The Complete Works of the First Fathers of the Church gathers a formative body of early Christian writing: pastoral epistles, martyrial exhortations, apologies, theological treatises, biblical interpretation, ecclesiastical histories, and visionary instruction. Spanning the generations from the apostolic age to late antiquity, it records Christianity's emergence within Jewish, Greek, and Roman intellectual worlds. Particularly compelling are its defenses of Christian belief before pagan cr...

Spanning the formative centuries of Christianity, The Complete Ante-Nicene, Nicene & Post-Nicene Church Fathers Collection gathers apologetic treatises, sermons, biblical exegesis, theological controversy, ecclesiastical histories, pastoral letters, monastic reflections, and doctrinal syntheses. Its breadth reveals a tradition being argued into shape: martyr-era defenses of the faith stand beside conciliar theology, luminous homiletics, and influential accounts of Christian society. Landma...

Spanning the formative centuries of Christianity, Ante-Nicene, Nicene & Post-Nicene Church Fathers assembles apologetic treatises, theological disputations, biblical exegesis, sermons, letters, ecclesiastical histories, spiritual manuals, and conciliar-era reflections. Its range extends from the defensive prose of persecuted communities to the doctrinal precision of Trinitarian and Christological controversy, preserving landmark meditations on martyrdom, baptism, scriptural interpretation,...

The Nicene Creed gathers a capacious patristic witness to Christian confession, tracing the theological pressures, exegetical habits, and devotional languages through which Nicene faith was articulated. Its materials range from apostolic-era exhortation and apology to conciliar theology, biblical commentary, polemic, homily, ecclesiastical history, and liturgical reflection. Particularly compelling are the recurring treatments of the Son's relation to the Father, the Holy Spirit's divinity...

"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Early Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea. Methodius had a very comprehensive philosophical education, and was an important theologian as well as a prolific and polished author. Chronologically, his works can only be assigned in a general way to the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth centu...

THE DIFFICULTY AND EXCELLENCE OF VIRGINITY; THE STUDY OF DOCTRINE NECESSARY FOR VIRGINS. Virginity is something supernaturally great, wonderful, and glorious; and, to speak plainly and in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, this best and noblest manner of life alone is the root(6) of immortality, and also its flower and first-fruits; and for this reason the Lord promises that those shall enter into the kingdom of heaven who have made themselves eunuchs, in that passage(7) of the Gospels i...

This text serves as a theological treatise defending the practice of venerating icons in Eastern Christianity. It outlines the belief in the Holy Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and the significance of the saints, arguing that icons are not idols but representations that aid in worship and remembrance. The author emphasizes the continuity of tradition from the early Church and the teachings of the Church Fathers, asserting that the veneration of icons is essential for understanding the in...

Clowes' classic on the Jesus' parables has been a great study and used by many for generations. This edition also includes an Active Table of Contents, so that you may either study the parables in the order contained here, or on your schedule and in your own order. Contents: Introduction The Summary Of The Internal Sense Of The Foregoing Parables, In Their Connexion With Each Other. The Parable Of The Wise And The Foolish Builder The Parable Of A Piece Of ...

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.St. Catherine of Siena was a theologian and one of the two patron saints in Italy along with St. Francis of Assisi. The Dialogues of St. Catherine of Siena is still considered a must read for Christians.

Collected here are three gnostic writings from Thomas, Mary, and John. These books that were left out of the New Testament shed light on the life and relationships of Jesus Christ and his friends and family, especially his mother Mary.

INASMUCH as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, “minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith,” and by means of their craftily-constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I have felt constrained, my dear friend, to compose the following treatise in order to expose and counteract their machinations.] These men falsify the oracles of God, and prove t...

According to Wikipedia: "Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian". His work is very broad in scope, but he is often associated with his defense of Calvinist theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. His famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Ang...