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A Plea for the ChristiansAthenagoras of Athens · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 85 min read
Apology
A Treatise on the Soul (De Anima)Tertullian · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 240 min read
Treatise
Address to the GreeksTatian · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 75 min read
Apology
Against Celsus (Contra Celsum)Origen · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
3 of 8 books
Contra Celsum, Book IV ·Contra Celsum, Book V ·Contra Celsum, Book VI
Against HermogenesTertullian · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 105 min read
Treatise
Against MarcionTertullian · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
2 of 5 books
Against Marcion. Book I. ·Against Marcion. Book II.
Against the Heathen (Adversus Nationes)Arnobius of Sicca · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
7 of 7 books
Against the Heathen, Book I ·Against the Heathen, Book II ·Against the Heathen, Book III ·Against the Heathen, Book IV ·Against the Heathen, Book V ·Against the Heathen, Book VI ·Against the Heathen, Book VII
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox FaithJohn of Damascus · Eastern Orthodox
4 of 4 books
An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book I) ·An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book II) ·An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book III) ·An Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book IV)
Catechetical OrationGregory of Nyssa · Patristic
approx. 160 min read
Catechesis
Centuries of Meditations (The First Century)Thomas Traherne · Anglican
approx. 100 min read
Meditation
Commentary on the Gospel of JohnOrigen · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
2 of 4 books
Commentary on John, Book I ·Commentary on John, Book II
ConfessionsAugustine of Hippo · Patristic
3 of 13 books
The Confessions (Book XI) ·The Confessions (Book XII) ·The Confessions (Book XIII)
DemonstrationsAphrahat · Patristic
1 of 8 books
Demonstration 8 (Of the Resurrection of the Dead)
Exposition on Psalm 115Augustine of Hippo · Patristic
approx. 20 min read
Exegesis
Great DidacticJohn Amos Comenius · Reformed
2 of 5 books
Chapter I: Man is the Highest, the Most Absolute, and the Most Excellent of Things Created ·Chapter II: The Ultimate End of Man is Beyond this Life
Hydriotaphia, Urn BurialSir Thomas Browne · Anglican
3 of 5 books
Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial: Chapter I ·Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial: Chapter II ·Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial: Chapter III
On First Principles (De Principiis)Origen · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
2 of 4 books
De Principiis (Book I) ·De Principiis (Book II)
On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and the Baptism of Infants (De Peccatorum Meritis)Augustine of Hippo · Patristic
1 of 3 books
On Merit and the Forgiveness of Sins, Book I
On the Resurrection (fragment)Justin Martyr · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 25 min read
Treatise
On the Resurrection of the Flesh (De Resurrectione Carnis)Tertullian · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 220 min read
Treatise
On the Vanity of Idols / Quod Idola Dii Non Sint (Treatise 6)Cyprian of Carthage · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
approx. 20 min read
Treatise
Reply to Faustus the Manichaean (Contra Faustum Manichaeum)Augustine of Hippo · Patristic
9 of 33 books
Reply to Faustus, Book II ·Reply to Faustus, Book III ·Reply to Faustus, Book VII ·Reply to Faustus, Book VIII ·Reply to Faustus, Book XX ·Reply to Faustus, Book XXI ·Reply to Faustus, Book XXIII ·Reply to Faustus, Book XXIV ·Reply to Faustus, Book XXVI
Small CatechismMartin Luther · Lutheran
1 of 7 books
The Creed
The City of God (De Civitate Dei)Augustine of Hippo · Patristic
11 of 22 books
The City of God, Book IV ·The City of God, Book V ·The City of God, Book VII ·The City of God, Book VIII ·The City of God, Book IX ·The City of God, Book XI ·The City of God, Book XII ·The City of God, Book XIII ·The City of God, Book XIV ·The City of God, Book XVI ·The City of God, Book XXII
The Conferences (and Institutes)John Cassian · Patristic
1 of 22 books
Conference 8: On Principalities
The Divine InstitutesLactantius · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
3 of 7 books
Divine Institutes, Book I (Of the False Worship of the Gods) ·Divine Institutes, Book II (Of the Origin of Error) ·Divine Institutes, Book VII (Of a Happy Life)
The Refutation of All HeresiesHippolytus of Rome · Early Church (pre-Nicene)
4 of 8 books
The Refutation of All Heresies, Book I ·The Refutation of All Heresies, Book IV ·The Refutation of All Heresies, Book V ·The Refutation of All Heresies, Book X
Tractates on the Gospel of JohnAugustine of Hippo · Patristic
7 of 124 books
Tractate 1 (John 1:1-5) ·Tractate 2 (John 1:6-14) ·Tractate 3 (John 1:15-18) ·Tractate 4 (John 1:19-33) ·Tractate 5 (John 1:33) ·Tractate 6 (John 1:32-33) ·Tractate 7 (John 1:34-51)