ECUMENICAL]
– Constantinople II (553) [ECUMENICAL]
– Constantinople III (680) [ECUMENICAL]
– Constantinople/”Trullo”/Quinisext (692) [LOCAL]
– Nicaea II (787) [ECUMENICAL]
Apocrypha
– Apocalypse of Peter (c. 130)
– Protoevangelium of James (c. 150)
– Acts of Paul and Thecla (c. 180)
– Gospel of Peter (c. 190) [DOCETIC]
– The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (c. 192) [EBIONITIC]
– Acts of Peter and Paul (c. 200)
– Gospel of Thomas (c. 200) [GNOSTIC]
– Acts of Thomas (c. 240) [GNOSTIC]
– Acts of Thaddaeus (c. 250)
– Acts of Andrew (c. 260) [GNOSTIC]
– Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena (c. 270)
– Acts of John [DOCETIC]
– Acts of Philip (c. 350)
– Apocalypse of Paul (c. 380) — Greek and Latin forms
– Gospel of Nicodemus (Including “Acta Pilati”) (c. 150-400)
– The Doctrine of Addai (c. 400) — This is a Syriac version of the earlier Acts of Thaddaeus (s.v.)
– Assumption of Mary (c. 400)
– History of Joseph the Carpenter (c. 400)
– Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (c. 400)
– Acts of Barnabas (c. 500)
– Acts of Bartholomew (c. 500) [NESTORIAN]
– Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle (c. 550) [ABYSSINIAN]
– Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour (c. 600)
– Avenging of the Saviour (c. 700)
– Apocalypse of John (unknown date; late)
– Apocalypse of Moses (unknown date) [JUDAISTIC]
– Apocalypse of Esdras (unknown date) [JUDAISTIC]
– Testament of Abraham (unknown date) [JUDAISTIC]
– Narrative of Zosimus (unknown date)
– Gospel of the Nativity of Mary (unknown date; late)
– Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea (unknown date; late)
– Report of Pontius Pilate (unknown date; late) — First Greek and Second Greek forms
– Letter of Pontius Pilate (unknown date; late)
– Giving Up of Pontius Pilate (unknown date; late)
– Death of Pilate (unknown date; late)
– Apocalypse of the Virgin (unknown date; very late)
– Apocalypse of Sedrach (unknown date; very late)
Miscellaneous
– The Didache (c. 100)
– The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs (c. 180)
– A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian (c. 255)
– A Treatise on Re-Baptism (c. 255)
– Remains of the Second and Third Centuries (various dates)
– Apostolic Constitutions (c. 400)
– Apostolic Canons (c. 400) — See Apostolic Constitutions, Book VIII, Chapter 47
– Acts of Sharbil (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– The Martyrdom of Barsamya (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– Extracts from Various Books Concerning Abgar the King and Addaeus the Apostle (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– The Teaching of the Apostles (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– The Teaching of Simon Cephas in the City of Rome (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– A Letter of Mara, Son of Serapion (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– Ambrose (unknown date) [SYRIAC]
– Canons of the Thirteen Holy Fathers (various dates)
– The False Decretals (c. 850)