Church & Christian History


Updated
November 17, 2001


My appreciation to the Christian Classics Ethereal Library,
The Hall of Church History, Project Wittenberg, The Ecole Initiative, Fire and Ice,
and others for their great effort in providing these valuable resources on the internet.


Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo

Christian History

The Christian History Institute

Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology by Walter Elwell (excellent resource)

The History of the Christian Church by Phillip Schaff

The Church History Project


Ante-Nicene Fathers

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I (The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Clement of Rome, Mathetes, Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas, Papias, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II (Fathers of the Second Century - Hermas, Tatian, Theophilus, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III (Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian - Three Parts: I. Apologetic; II. Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV (The Fathers of the Third Century - Tertullian Part IV; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V (The Fathers of the Third Century - Hippolytus; Cyprian; Caius; Novatian; Appendix)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VI (The Fathers of the Third Century - Gregory Thaumaturgus; Dinysius the Great; Julius Africanus; Anatolius and Minor Writers; Methodius; Arnobius)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VII (Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, Liturgies)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages)
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. X (The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Visio Pauli, The Apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen's Commentary on John, Books I-X, Origen's Commentary on Mathew, Books I, II, and X-XIV)

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

St. Augustine Volumes

Volume I. Prolegomena: St. Augustine's Life and Work, Confessions, Letters
Volume II. The City of God, Christian Doctrine
Volume III. On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises
Volume IV. The Anti-Manichaean Writings, The Anti-Donatist Writings
Volume V. Anti-Pelagian Writings
Volume VI. Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of the Gospels, Homilies on the Gospels
Volume VII. Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies
Volume VIII. Expositions on the Psalms

St. Chrysostom Volumes

Volume IX. On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes
 Volume X. Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew
Volume XI. Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans
Volume XII. Homilies on First and Second Corinthians
Volume XIII. Homilies on the Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
Volume XIV. Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers - Series II

Volume I. Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine
Volume II. Socrates: Church History from A.D. 305-438; Sozomenus: Church History from A.D. 323-425
Volume III. Theodoret, Jerome and Gennadius, Rufinus and Jerome
Volume IV. Athanasius: Select Writings and Letters
Volume V. Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters
Volume VI. Jerome: Letters and Select Works
Volume VII. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen
Volume VIII. Basil: Letters and Select Works
Volume IX. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
Volume X. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters
Volume XI. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
Volume XII. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
Volume XIII. Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat
Volume XIV. The Seven Ecumenical Councils

The Medieval Churchmen

Bernard of Clairvaux - On Loving God
St. Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica  
Thomas à Kempis - The Imitation of Christ

The Reformers

William Tyndale  
Martin Luther (1483-1546) or try here  
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)  
John Calvin (1509-1564)  
Richard Hooker (1554-1600)  
John Knox

The Puritans

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)  
John Owen (1616-1683) or here  
Thomas Watson (c.1620-1686) or here  
Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)  
John Bunyan (1628-1688)  
John Flavel (c.1630-1691)
Thomas Boston  
Thomas Manton  
Cotton Mather
Samuel Rutherford  Samuel Rutherford on Christian Resistance

Great Men of the Great Awakening

Jonathan  Edwards (1703-1758) or here, or here  
John Wesley (1703-1791) or here
George Whitefield (1714-1770)
John Newton (1725-1807)  
John Gill (1697-1771) or here

Great Men of the 1800's

Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)  
Andrew Bonar, Life and Ministry Page
Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813 - 1843)
 J.C. Ryle (1813-1900)
Alexander Whyte (1836-1921)
Charles Spurgeon
Asahel Nettleton
R.L. Dabney

Great Men of the 1900's

A.W. Pink (1889-1952) or here  
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)  
J. Gresham Machen  
Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984)


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