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Church, Creeds, & Councils

• Creeds from the Bible
• Apostles Creed
• Nicene Creed
• Creed of Constantinople
• Definition of Chalcedon
• Athanasian Creed
• The 21 Ecumenical Councils
• Council of Nicaea I 325 
• Council of Constantinople I 381 
• Council of Ephesus 431 
• Council of Chalcedon 451 
• Council of Orange: 529 
• Council of Constantinople II 553 
• Council of Constantinople III 680-681 
• Council of Nicaea II: 787
• Council of Constantinople IV: 869-870

• Lateran Council I: 1123
• Lateran Council II: 1139
• Lateran Council III: 1179
• Lateran Council IV: 1215 
• Council of Lyons 1: 1245 
• Council of Lyons 2: 1274
• Council of Vienne: 1311-12
• Council of Constance: 1414-18
• Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence: 1431-1435
• Lateran Council V: 1512-17
• Council of Trent: 1545-63 
• Vatican Council I: 1869 
• Vatican Council 2: 1963-65

Saints & Martyrs (i)

• The Golden Legend (c. 1275)
• Acts of Paul and Thecla
• Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle
• Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew
• Acts of Andrew and Matthias
• Acts of Peter and Andrew
• Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas
• Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew
• Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist, John the Theologian
• Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp
• The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicity  – Latin Original
• Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena and Rebecca
• The Persecution & Martyrdoms of Lyons

• Martyrdom of St. Domnina and Daughters
• Martyrdom of the Roman Martyrs
• The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
• On St. Lawrence (Sermon by St. Leo)
• Life of Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza
• Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib
• Life and Passion of St. Cyprian
• The Life of Paulus the First Hermit (St. Jerome)
• The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk (St. Jerome)
• Life of Anthony (St. Athanasius)
• St. Simeon Stylites (Evagrius Ponticus)
• Life of St. Mary of Egypt
• Ten Holy Women of Byzantium
• Life of St. Martin of Tours
• Life of St. Benedict

1st-2nd Century

Anonymous (c. 65)

• The Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

St. Polycarp (69-155)

• Epistle to the Philippians
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp

Pope St. Clement of Rome

• First Epistle

Hermas (1st-2nd c.)

• The Shepherd

St. Ignatius of Antioch (50-107)

• Epistle to the Smyrnaeans
• Epistle to the Ephesians
• Epistle to the Magnesians
• Epistle to the Trallians
• Epistle to the Romans
• Epistle to the Philadelphians
• Epistle to Polycarp
• The Martyrdom of Ignatius

St. Justin Martyr (100-130)

• First Apology
• Second Apology
• Dialogue with Trypho
• On the Sole Government of God
• Martyrdom of Justin, Chariton, and other Roman Martyrs

Aristides the Philosopher (2nd c.)

• The Apology

Athenagoras (2nd c.)

• A Plea for the Christians
• The Resurrection of the Dead

Tatian (2nd c.)

• Diatessaron (A combination of the four Gospels into one account)

Clement of Alexandria (d. 215)

• Stromateis
• Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?
• Exhortation to the Heathen
• The Instructor
• Fragments

St. Irenaeus (c. 175)

• Against the Heresies 

Tertullian (c. 150-220)

• On Prayer or Prayer
• Patience
• The Apology
• On Idolatry
• De Spectaculis (The Shows)
• A Treatise on the Soul
• On the Flesh of Christ
• On the Resurrection of the Flesh
• On Repentance
• On Baptism
• On Prayer
• To the Martyrs
• The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity
• On the Pallium
• To His Wife
• Exhortation to Chastity
• On Monogamy
• On Modesty
• On Fasting
• De Fuga in Persecutione

Origen(c. 185-254)

• On Prayer
• Commentary on the Gospel of John
• Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
• Contra Celsum 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Philocalia

• Introductory
• English Translation
• Footnotes
• Index

St. Cyprian (c. 200-258)

• On the Advantage of Patience
• On the Lord’s Prayer
•  The Life and Passion of Cyprian
• The Epistles of Cyprian
• On the Unity of the Church
• On the Lapsed
• On the Vanity of Idols
• On Works and Almsgiving
• On Jealousy and Envy
• Exhortation to Martyrdom
• The Seventh Council of Carthage

Anonymous (c. 2nd-3rd c.)

• Didascalia Apostolorum

Anonymous (c. 2nd c.)

• Epistle to Diognetus

3rd-4th Century

Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 265-c. 340)

• Church History
• Life of Constantine
• The Proof of the Gospel

St. Athanasius (295-373)

• On the Incarnation
• Life of Antony
• On Luke 10:22/Matthew 11:27
• Circular Letter
• Apologia Contra Arianos
• De Decretis
• De Sententia Dionysii
• Vita S. Antoni (Life of St. Anthony)
• Ad Episcopus Aegypti et Libyae
• Apologia ad Constantium
• Apologia de Fuga
• Historia Arianorum
• Four Discourses Against the Arians
• De Synodis
• Tomus ad Antiochenos
• Ad Afros Epistola Synodica
• Historia Acephala
• Letters

St. Victorinus (d. 303)

• On the Creation of the World
• Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

St. Ephraim of Syria (c. 306-373)

• The Pearl
• Fifty-Five Chapters on the Beatitudes
• On Love, On Psalmody, On Prayer

St. Methodius of Olympus (d. 311)

• Oration on Simeon and Anna
• The Banquet of the Ten Virgins
• Concerning Free Will
• Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ
• From the Discourse on the Resurrection
• Oration on the Psalms

St. Jerome (320-420)

• On the Song of Songs
• Prefaces
• The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
• De Viris Illustribus (Illustrious Men)
• The Life of Paulus the First Hermit

Biblical Prefaces

• Genesis
• Joshua
• The “Helmeted” introduction to Kings
• Chronicles
• Ezra
• Ezra  (Tr. Mark DelCogliano).
• Tobit
• Judith
• Judith (Tr. Andrew S. Jacobs)
• Esther
• Jerome’s notes to the additions to Esther
• Job
• Psalms (LXX)
• Psalms (Hebrew)
• The books of Solomon
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Twelve minor prophets
• Gospels
• Vulgate preface to Paul’s letters
• Commentary on Daniel
• Preface to the online edition
• Introduction, Preface
• Commentary on Daniel
• Migne’s notes

St. Basil (329-379)

• On the Holy Spirit
• Nine Homilies on the Six Days of Creation 
• To Gregory the Theologian

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386)

• Catechetical Lectures
• Mystagogical Catecheses

St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389)

• Second Paschal Oration
• On Easter
• Second Oration on Easter
• On the Priestly Office
• Theological Oration on God the Father
• Theological Oration on the Son
• On the Theophany or the Birthday of Christ
• On Epiphany and the Holy Lights
• On Holy Baptism
• On Pentecost

St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395)

• Two Homilies on Almsgiving
• On Perfection
• Commentary on Ecclesiastes
• The Life of Gregory the Wonderworker
• Life of Macrina
• On the Holy Trinity, and of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit 
• On the Faith (To Simplicius)
• On Virginity
• On Infants’ Early Deaths
• On Pilgrimages
• On the Making of Man
• On the Soul and the Resurrection
• The Great Catechism
• On the Baptism of Christ (Sermon for the Day of Lights)
• Letters

St. Ambrose (340-397)

• On the Mysteries
• On the Christian Faith (De fide)
• On the Holy Spirit
• On Repentance
• On the Duties of the Clergy
• Concerning Virgins
• Concerning Widows
• On the Death of Satyrus
• Memorial of Symmachus
• Sermon against Auxentius
• Letters

St. Hilary of Poitiers (d. 368)

• On the Councils, or the Faith of the Easterns
• On the Trinity
• Homilies on the Psalms

St. Cyril of Alexandria (378-444)

• Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
• Translator’s Introduction
• Sermons 1-11 (Luke 1:1-3:3:23)
• Sermons 12-25 (Luke 4:1-6:17)
• Sermons 27-38 (Luke 6:20-7:28)
• Sermons 39-46 (Luke 7:31-8:56)
• Sermons 47-56 (Luke 9:1-56)
• Sermons 57-65 (Luke 9:57-10:21)
• Commentary on the Gospel of John
• Preface to the online edition
• Introduction to volume 2
• Praefatio – by Cyril of Alexandria
• Book 1
• Book 2
• Book 3
• Book 4
• Book 5
• Book 6
• Book 7 (Fragments)
• Book 8 (Fragments)
• Book 9
• Book 10
• Book 11
• Book 12

St. Patrick (385-461)

• Confession
• The Breastplate

Desert Fathers (4th c.)

• The Paradise of the Desert Fathers
• Sayings of the Desert Fathers
• The Life of Our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt 

Aphraates (4th c.)

• Demonstrations I, VI, VII, VIII, X, XVII, XXI, XXII

Saints & Martyrs (ii)

• The Golden Legend (c. 1275)
• Acts of Paul and Thecla
• Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle
• Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew
• Acts of Andrew and Matthias
• Acts of Peter and Andrew
• Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas
• Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew
• Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist, John the Theologian
• Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch
• The Martyrdom of Polycarp
• The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicity  – Latin Original
• Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena and Rebecca

• The Persecution & Martyrdoms of Lyons
• Martyrdom of St. Domnina and Daughters
• Martyrdom of the Roman Martyrs
• The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
• On St. Lawrence (Sermon by St. Leo)
• Life of Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza
• Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib
• Life and Passion of St. Cyprian
• The Life of Paulus the First Hermit (St. Jerome)
• The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk (St. Jerome)
• Life of Anthony (St. Athanasius)
• St. Simeon Stylites (Evagrius Ponticus)
• Life of St. Mary of Egypt
• Ten Holy Women of Byzantium
• Life of St. Martin of Tours
• Life of St. Benedict

St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

• On Matthew or here
• On John
• On Acts
• On Romans 
• On 1 Corinthians
• On 2 Corinthians
• On Galatians
• On Ephesians
• On Philippians
• On Colossians
• On 1 Thessalonians
• On 2 Thessalonians
• On 1 Timothy
• On 2 Timothy

• On Titus
• On Philemon
• On Hebrews
• On “Lowliness of Mind”
• On the Power of Satan
• “Father, if it be possible . . .”
• On the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof
• “If your enemy hunger, feed him.”
• Easter Sermon 
• Instructions to Catechumens
• On the Priesthood
• Prayer of St. John Chrysostom

St. Augustine (d. 430)

• Harmony of the Gospels
• On Selected Lessons of the New Testament
• On the Gospel of John
• On 1 John
• On the Psalms
• Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount 
• Confessions
• Confessions (E.B. Pusey trans.)
• City of God
• Letters
• De Doctrina Christiana 
• On Faith and the Creed
• On the Creed: A Sermon to Catechumens
• The Enchiridion
• On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
• Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen
• On the Profit of Believing
• On the Holy Trinity

• On Continence
• On the Good of Marriage
• On Marriage and Concupiscence
• On Holy Virginity
• On the Good of Widowhood
• On Lying
• To Consentius: Against Lying
• On Patience
• On Care to be Had For the Dead
• On the Morals of the Catholic Church
• Concerning the Nature of Good (Against the Manichaeans)
• On Baptism (Against the Donatists)
• Merits and Remission of Sin, and Infant Baptism
• On the Spirit and the Letter
• On Nature and Grace
• On Man’s Perfection in Righteousness
• On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin
• On Grace and Free Will
• On Rebuke and Grace

5th-9th Century

John Cassian (360-432)

• Conferences 
• Institutes 
• On the Incarnation of the Lord (Against Nestorius)

Sulpitius Severus (363-420)

• The Life of St. Martin

Pope St. Leo the Great (395-461)

• Homilies on the Nativity – II , III , IV, VI , VII , VIII
• Homilies on the Epiphany – III , IV , VI
• Homilies on Lent, Easter and Pentecost
• Lent II , IV , VII , XI
• Transfiguration, Passion III , IV, VII , VIII, XI, XII, XVI, XVII
• Holy Saturday, Resurrection
• Ascension, II
• Pentecost, II, III
• Feast of the Apostles Ss. Peter and Paul

Boethius (480-526)

• The Consolation of Philosophy

St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547)

• Rule for Monasteries

St. Vincent of Lerins (c. 495)

• Commonitory on the Catholic Faith

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th c.)

• The Celestial Hierarchy
• The Mystical Theology
• The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
• Liturgy of Dionysius 
• The Divine Names

St. Columba (521-597)

• Rule of St. Columba

Romanos the Melodist (6th c.)

• Hymn on the Raising of Lazarus

St. Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)

• Dialogues, Book II (on the life and miracles of St. Benedict)
• Moralia or Commentary on the Book of Job – pdf

St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662)

• On Knowledge

St. Sophronious (ca. 600)

• Life of St. Mary of Egypt

John of Damascene (676-749)

• Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images
• Three Sermons on the Dormition of the Virgin
• Barlaam and Ioasaph

Medieval Authors

• Middle English Marian Lyrics
• Middle English Legends of Women Saints
• Saints’ Lives in Middle English Collections
• Moral Love Songs and Laments
• Thomas Usk’s The Testament of Love
• The Trials and Joys of Marriage

• Three Purgatory Poems: The Gast of Gy, Sir Owain, The Vision of Tundale
• King Arthur’s Death or La Morte D’arthur (Book 1 – Book 2)
• Four Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes
• High History of the Holy Grail
• Song of Roland or here
• Ballads, Lyrics, and Poems of Old France

10th-14th Century

St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

• Prosologium
• Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)

Peter Abelard (1079-1144)

• History of My Calamities

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)

• On Loving God
• On the Song of Songs (excerpts)

Guigo II (d. 1193)

• The Ladder of Four Rungs

St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

• The Canticle of Brother Son
• Praises of God Most High
• Exposition of the ‘Our Father’
• An Exhortation to Praise God
• The Office of the Passion of the Lord
• A Prayer Before the Crucifix
• Rule of the Friars Minor
• Letters to St. Clare

Anonymous Authors (1250-1390)

• The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi 

St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)

• Letters
• Rule of St. Clare
• Testament

St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)

• Opus Dominicale
• The Concordance of Scripture: The homiletic and exegetical methods of St Antony of Padua

St. Albert the Great (1200-1280)

• On Cleaving to God

St. Bonaventure (1221-1274)

• Prayer after Holy Communion
• Journey of the Mind into God 
• Conferences on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• First Conference (Grace and its Fruits)
• Second Conference (Fear of God)
• Third Conference (Piety)
• Fourth Conference (Knowledge)
• Fifth Conference (Fortitude)
• Sixth Conference (Fortitude of the Blessed Virgin)
• Seventh Conference (Counsel)
• Eighth Conference (Understanding)
• Ninth Conference (Wisdom)

Jordan of Saxony (1231-1234)

• The Libellus of Jordan of Saxony (An early history of the Dominicans)

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327)

• Sermons

Anonymous (c. 1260-1288)

• The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic

Conrad of Saxony (d. 1279)

• Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Blessed John Duns Scotus (1265-1308)

• A Treastise on God as First Principle
• On the Fittingness of the Immaculate Conception
• Ordinatio
• Prologus, Part 1 (“On the Necessity of Revealed Doctrine”)
• Prologus, Part 2 (“On the Sufficiency of Sacred Scripture”)
• Book, II, Dist. 3, part 1: (“Whether a material substance is ‘this’ and individual through matter?”)
• Bk. II, D. 3,  p. II, qq.1-6, Q. 1, Q. 2, Q. 3, Q. 4, Qq. 5-6
• Bk. III, Dist. 32, Q. Sole
• Bk. IV, Dist. 46, qq. 1-3
• Scoti Summa Theologica
• Pars III, Q. 27: “On the Sanctification of the Virgin”
• Pars III, Q. 28: “Of the Virginity of the Mother of God”
• Pars III, Q. 29: “Of the Espousals of the Mother of God”
• Pars III, Q. 60: “What is a Sacrament?”
• Pars III, Q. 61: “Whether the Sacraments are necessary for man’s salvation?”
• Pars III, Q. 62: “The Sacraments’ principal effect, which is grace”

Dante Aligheri (1265-1321)

• Purgatorio
• Inferno
• Paradiso

Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381)

• The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
• The Sparkling Stone
• The Book of Supreme Truth

Henry Suso (c. 1295-1366)

• A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom

Gregory of Palamas (1296-1359)

• On Unceasing Prayer
• Homily on the Dormition
• On Icons and Veneration of the Cross

Richard Rolle (1300-1349)

• The Fire of Love
• The Mending of Life or Rule of Living

Johannes Tauler (1300-1365)

• The Inner Way

St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373)

• Revelations

Julian of Norwich (1343-1443)

• Revelations of Divine Love or The Shewings

Catherine of Siena (c. 1347-1380)

• The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin Catherine of Siena
• Act of Thanksgiving to the Trinity(from the Dialogue on Divine Providence)
• Letters of Catherine of Siena

Walter Hilton (d. 1396)

• The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection or The Scale of Perfection
• The Song of Angels
• Treatise Written to a Devout Man

Thomas a Kempis (1379-1471)

• The Imitation of Christ

Anonymous English Author (14th-century)

• The Cloud of Unknowing or The Cloud of Unknowing

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Commentaries on Scripture

• Inaugural Lectures on Scripture
• Book of Job or Job 
• Psalms or Psalms
• Lamentations
• Catena – Matthew
• Catena – Mark
• Catena – Luke
• Catena – John
• Gospel of John
• 1 Corinthians – pdf
• 2 Corinthians – pdf
• Galatians
• Ephesians – pdf
• Colossians – pdf
• Philippians
• 1 Thessalonians
• Philemon
• Hebrews – pdf1 pdf2

Theological Works

• Summa Contra Gentiles
• Reasons for Faith Against Muslim Objections
• Super Boethium De Trinitate
• Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
• Quaestiones Quodlibetales
• Disputed Questions on the Virtues
• On Truth 
• On the Eternity of the World
• On Being and Essence
• Of God and His Creatures
• Aquinas on Law
• Perfection of the Spiritual Life

Summa Theologica

• Summa – First Part: (Sacred Doctrine. The One God. The Blessed Trinity. Creation. The Angels. The Six Days. Man. The Government of Creatures.)
• Summa – First Part of the Second Part: (Man’s Last End. Human Acts. Passions. Habits. Vice and Sin. Law. Grace.)
• Summa – Second Part of the Second Part: (Faith. Hope. Charity. Prudence. Justice. Fortitude. Temperance. Acts Which Pertain to Certain Men.)
• Summa – Third Part: The Incarnation. The Life of Christ. Sacraments. Baptism. Confirmation. The Holy Eucharist. Penance.
• Summa – Supplement to the Third Part: (Penance [continued]. Extreme Unction. Holy Orders. Matrimony. The Resurrection. Appendices)
• Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
• Search the Summa 
• Summa Cite
• Synopsis of the Theological Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas
• Companion to the Summa by Walter Farrell, O.P. 
• Tips on Reading Thomas
• Index of Biblical Citations in the Summa Theologica or Index
• Bibliography
• Abbreviations
• Thomas on the Web
• Corpus Thomisticum or Latin 
• Thomas in Latin on the Web 
• Thomas Aquinas in English on the Web

Popular Works

• Sermons or Reflections based on Summa
• Homilies on Sundays of the Christian Year
• The Hail Mary
• The Apostles Creed
• The Ten Commandments
• The Lord’s Prayer
• On the Sacraments of the Church

15th-16th Century

Margery Kempe (c. 1430)

• The Book of Margery Kempe
• Treatise of Contemplation (from The Book of Margery Kempe)

Nicholas of Cusa (c. 1456)

• Where Is He that it is Born King of the Jews?

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)

• Oration on the Dignity of Man

St. John Fisher (1469-1535)

• Treatise Concerning…the Seven Penitential Psalms
• Funeral Sermon for King Henry VII
• A Mourning Remembrance of Margaret Countess of Richmond
• Sermon Against the Pernicious Doctrine of Martin Luther
• A Spiritual Consolation,…to his Sister Elizabeth
• The Ways to Perfect Religion
• Sermon Preached upon a Good Friday
• Letter to Parliament, in Defense of Himself

St. Thomas More (1478-1535)

• Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
• Utopia – Utopia
• A Treatise on the Blessed Sacrament
• The Sadness of Christ
• The Four Last Things
  • Part 1: The Remembrance of Death
  • Part 2: Of Pride and Envy
  • Part 3: Of Covetousness, Gluttony, and Sloth
  • History of Richard III
• English Poems
  • A Merry Jest
  • A Rueful Lamentation
  • The Words of Fortune to the People
  • Pageant of Life, or “Pageant Verses”
  • Two Short Ballads, or “Fortune Verses”
  • 12 Properties of a Lover
  • 12 Rules of Spiritual Battle
  • 12 Weapons of Spiritual Battle
  • A Godly Instruction
  • Prayers from the Treatise on the Passion
  • Psalm on Detachment
  • A Devout Prayer
  • Letters (1504-1535)
  • Letter to his Daugher, May 2 or 3, 1535
  • Last Letter

Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)

• Life and Doctrine of Catherine of Genoa
• Treatise on Purgatory 
• Spiritual Dialogue in Three Parts1, 2, 3

Girolamo Savonarola O.P (1452-1498)

• A Sermon on the Lord’s Prayer

St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

• The Spiritual Exercises
• Selected Letters and Instructions
• One Hundred Prayerful Thoughts (selections)
  • Passages 1 – 25
  • Passages 26 – 50
    
  • Passages 51 – 75
  • Passages 76 – 100

St. Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)

• On the Fruit to be Derived from Prayer and Meditation

Anonymous Authors (1521)

• The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises (Includes works by Richard of St. Victor, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing.)

St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

• Autobiography
• Interior Castle 
• Way of Perfection

St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)

• Ascent of Mount Carmel.
• Counsels to a Religious
• Dark Night of the Soul 
• The Living Flame of Love
• Sayings of Light and Love
• The Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ 
• Poetry of St. John of the Cross  

Robert Southwell (1561-1595)

• Times Go by Turns
• Look Home
• Scorn Not The Least
• A Child My Choice
• Love’s Servile Lot
• Love’s Garden Grief
• New Prince, New Pomp
• The Burning Babe
• New Heaven, New War
• The Nativity of Christ
• Christ’s Childhood
• The Virgin Mary to Christ on the Cross
• Upon the Image of Death
• A Vale of Tears
• Man’s Civil War

17th-18th Century

St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

• Introduction to the Devout Life
• Treatise on the Love of God
• Sermons on Prayer
• Introduction to the Devout Life
• Mystical Exposition of the Canticle of Canticles
• On the First Verse of the Canticle of Canticles (sermon)
• On the Preacher and Preaching
• On the Transfiguration
• Pentecost
• On Simplicity (spiritual conference)
• Rules for Conversation (spiritual exercise)
• Exhortation to Clerics: That They Apply Themselves to Study

Richard Cranshaw (1613-1649)

• The Flaming Heart Upon the Book and Picture of Saint Teresa
• A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa
• Christ Crucified
• On Marriage
• On the Water of our Lord’s Baptism
• On the Baptized Ethiopian
• On the Miracle of Multiplied Loaves
• On the Sepulchre of our Lord
• The Widow’s Mites
• On the Prodigal
• On the still surviving Marks of our Saviour’s Wounds
• Two went up into the Temple to pray
• To our Lord, upon the Water made Wine
• But Men loved Darkness rather than Light
• Samson to his Delilah
• A Hymn of the Nativity, sung by the Shepherds
• The Weeper

Brother Lawrence (1611-1691)

• The Practice of the Presence of God

St. Claude La Colombiere (1641-1682)

• Spiritual Retreats 

Jeanne Marie Guyon (1647-1717)

• Song of Songs of Solomon
• Spiritual Progress

Francois Fenelon (1651-1715)

• Spiritual Progress 
• Maxims of the Saints

St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716)

• True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
• The Secret of Mary
• The Love of Eternal Wisdom 
• Letter to the Friends of the Cross
• Letter to the People of Montbernage
• Jesus Living in Mary: Spirituality Handbook 

18th-19th Century

Blessed Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855)

• Introduction to his Life and Teaching
• Five Wounds of the Church
• Theological Language
• A Society of Love
• New Essay Concerning the Origin of Ideas
• Vol. 1: An Historical Critique
• Vol. 2: The Innate Light
• Vol. 3: Certainty
• The Philosophy of Politics
• Vol. 1: The Summary Cause for the Stability and Downfall of Human Societies
• Vol. 2: Society and its Purpose
• Principles of Ethics
• The Philosophy of Right
• Vol. 1: The Essence of Right
• Vol. 2: Rights of the Individual
• Vol. 3: Universal Social Right
• Vol. 4: Rights in God’s Church
• Vol. 5: Rights in the Family
• Vol. 6: Rights in Civil Society
• Conscience
• Anthropology as an Aid to Moral Science
• Psychology
• Vol. 1: Essence of the Human Soul
• Vol. 2: Development of the Human Soul
• Vol. 3: Laws of Animality
• Vol. 4: Opinions About the Human Soul

Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787)

• Uniformity to God’s Will
• The Necessity and Power of Prayer
• Spiritual Reading

Pierre de Caussade (d. 1751)

• Abandonment to Divine Providence

St. John Vianney (1786-1859)

• Sermons (excerpts)
• Instructions on the Catechism
• Explanations and Exhortations

Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

• Works
• On Biblical Characters & Saints
• Church of the Fathers
• The Dream of Gerontius
• Meditations on Christian Doctrine
• God is All in All
• A Short Road to Perfection
• Meditations and Devotions

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

• Poems

Francis Thompson (1859-1907)

• The Hound of Heaven

St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

• Poems

20th-21st Century

Robert Hugh Benson (d. 1914)

• Lourdes
• Essays
• Religion of the Plain Man
• Christ in the Church
• Parodoxes of Catholicism
• Confessions of a Convert
• Poems

Blessed Columba Marmion (1858-1923)

• The Mysteries of the Rosary
• Meditations on the Church Year

G.K. Chesteron (1874-1936)

• Works
• Day by Day

Ven. Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament (1866-1937)

• Spiritual Writings

Jacques Maritain (1882-1973)

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Reflections on America
• Art and Scholasticism
• The Frontiers of Poetry
• The Responsibility of the Artist
• Moral Philosophy
• On the Philosophy of History
• The Range of Reason
• On the Church of Christ
• The Problem and Theory of Freedom in Human Existence
• Western Civilization and Religious Faith
• The Cultural Impact of Empiricism
• Some Reflections on Missionary Activity
• What is Man?
• Christianity and Democracy
• God and Science
• Poetic Experience
• On the Meaning of Contemporary Atheism

Cardinal Charles Journet (1891-1975)

• The Meaning of Grace
• The Church of the Word Incarnate

St. Edith Stein (1891-1942)

• The Hidden Life: Meditations and Spiritual Texts

St. Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)

• Writings

Dorothy Day (1897-1980)

• Writings

Ralph McInerny (b. 1929)

• A History of Western Philosophy

Mother Trinity of Holy Mother Church (b. 1929)

• God’s Speech
• The True Face of the Church Full and Saturated with Divinity 
• The Promise of the New Covenant
• The Great Mystery of the Incarnation
• The Plentitude of Christ’s Priesthood 
• Mary is a Wonder of Grace
• The Great Moment of the Consecration
• The Sublime Sublimity of the Coeternal Being
• God is in himself, By himself, and for himself 
• The Lady of the Incarnation 
• God is Himself the Infinite Virginity
• Christ Crucified, Victim of Redemption
• The Holy Mother Church is the New and Heavenly Jerusalem
• Before the Excellence of God
• God . . . in essential Joy of Divinity
• The Great Mystery of God
• I Have Faith

Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)

• Complete Works 
• Theology of the Body Teachings (1979-1984)
• God, Father and Creator: Catechesis on the Creed, part 1 (1985-1986)
• Jesus, Son and Savior: Catechesis on the Creed, part 2 (1986-1989)
• The Spirit, Giver of Life and Love: Catechesis on the Creed, part 3 (1989-1991)
• The Church, Mystery, Sacrament, Community: Catechesis on the Creed, part 4 (1991-1995)
• Catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary (1995-1997)
• The Psalter, Christian Prayer, and the Liturgy of the Hours (2001)
• Salvifici Doloris, “On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering”
• Rosarium Virginis Mariae, “The Rosary of the Virgin Mary”
• Christifideles Laici, “On the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World”
• Ecclesia in America
• Dies Domini, “On Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy” 
• Novo Millennio Ineunte, “At the Beginning of the New Millennium” 
• Mulieris Dignitatem, “On the Dignity and Vocation of Women” 
• Fides et Ratio, “Faith and Reason”
• Ecclesia de Eucharistia, “On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church”
• Veritatis Splendor, “The Splendor of Truth”
• Proclamation of St. Thomas More as Patron of Statesmen and Politicians

Pope Benedict XVI (b. 1927)

• Deus Caritas Est, On Christian Love 
• Spe Salvis, On Christian Hope

Jewish Traditions

Targumim

• Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Targum Onkelos (On the Pentateuch)
• Psalms Targum – Psalms 1-41, Psalms 42-72, Psalms 73-89, Psalms 90-106, Psalms 106-150
• Targum to Song of Songs
• Targum to Ruth
• Targum Lamentations

The Babylonian Talmud

• Book 1: Tract Sabbath
• Book 2: Tracts Erubin, Shekalim, Rosh Hashana
• Book 3: Tracts Pesachim, Yomah and Hagiga
• Book 4: Tracts Betzh, Succah, Moed Katan, Taanith, Megilla and Ebel – Rabbathi or Semahoth
• Book 5: Tracts Aboth, Derech Eretz-Rabba, Derech Eretz-Zuta, and – – Baba Kama (First Gate)
• Book 6: Tract Baba Kama (First Gate), Part II and Tract Baba Metzia (Middle Gate)
• Book 7: Tract Baba Bathra (Last Gate)
• Book 8: Tract Sanhedrin: Section Jurisprudence (Damages)
• Book 9: Tracts Maccoth, Shebuoth, Eduyoth, Abuda Zara, and Horioth
• Book 10: History of the Talmud
• Soncino Translation of the Babylonian Talmud

Seder Zera‘im

• Introduction
• Tractate Berakoth

Seder Mo‘ed

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Tractate Shabbath

Seder Nashim

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Tractate Yebamoth
• Tractate Kethuboth
• Tractate Nedarim
• Tractate Nazir
• Tractate Sotah
• Tractate Gittin

Seder Nezekin

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Tractate Baba Kamma
• Tractate Baba Mezi‘a
• Tractate Baba Bathra
• Tractate Sanhedrin
• Tractate ‘Abodah Zarah
• Tractate Horayoth

 Seder Kodashim

• Foreword
• Introduction

Seder Tohoroth

• Introduction
• Tractate Niddah
• Tractate Tohoroth
• Soncino Talmud Glossary
• Abbreviations Used in the Soncino Talmud
• Search the Babylonian Talmud

Haggada

• Legends of the Jews
• From the Creation to Jacob
• From Joseph to the Exodus
• From the Exodus to the Death of Moses
• From Joshua to Esther

Midrash

• Genesis Rabba
• Exodus Rabba
• Leviticus Rabba
• Numbers Rabba
• Deuteronomy Rabba
• Midrash Ruth – Midrash Song of Songs
• Midrash Ecclesiastes
• Midrash Lamentations
• Midrash Esther
• Midrash Psalms
• Midrash Proverbs
• Midrash Samuel
• Midrash Tanchumah Or Yelamdinu
• Alexander of Macedon
• Demons
• Ashmedai, The King Of Demons
• Messiah

Other Targumim and Midrash

• Medieval Hebrew Midrash
• Midrash Tanhuma 
• Targum and Midrash on Salvation History Themes and Events
• Messianic Exegesis
• Jewish Apocalypse 
• Midrash Tanhuma

Rabbinic Texts and Tradition

• Figures in the Rabbinic Tradition
• Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirqe Aboth)
• Halacha-Yami (19th-century compendium of Jewish Law)
• Rabbinic Wisdom
• Rabbinic Parables
• Messianic Texts from the Bible

Philo of Alexandria (d. 50)

• On the Creation
• On the Cherubim
• On the Birth of Abel and the Sacrifices Offered by Him and by His Brother Cain
• That the Worse is Wont to Attack the Better
• On the Posterity of Cain and His Exile
• On the Giants
• On the Unchangableness of God
• On Husbandry
• Concerning Noah’s Work as a Planter
• On Drunkenness
• On the Prayers and Curses Uttered by Noah When He Became Sober
• On the Confusion of Tongues
• On the Migration of Abraham

• Who is the Heir of Divine Things?
• On Mating with the Preliminary Studies– On Flight and Finding
• On the Change of Names
• On Dreams, That They are God-Sent
• On Abraham
• On Joseph
• On the Life of Moses, I, II
• The Decalogue
• The Special Laws, I, II, III, IV
• On the Virtues
• On the Contemplative Life or Suppliants
• On the Embassy to Gaius: The First Part of the Treatise on Virtues
• Questions and Answers on Genesis, I, II, III
• On the Eternity of the World

Flavius Josephus (d. 101)

• Wars of the Jews
• Antiquities of the Jews
• Autobiography

• Concerning Hades
• Against Apion

Moses Maimonides (12th c.)

• Circumcision and Circumcision
• The Binding of Isaac (the Aqedah)
• 613 Mizvot 
• Thirteen Articles of the Jewish Faith

• The Laws and Basic Principles of the Torah
• The Laws Concerning the Coming of the Messiah
• The Oath of Maimonides

Psuedepigrapha

• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
• Books of Adam and Eve — translation of the Latin version
• Life of Adam and Eve — translation of the Slavonic version
• Life of Adam and Eve — translation of the Greek version (a.ka. The Apocalypse of Moses)
• Apocalypse of Adam
• Book of Adam
• The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
• 1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch)
• 1 Enoch Composit (inc. Charles, Lawrence & others)
• 2 Enoch (Slavonic Book of the Secrets of Enoch)
• Enoch (another version)
• Melchizedek
• Book of Abraham
• Testament of Abraham

• Apocalypse of Abraham
• Story of Asenath
• Selections from The Book of Moses
• Revelation of Moses
• Assumption of Moses (aka: The Testament of Moses)
• Martyrdom of Isaiah
• Ascension of Isaiah
• Revelation of Esdras
• Book of Jubilees
• Tales of the Patriarchs
• Letter of Aristeas
• Book of the Apocalypse of Baruch (aka: 2 Baruch)
• Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (aka: 3 Baruch)
• Fragments of a Zadokite work (aka: The Damascus Document)

Old Testament Apocrypha

• Apocryphal Texts 
• 1 Esdras
• 2 Esdras
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees
• 3 Maccabees
• 4 Maccabees
• Letter of Jeremiah
• The Prayer of Azariah
• Baruch
• Prayer of Manassas

• Bel and the Dragon
• Wisdom of Sirach
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Additions to Esther
• Tobit
• Judith
• Susanna
• Psalm 151

Dead Sea Scrolls

• Texts

New Testament Apocrypha

• Apocryphal Acts
• Apocryphal Apocalypse
• Apocryphal Gospels
• Pseudonymous Writings
• Nag Hammadi Codices
• Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
• Epistle of the Apostles
• Report of Pilate the Procurator
• History of Joseph the Carpenter
• Apocryphon of James (Another version)
• Letter of Peter to Philip
• Book of John the Evangelist
• Ptolemy’s Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue
• Avenging of the Saviour
• Apocryphon of John (Long Version)

• Sentances of Sextus
• Book of Thomas the Contender
• Gospel Of The Birth Of Mary
• Protevangelion (Another Version)
• First Gospel Of The Infancy Of Jesus Christ
• Infancy Gospel of Thomas Composit
  • Greek (A)  Greek (B)  Latin  Infancy Compilation (all)
• Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
• Epistles Of Jesus Christ And Abgarus King Of – Edessa (Another Version)
• Gospel Of Nicodemus (Or Acts Of Pontius Pilate) (Another Version)
• Letters Of Herod And Pilate
• Epistle Of Paul The Apostle To The Laodiceans
• Epistles Of Paul The Apostle To Seneca (W/Seneca’s To Paul)
• Acts Of Paul And Thecla