Explore the Church Fathers' writings organized by theological and practical themes. From apologetics to mysticism, find works grouped by their primary focus.
Works written to convince Pagans, Jews, and Emperors that Christianity is true.
Defense to the Emperor
Debate with Judaism
Legal defense against persecution
Defending the Old Testament God
Intellectual rebuttal of pagan philosophy
Exhortation to the Greeks
Refuting paganism
Why Christians accept Hebrew scriptures but reject Greek gods
Massive philosophy of history defending the Church
Beautiful description of Christian life
The heavy-hitting technical works that defined who Jesus and the Holy Spirit are.
The classic on why God became man
Proving the Spirit is God
Definitive Trinitarian theology
Defense of the Trinity
The Western defense
The psychological model of the Trinity
Handbook of faith
Defending the Hypostatic Union
Defined the two natures of Christ
Systematic summary of all Greek theology
Works specifically designed to destroy false teachings like Gnosticism.
The hammer against Gnosticism
Argues heretics have no right to use the Bible
Anti-Pelagian
Sermons and line-by-line studies of the Bible.
On Genesis, Matthew, John, Romans, Acts - The 'Gold Standard' of literal preaching
On John, Matthew, Romans - Allegorical interpretation
Translation and commentaries on Prophets and Gospels
Massive commentary on suffering
Sermons on the Six Days of Creation
The Gospels
How the early church worshipped, baptized, and organized itself.
The oldest manual of Church Order
Earliest ordination prayers and liturgies
Training for new converts
On the authority of bishops
Manual for bishops
Early structure of Bishop/Priest/Deacon
Practical advice on money, marriage, and behavior.
Manners
Wealth
Forgiveness
How to teach and interpret scripture
Works on the inner life, prayer, and the soul.
The first spiritual autobiography
The book that launched monasticism
Foundation of Western monks
For Eastern monks
The soul's journey into the cloud of God
Deep psychological mysticism
Theology in poetry
Finding God in suffering
Short sayings on love
Records of what happened.