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Religion

Start your research using the best resources. It highlights the key indexes and reference works for the academic study of religion, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and more.
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Church Fathers & Early Christian Literature

  • Reference Works
  • Church Fathers in English
  • Apostolic Fathers
  • Greek Fathers (in Greek)
  • Latin Fathers (in Latin)
  • Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature
    • E-Book
    Call Number: Print: Baker-Berry BR67 .C25 2004
  • Early Christian Greek and Latin Literature: A Literary History by Claudio Moreschini and Enrico Norelli
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  • Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Patristics by Ken Parry (ed.)
    • E-Book
    ... a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields.
  • Fathers of the Church (Patristic Series)
    Call Number: BR60.F3 v.1-
    English translations of the Church Fathers.
  • Fathers of the Church. (Mediaeval Continuation)
    Translations of the medieval Church Fathers.
  • Ancient Christian Writers
    Call Number: Baker Berry BR60 .A35 no.1- 1946-
  • Early Church Fathers
    Each volume provides an overview of the Church Father along with a bibliography of key editions. Selections of their most important writings are included.
  • Oxford Early Christian Texts
    "The series provides reliable working texts of important early Christian writers in both Greek and Latin."
  • Saints' Lives - Internet Medieval Sourcebook
    Lives of the Saints in English translation.
  • Early Church Fathers (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
    An online edition of the early Church Fathers (J.B. Lightfoot translation) in the public domain.
  • Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament by Thomas C. Oden
    Call Number: Baker Berry BS2341.2 .A6 2001 v.1-15
    An anthology of biblical commentary on the Hebrew Bible by the Church Fathers.
  • Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament by Thomas C. Oden, ed.
    Call Number: Baker-Berry BS2341.2 .A63 1998 v. 1-12
    Compilation of commentary the the Church Fathers on the New Testament.
  • Early Christian Writings
    A Web directory of early Christian writings available on the Internet.
  • Loeb Classical Library Online
    • E-Book
    Many early Christian writers and Church fathers can be found in the Loeb Classical Library Onlne.
  • Fathers of the Church
    Public domain translations.
  • Apostolic Fathers, Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache by Ehrman, Bart (ed.)
    • E-Book
    Loeb Classical Library edition with facing Greek & English pages.
  • Apostolic Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas by Ehrman, Bart (ed.)
    • E-Book
    Loeb Classical Library edition with facing Greek & English pages.
  • Apostolic Fathers by Robert M. Grant, ed.
    Call Number: Baker Berry BR60 .A62 G7 v.1-6
    New York, T. Nelson [1964-68]
  • Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations by Holmes, Michael W. (ed. and transl.)
  • TLG: Thesaurus linguae Graecae Digital
    Includes the Bible and the writings of the Eastern Church Fathers.
  • Patrologia Graeca by J.P. Migne
    Call Number: Baker Berry 887.8 M588p
    Greek Church Fathers. For online page images, see below at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
  • Documenta Catholica Omnia (Online)
    Scanned page images of the Patrologia Latina & Patrologia Graecae.
  • Corpus Christianorum. Series graeca
    Call Number: BR60 .C65 1- 1977-
    Critical editions of the Greek Church Fathers with French translation.
  • Corpus Christianorum. Series Apocryphorum
    Call Number: BS2833.F7 C6 v.1-
    Early Christian apocryphal literature.
  • Patrologia Latina Online by J.P. Migne
    Represents an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
  • Patrologia Latina by J.P. Migne
    Call Number: BR60 .M41 v.1-221
    The 19th century edition of the Latin Church Fathers. Text in Latin. For a more complete description, see the entry above for the online edition. See also Documenta Catholica Omnia below for online access.
  • Documenta Catholica Omnia (Online)
    Scanned page images of the Patrologia Latina & Patrologia Graecae.
  • Library of Latin texts : CLCLT Online
    Latin texts chiefly from the following corpora: Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina; Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Medievalis; Corpus Christianorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum; Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina; Patrologiae Latinae supplementum; Sources chrétiennes; S. Bernardi opera omnia; and: Biblia sacra juxta vulgatam versionem.
  • Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina.
    Call Number: BR60 .C49 scattered holdings 1953-
  • Corpus Christianorum. Series Apocryphorum
    Call Number: BS2833.F7 C6 v.1-
    Early Christian apocryphal literature.
  • Acta Sanctorum Full Text Database This link opens in a new window
    Contains the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum. It is a collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organized according to each saint's feast day.
  • Corpus Christianorum. Series Apocryphorum
    Call Number: BS2833.F7 C6 v.1-
    Early Christian apocryphal literature.
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