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Creation
Reflections on creation, providence, and the natural order.
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Works on Creation
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 10 On Gluttony
Philoxenus of Mabbug — [p. 353] THE TENTH DISCOURSE: WHICH IS AGAINST THE LUST OF THE BELLY, AND WHICH BRINGETH AN ACCUSATION AGAINST GREEDINESS, AND WHICH REVEALETH AND SHEWETH ALL ITS FORMS, AND WHICH ALSO BLAMETH THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR LIVES SUBJECT UNTO THIS PASSION, AND WHICH MAKETH KNOWN THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO LABOUR IN BONDAGE UNTO THEIR LUSTS TO DRAW NIGH UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE AND WORKING OF ANY OF THE TRIUMPHS OF VIRTUE.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 11 On Abstinence
Philoxenus of Mabbug — [P. 420] THE ELEVENTH DISCOURSE: ON ABSTINENCE AND THE SUBJECTION OF THE BODY, WHICH SHEWETH THAT A MAN IS, THROUGH TRIBULATIONS, ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE SPIRITUAL COUNTRY OF THE ENJOYMENTS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 12 First Discourse on Fornication
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 12 First Discourse on Fornication, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, knowledge, and love.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 2 On Faith
Philoxenus of Mabbug — [P. 26] THE SECOND DISCOURSE: WHICH TEACHETH WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT THAT THE MAN WHO DRAWETH NIGH TO THE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST SHOULD LAY HOLD UPON.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 3 On Faith
Philoxenus of Mabbug — And again come, O disciple, and hearken unto the triumphs of faith which are much to be desired. Come and incline thine ear to the voice of thy mother who giveth thee life by the sweet music of her voice. Come and suck the sweet milk of doctrine from the living breast of the mother who bore thee. Come and stand by the fountain which watereth nations and tribes, for whosoever drinketh not from her his thirst is not qu
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 4 On Faith First Discourse on Simplicity
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 4 On Faith First Discourse on Simplicity, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “[p. 74] the fourth discourse: on faith, and how by simplicity a man may receive the commandments of Christ.” Topics include faith, the soul, and anger.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 6 First Discourse on the Fear of God
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 6 First Discourse on the Fear of God, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, sin, and judgment.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 7 Second Discourse on the Fear of God
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 7 Second Discourse on the Fear of God, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “[p. 191] the seventh discourse: which sheweth that all the righteous men of old fulfilled the commandments of God in the fear of God.” Topics include love, the soul, and divine grace.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Discourse 9 Second Discourse on Poverty
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Discourse 9 Second Discourse on Poverty, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. Topics include the soul, baptism, and the law.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Introduction The Manuscripts of the Discourses
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Introduction The Manuscripts of the Discourses, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “the manuscripts of the discourses of philoxenus.” Topics include the Trinity.
13 Ascetic Discourses — Introduction Various Creeds by Philoxenus, against Nestorius, Mani, Marcion, Etc
Philoxenus of Mabbug — Philoxenus of Mabbug gives instruction in the ascetic life in Introduction Various Creeds by Philoxenus, against Nestorius, Mani, Marcion, etc, considering the habits and convictions involved in following Christ. The opening subject is “reply to be made by a man when questioned as to his belief.” Topics include the incarnation, the Trinity, and the Holy Spirit.40 Homilies on the Gospels
Gregory the Dialogist — Gregory the Dialogist interprets 40 Homilies on the Gospels, relating the biblical passage to Christian teaching and practice. The opening subject is “delivered to the people in the basilica of saint Peter the apostle, on the second sunday of advent of the lord.” Topics include love, sin, and the soul.A Brief Bible History: A Survey of the Old and New Testaments
James Oscar Boyd; J. Gresham Machen — A survey of biblical history written for teacher training and popular reading, in thirty-eight short lessons: fifteen tracing the development of the church in Old Testament times from the beginnings in Genesis to the return from exile, and twenty-three on the life of Christ and the apostolic church from the intertestamental preparation to the close of the apostolic age, each lesson ending with review questions.A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live
Richard Baxter — Baxter's evangelistic sermons on Ezekiel 33:11, urging the unconverted to turn to God and live, prefaced by a short account of Baxter's life from a later reprint.A Declaration of Faith
Gregory of Neocaesarea — There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image: 2 perfect Begetter of the perfect Begotten , Father of the only-begotten Son. There is one Lord, Only of the Only, 3 God of God, Image and Likeness of Deity, Efficient Word, 4 Wisdom comprehensive 5 of the constitution of all things, and Power formative 6 of the whole creation, true Son of true Father, Invisible
A Letter from Origen to Africanus
Origen of Alexandria — Origen to Africanus, a beloved brother in God the Father, through Jesus Christ, His holy Child, greeting. Your letter, from which I learn what you think of the Susanna in the Book of Daniel, which is used in the Churches, although apparently somewhat short, presents in its few words many problems, each of which demands no common treatment, but such as oversteps the character of a letter, and reaches the limits of a dA Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes
Gregory of Neocaesarea — These words speaketh Solomon, the son of David the king and prophet, to the whole Church of God, a prince most honoured, and a prophet most wise above all men. How vain and fruitless are the affairs of men, and all pursuits that occupy man! For there is not one who can tell of any profit attaching to those things which men who creep on earth strive by body and soul to attain to, in servitude all the while to what is
A Plea for the Christians
Athenagoras of Athens — To the Emperors Marcus Aurelius Anoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, conquerors of Armenia and Sarmatia, and more than all, philosophers.A Point in the Same Disputation
Malchion — Did I not say before that you do not admit that the only-begotten Son, who is from all eternity before every creature, was made substantially existent 2 in the whole person of the Saviour; 3 that is to say, was united with Him according to substance?A Ribband of Blue and Other Bible Studies
Hudson Taylor — Eight short Bible studies by Hudson Taylor, beginning with the 'ribband of blue' on the borders of Israel's garments in Numbers 15 and continuing with meditations on Psalm 1, Job, the Queen of Sheba, Ruth and the Shepherd's care.
A Short and Easy Method of Prayer
Jeanne Guyon — Madame Guyon's little manual of inward prayer, teaching simple recollected attention to God, abandonment and the prayer of quiet; condemned with other Quietist writings at the end of the seventeenth century, it was widely read by later Protestant pietists and holiness writers.
A Summary of the Christian Faith
Henry Eyster Jacobs — Jacobs's systematic summary of Christian doctrine on the basis of the Lutheran Confessions.A Treatise against Two Letters of the Pelagians — Book 2
Augustine of Hippo — He undertakes to examine the second letter of the Pelagians, filled, like the first, with calumnies against the Catholics-a letter that was sent by them to Thessalonica in the name of eighteen bishops; and, first of all, he shows, by the comparison of the heretical writings with one another, that the Catholics are by no means falling into the errors of the manicheans in detesting the dogmas of the Pelagians. He repel
A Treatise of Novatian concerning the Trinity
Novatian — Novatian's treatise concerning the Trinity is divided into thirty-one chapters. He first of all, from chapter first to the eighth, considers those words of the Rule of Truth or Faith, 1 which bid us believe on God the Father and Lord Almighty, the absolutely perfect Creator of all things. Wherein among the other divine attributes he moreover ascribes to Him, partly from reason and partly from the Holy Scriptures, immA Treatise of the Covenant of Grace
John Ball — John Ball's posthumous treatise on covenant theology, tracing the covenant of grace from Adam through the patriarchs, Moses and the prophets to Christ, contrasting it with the covenant of works and answering Arminian positions. A key source for the Westminster divines. Seventeenth-century spelling retained.
A Treatise on Faith and the Creed
Augustine of Hippo — The occasion and date of the composition of this treatise are indicated in a statement which Augustin makes in the seventeenth chapter of the First Book of his Retractations .A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin — Book 1
Augustine of Hippo — Wherein he shows that Pelagius is disingenuous in his confession of grace, inasmuch as he places grace either in nature and free will, or in law and teaching; and, moreover, asserts that it is merely the "possibility" (as he calls it) of will and action, and not the will and action itself, which is assisted by divine grace; and that this assisting grace, too, is given by God according to men's merits; whilst he furth
A Treatise on the Soul
Tertullian — Having discussed with Hermogenes the single point of the origin of the soul, so far as his assumption led me, that the soul consisted rather in an adaptation 3 of matter than of the inspiration 4 of God, I now turn to the other questions incidental to the subject; and (in my treatment of these) I shall evidently have mostly to contend with the philosophers. In the very prison of Socrates they skirmished about the staA Treatise to Prove That No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
John Chrysostom — John Chrysostom discusses care for the poor, the soul, and suffering in A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself.Abandonment; or, Absolute Surrender to Divine Providence
Jean-Pierre de Caussade — The treatise on abandonment to divine providence, in three books, on the virtue of abandonment, on finding the divine action in the duties and events of each present moment, and on how God guides and sustains the soul wholly abandoned to him, with Ramière's preface distinguishing true abandonment from the error of the Quietists and an appendix of short pieces and acts of abandonment.
Acts of Peter and Paul
Acts of Peter and Paul — It came to pass, after Paul went out of the island Gaudomeleta, 1 that he came to Italy; and it was heard of by the Jews who were in Rome, the elder of the cities, that Paul demanded to come to Caesar. Having fallen, therefore, into great grief and much despondency, they said among themselves: It does not please him that he alone has afflicted all our brethren and parents in Judaea and Samaria, and in all Palestine;Acts or Disputation against Fortunatus — Disputation of the First Day
Augustine of Hippo — Augustine of Hippo discusses the soul, sin, and faith in Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus, Disputation of the First Day. The opening subject is “disputation of the first day.”Acts or Disputation against Fortunatus — Disputation of the Second Day
Augustine of Hippo — The next day, a notary having again been summoned, the discussion was conducted as follows:Address of Tatian to the Greeks
Tatian the Assyrian — Be not, O Greeks, so very hostilely disposed towards the Barbarians, nor look with ill will on their opinions. For which of your institutions has not been derived from the Barbarians? The most eminent of the Telmessians invented the art of divining by dreams; the Carians, that of prognosticating by the stars; the Phrygians and the most ancient Isaurians, augury by the flight of birds; the Cyprians, the art of inspect
Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature
Basil of Caesarea — Frederick Morgan PADELFORD, Essays on the Study and Use of Poetry by Plutarch and Basil the Great. Yale Studies in English 15 (1902) pp. 99-120. Address to young men on the right use of Greek literature.Against Bardaisan's Domnus
Ephrem the Syrian — Ephrem the Syrian discusses judgment, knowledge, and truth in Against Bardaisan's Domnus. The opening subject is “against bardaisan's "domnus.”
Against Celsus — Book 2
Origen of Alexandria — The first book of our answer to the treatise of Celsus, entitled A True Discourse , which concluded with the representation of the Jew addressing Jesus, having now extended to a sufficient length, we intend the present part as a reply to the charges brought by him against those who have been converted from Judaism to Christianity. 1 And we call attention, in the first place, to this special question, viz., why Celsus
Against Celsus — Book 3
Origen of Alexandria — In the first book of our answer to the work of Celsus, who had boastfully entitled the treatise which he had composed against us A True Discourse , we have gone through, as you enjoined, my faithful Ambrosius, to the best of our ability, his preface, and the parts immediately following it, testing each one of his assertions as we went along, until we finished with the tirade 1 of this Jew of his, feigned. to have bee
Against Celsus — Book 4
Origen of Alexandria — Having, in the three preceding books, fully stated what occurred to us by way of answer to the treatise of Celsus, we now, reverend Ambrosius, with prayer to God through Christ, offer this fourth book as a reply to what follows. And we pray that words may be given us, as it is written in the book of Jeremiah that the Lord said to the prophet: "Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth as fire. See, I have set thee thi
Against Celsus — Book 5
Origen of Alexandria — It is not, my reverend Ambrosius, because we seek after many words-a thing which is forbidden, and in the indulgence of which it is impossible to avoid sin 1 -that we now begin the fifth book of our reply to the treatise of Celsus, but with the endeavour, so far as may be within our power, to leave none of his statements without examination, and especially those in which it might appear to some that he had skilfully
Against Celsus — Book 6
Origen of Alexandria — In beginning this our sixth book, we desire, my reverend Ambrosius, to answer in it those accusations which Celsus brings against the Christians , not, as might be supposed, those objections which he has adduced from writers on philosophy . For he has quoted a considerable number of passages, chiefly from Plato, and has placed alongside of these such declarations of holy Scripture as are fitted to impress even the in
Against Celsus — Book 8
Origen of Alexandria — Having completed seven books, I now propose to begin the eighth. And may God and His Only-begotten Son the Word be with us, to enable us effectively to refute the falsehoods which Celsus has published under the delusive title of A True Discourse , and at the same time to unfold the truths of Christianity with such fulness as our purpose requires. And as Paul said, "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did besAgainst Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia — Fragments of Book 2 against Theodore
Cyril of Alexandria — Surviving excerpts from Cyril of Alexandria’s writings, collected here as Against Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia, Fragments of Book 2 Against Theodore. Readers can examine passages preserved apart from their original complete works. The opening subject is “from his second book against the words of theodore 1.” Topics include divine grace, the incarnation, and suffering.Against Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia — Fragments of Book 3 against Theodore
Cyril of Alexandria — Surviving excerpts from Cyril of Alexandria’s writings, collected here as Against Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia, Fragments of Book 3 Against Theodore. Readers can examine passages preserved apart from their original complete works. The opening subject is “from the third book against theodore bishop of mopsuestia.” Topics include the incarnation, baptism, and divine grace.Against Eunomius — Book 10
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses eternal life, faith, and knowledge in Against Eunomius, Book 10.Against Eunomius — Book 11
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, baptism, and truth in Against Eunomius, Book 11.Against Eunomius — Book 12
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses the incarnation, divine grace, and truth in Against Eunomius, Book 12. The opening subject is “§1. this twelfth book gives a notable interpretation of the words of the lord to Mary, "touch me not, for i am not yet ascended to my father.”Against Eunomius — Book 2
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses the Holy Spirit, creation, and the soul in Against Eunomius, Book 2. The opening subject is “§2. gregory then makes an explanation at length touching the eternal father, the son, and the Holy spirit.”Against Eunomius — Book 3
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, truth, and knowledge in Against Eunomius, Book 3. The opening subject is “§2. he then once more excellently, approximately, and clearly examines and expounds the passage, "the lord created me.”Against Eunomius — Book 4
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, idolatry, and truth in Against Eunomius, Book 4. The opening subject is “§3. he then again admirably discussed the term prwtotokoz as it is four times employed apostle.”Against Eunomius — Book 5
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, the incarnation, and suffering in Against Eunomius, Book 5.Against Eunomius — Book 6
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses suffering, sin, and creation in Against Eunomius, Book 6.Against Eunomius — Book 7
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, the Holy Spirit, and truth in Against Eunomius, Book 7.Against Eunomius — Book 8
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, truth, and the soul in Against Eunomius, Book 8.Against Eunomius — Book 9
Gregory of Nyssa — Gregory of Nyssa discusses creation, truth, and the soul in Against Eunomius, Book 9.
Against Hermogenes
Tertullian — Tertullian discusses creation, the soul, and truth in Against Hermogenes. The opening subject is “hermogenes, after a perverse induction from mere heretical assumptions, concludes that God created all things out of pre-existing matter.”Against Hierocles — English Translation
Eusebius of Caesarea — Eusebius of Caesarea discusses truth, the soul, and prayer in Against Hierocles, English Translation.Against Julian — Book 2 (Start)
Cyril of Alexandria — Cyril of Alexandria discusses creation, the soul, and truth in Against Julian, Book 2 (start).Against Mani
Ephrem the Syrian — Ephrem the Syrian discusses the soul, prayer, and suffering in Against Mani.Against Marcion 1
Ephrem the Syrian — Ephrem the Syrian discusses prayer, divine grace, and the soul in Against Marcion 1. The opening subject is “against marcion i.”Against Marcion 2
Ephrem the Syrian — Ephrem the Syrian discusses baptism, humility, and the law in Against Marcion 2. The opening subject is “against marcion ii.”Against Marcion 3
Ephrem the Syrian — Ephrem the Syrian discusses creation, the soul, and the law in Against Marcion 3. The opening subject is “against marcion iii.”