NB: Little of this literature has spiritual value, The value of this literature is elsewhere. A great deal of mythology circulates about the events of these years, and is sometimes used to concoct libels on the Christians. It is the task of some of those engaged in apologetic’s to look up the slanders and obtain the facts. A collection of the primary data such as this is of immediate service in this task. It is also interesting of itself, and those interested in finding out the facts of history for themselves will find it useful to have this data on hand. Roger Pearse
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The Apology
Preface to the online edition
In the printed edition of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, volume 10 contains a translation in parallel columns of both the Greek and the Syriac texts of the Apology of Aristides. However the translation itself is absent from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, perhaps because it was found hard to layout. I have scanned this, but I gather it will not appear soon online. Rather than have this most interesting text offline, I have departed from the general approach of this collection, and included it here.
Roger PEARSE
Ipswich
21st November 2003
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher: Prefatory matter to the 1891 translation
i. The Apology of Aristides: Texts and Studies 1 (1891) Prefatory matter.
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher: Introduction to the 1891 translation
ii. The Apology of Aristides: Texts and Studies 1 (1891) pp. 1-34. Introduction.
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher: Translation from the Syriac (1891)
iii. The Apology of Aristides: Texts and Studies 1 (1891) pp. 35-51. Translation from the Syriac.
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher: [Selected] Notes on the Syriac Version (1891)
iv. The Apology of Aristides: Texts and Studies 1 (1891) pp. 52-64. Selected Notes on the Syriac Version
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher: Appendix: The remains of the original Greek of the Apology of Aristides by J.Armitage Robinson (1891) [Extracts]
Derision of Gentile Philosophers
The “Marcionite” prologues to St. Paul’s Letters
The “Anti-Marcionite” prologues to the Gospels
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Dionysius Syrus (= Dionysius bar Salibi, = Jacob bar Salibi)
Chiefly from Syriac sources — the Legend of Hilaria
History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria
Edited by Paul Sbath
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Newly discovered letters to Popes Stephen and Xystus
Methodius of Olympus
English translation of opening portion
Preface to the Russian translation of 1961-4
Eusebius Pamphili of Caesarea
Book 1 – translation from Petermann’s modern Latin translation
Introduction by Robert Bedrosian
Book 1 – translation direct from Armenian
Commentary on the Psalms
On Psalm 51 (52) (excerpt)
Contra Hieroclem (Against Hierocles)
Demonstratio Evangelica (The Proof of the Gospel)
Preface, contents, abbreviations
De Sollemnitate Paschali (On the celebration of Easter)
Encomium on the Martyrs
English Translation with introduction
The History of the Martyrs in Palestine
English Translation with introduction
Letters
To Carpianus; On the Gospel Canons
Onomasticon (Concerning the Place Names in Sacred Scripture)
Introduction (pp.i-xl)
Translation (pp.1-75)
Notes (pp.76-252).
Appendices (pp.253-280)
Praeparatio Evangelica (The Preparation of the Gospel)
Theophania
A scholar of a past generation: A brief memoir of Samuel Lee.
On the Star [Spurious]
Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, by Photius; with fragments from the Suda.
Homily on the sufferings and death of our Lord
St. Ephraim the Syrian (Ephraem Syrus)
St. Ephraim’s Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by the late C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., C.F.
Introduction to volume 1 (1912)
Introduction to volume 2 (1921)
Introduction to the online edition
Part 1: title page and dedication
Part 2: images of the personifications of the cities of Rome, Alexandria, Constantinople and Trier
Part 3: images of the emperors and the birthdays of the Caesars
Part 4: images of the seven planets with a calendar of the hours
Part 5: the signs of the zodiac
Part 6: the Philocalian calendar
Part 7: portraits of the emperors
Part 8: list (fasti) of the consuls to 354 AD
Part 9: the dates of Easter from 312 AD to 411 AD
Part 10: list of the prefects of the city of Rome from 254 to 354 AD
Part 11: commemoration dates of past popes from 255 to 352 AD
Part 12: commemoration dates of the martyrs
Part 14: The 14 regions of the City
Part 16: Chronicle of the City of Rome
Introduction to the online edition
Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature
Introduction to St. Basil and the Address
Sermon 13: On holy baptism
Two Invectives Against Julian
Title page and preface to ‘Julian the Emperor’
Oration 4: First Invective Against Julian
Oration 5: Second Invective Against Julian
Homily concerning the Holy Mother of God, ever-virgin.
Title page, introduction, contents
Letter 1: To Sympronian. On the Catholic Name.
Letter 2: To Sympronian. Concerning Novatian’s Letter.
Letter 3: To Sympronian. Against the treatise of the Novatians.
Paraenesis, or, Treatise of Exhortation to penance
Sermons
Sermon 1 — The Rich Man and Lazarus
Sermon 3 — Against Covetousness
Sermon 4 — On the Festival of the Calends
Sermons on Matthew
Acts of Linus
Anon.
Weights and Measures
On the ruin of the city of Jerusalem
Translator’s introduction to book 7
Translator’s preface to the appendix
Appendix 1. The trial of Felix, Bishop of Aptunga.
Appendix 2. The trial before Zenophilus.
Appendices 3-16. Letters and rescripts.
Four Discourses, chiefly on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus
Against the Jews
Sermons
On the kalends of January (In kalendas)
Against the circuses and theatres (Contra ludos et theatra)
Homily 2 on the birthday of our Savior, Jesus Christ (In Salvatoris Nostri Jesu Christi Nativitatem)
After the Earthquake (De terrae motu)
The “Helmeted” introduction to Kings
Jerome’s notes to the additions to Esther
Vulgate preface to Paul’s letters
Chronicle
Prefaces of Jerome and Eusebius
Commentary on Daniel
Letters
Letter 120. To Hedibia, on biblical problems (Excerpt)
Letter 120. To Hedibia. Complete, from French.
Enchiridion: On Faith, Hope and Love
Prologue to the Commentary on Acts
Commentary on the Nicene Creed
Commentary on the Lord’s Prayer, Baptism and the Eucharist
Book 1, part 1 (with Syriac translator’s introduction)
Two letters to Pope Celestine
Five tomes against Nestorius (Adversus Nestorii blasphemias)
That Christ is One (Quod unus sit Christus)
Scholia on the incarnation of the Only-Begotten (Scholia de incarnatione Unigeniti)
Against Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia (fragments)
Fragments of Book 1 – Against Diodore
Fragments of Book 2 – Against Theodore
Fragments of Book 3 – Against Theodore
Against the synousiasts (fragments)
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Sermons 1-11 (Luke 1:1-3:3:23)
Sermons 27-38 (Luke 6:20-7:28)
Sermons 39-46 (Luke 7:31-8:56)
Sermons 57-65 (Luke 9:57-10:21)
Sermons 66-80 (Luke 10:22-11:18)
Sermons 81-88 (Luke 11:19-12:10)
Sermons 89-98 (Luke 12:13-13:9)
Sermons 99-109 (Luke 13:22-16:13)
Sermons 110-123 (Luke 16:14-18:27)
Sermons 124-134 (Luke 18:28-20:18)
Sermons 135-145 (Luke 20:19-22:38)
Sermons 146-156 (Luke 22:39-24:45)
Commentary on the Gospel of John
Introduction to volume 2 — by H. P. Liddon.
Praefatio – by Cyril of Alexandria
Against Julian
Prefatory address to the Emperor Theodosius
Letter to Shenouda concerning an Origenist monk
Frontispiece — Map of Monastic Egypt
Dialogue on the life of St. John Chrysostom
Works
Preface to the “Mystical Theology”
Chronicle composed in Syriac in A.D.507
On Easter, or, The Paschal Cycle
Homilies
Extracts from two homilies, on receiving communion
The Ruin of Britain
Fragments of Letters
Penitential
Lorica
Against the frauds of the Apollinarists
Introduction: The Life of Philoxenus
Introduction: Various Creeds by Philoxenus, against Nestorius, Mani, Marcion, etc.
Introduction: List of Works of Philoxenus
Introduction: The Manuscripts of the Discourses
Introduction: Summary of the Discourses
Introduction: Table of manuscripts & List of material omitted from online edition
Discourse 4 — On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity
Discourse 5 — Second Discourse on Simplicity
Discourse 6 — First Discourse on the Fear of God
Discourse 7 — Second Discourse on the Fear of God
Discourse 8 — First Discourse on Poverty
Discourse 9 — Second Discourse on Poverty
Discourse 12 — First Discourse on Fornication
Discourse 13 — Second Discourse on Fornication
Three Letters
Part 1 — Philoxenus, life and work
Part 2 — A. The Letter to the Monks
Part 2 — B. The first Letter to the Monks of Beth-Gaugal
Part 2 — C. The Letter to the Emperor Zeno
Life
New documents on Philoxenus of Hierapolis and on the Philoxenian version of the bible — A. Mingana
Some patristic testimonia from Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Dionysius of Alexandria
A collection of letters from numerous Syriac manuscripts
Sermons
The Chronicle of Edessa
Ecclesiastical History, Third Part
Excursus upon the geography of Nubia and upon some Christian inscriptions recently discovered there
‘Zachariah of Mitylene / Zacharias Rhetor’
[Book 11 is lost]Methuen’s Catalogue, October 1899
Title page, contents, editor’s preface
Plates: 1-8; 9-10; 11-21; 22-27
Appendix Plates: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
The Chronicle of Arbela
French introduction and translation
Preface to the online edition.
The Whitby Life of St. Gregory
English translation (extracts)
English translation and commentary
Hagiographical life: A Translation of the Syriac Text in Bedjan’s Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, Vol. IV.
Anonymous
Autobiography
On Easter
On Christmas
Translation of ‘March’ from book 4
The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614
Introduction and English Translation
Homily on the siege of Constantinople in 626 AD
On the astrolabe
On the Constellations
Ktâbâ d-rêš mellê or Summary history of the world
Continuation of the Chronicle of Eusebius
Translator’s preface to the ZDMG edition and translation
Translator’s preface to the CSCO edition and translation
Introduction by James of Edessa
Canon table of years and events
Letters
Letter to John the Stylite on the genealogy of the Virgin Mary
History
Timothy I
Apology for Christianity, to the Caliph Al-Mahdi
Translator’s preface, introduction by Rendel Harris
Anonymous
A Syriac Fragment: Chronicle 754-813AD
Photius of Constantinople
The Bibliotheca or Myriobiblion
Codices 1-165 (500kb). [The remaining parts of Photius are held only on the master site as they are in copyright].
The “Sic et Non” of Stephanus Gobarus, from codex 232. By Adolf von Harnack.
Universal History
Translator’s Introduction to part 2
Dionysius Syrus (= Dionysius bar Salibi, = Jacob bar Salibi)
Commentary on Revelation
Extracts quoting Gaius Romanus and Hippolytus
Other Literature
Miscellaneous
British Museum —- Manuscripts from the Egyptian Monasteries (Quarterly Review 77, 1845-6).
William Cureton’s Introduction to the Editio Princeps of the Festal Letters of St. Athanasius (1848)
A list of all the volumes in the Oxford Movement ‘Library of the Fathers’ series.
J.M.Harden, An Introduction to Ethiopic Christian Literature
The introduction from a grammar of modern Syriac published in 1856
Appeals for money for copying mss by the Urmiah library in 1890
A list of Arabic Christian writers
A Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the Library of the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem
How to number the letters of Isidore of Pelusium
Some Late Nestorian Syriac Writers
‘Abdisho’ bar Brika (Ebed-Jesu), Metrical Catalogue of Syriac Writers. (AD 1298)
‘Abdisho’ bar Brika (Ebed-Jesu), Marganitha or Pearl : the truth of the faith. (AD 1298)
John bar Zo’bi, An extract from a metrical homily
Spicilegium Syriacum
Bardesan — Book of the Laws of the Countries / The Dialogue on Fate
Jacob the Persian Philosopher — Extract on Bardesan
Ps.-Melito of Sardis — Apology
Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History (Syriac), book 4 (extract)
The epistle of Mara, son of Serapion
The Doctrine of Addai
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
The history of John, the son of Zebedee, the apostle and evangelist
An account of the decease of Saint John, the apostle and evangelist
The history of Philip, the apostle and evangelist
The history of Mar Matthew and Mar Andrew, the blessed apostles
The history of Thecla, the disciple of Paul the apostle
The acts of Judas Thomas (or, the twin), the apostle
Syriac Miscellanies
Texts from Mt. Sinai
Introduction to the Sinai epitome
Recognitions of Clement: Sinai epitome (Arabic)
Legends of Eastern Saints, chiefly from Syriac sources — the Legend of Hilaria
Pionius: Life of Polycarp
Severus of Al’Ashmunein (Hermopolis): History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria
Vol. 1, Part 1 — St. Mark to Theonas (300 AD)
Vol. 1, Part 2 — Peter I to Benjamin I (661 AD)
Vol. 1, Part 3 — Agathon to Michael I (766 AD)
Vol. 1, Part 4 — Mennas I to Joseph (849 AD)
Miscellaneous Arabic Christian texts
John ibn Saba, The Precious Pearl, on ecclesiastical knowledge. (extract)
A first translation of Mingana Ms. Syr. 481, ff.221v-225v (2007) — pagan prophecies of Christ
Ms. Syr. 142, ff.48a-61b — pagan prophecies of Christ
Gerasimos, Apology (extract) — another collection of such prophecies
Abu al-Majdalus, Commentary on the Nicene Creed — 10th century text which includes pagan prophecies.
An unpublished Syriac version of the life of Shenouda
Abu’l Barakat
Catalogue of Christian literature in Arabic
Twenty theological and philosophical treatises edited by Paul Sbath
15. Yahya ibn Adi – On the Truth of the Gospel by Way of Reasoning from Proofs
16. Yahya ibn Adi – On the Differences in the Expressions in the Gospels and their Meanings
17. Yahya ibn Adi – On our saying “and became incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary”
19. Abu al-Faraj `Abdallah ibn al-Tayyib – On Knowledge and Miracles
20.1 Hunain ibn Ishaq – On How to Discern the Truth of Religion
Miscellaneous Syriac and Coptic texts
Ps.John Chrysostom, Encomium on Elijah
A Fragment of a Coptic Version of Saint Ephraim’s Discourse on the Transfiguration of our Lord.
The Coptic Martyrdom of Isaac of Tiphre, written ca. 399 AD
Some Apocryphal Psalms in Syriac
The Apocalypse of Abraham. From a Romanian version.
The Coptic Apocalypse of Daniel.
The Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun – introduction
The Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun – translation
Miscellaneous other texts
Manuel Paleologus, Dialogues with a learned Moslem. Dialogue 7, chapters 1-18.
A Greek Christian Text on the Seven Sages: Ps.-Athanasius, On the Temple at Athens (2013)
APPENDIX
Cicero
The Dream of Scipio (Somnium Scipionis)
Cornelius Nepos
Lives of the Eminent Commanders
English translation and chronological table.
Martial
On the public shows of Domitian
Epigrams
Juvenal
Satires
Anonymous
A pagan exorcism text
Justinus
Epitome of the Phillipic History of Pompeius Trogus
Notice of the life and writings of Justin
Galen
Hippocrates, On the duties of a doctor and Galen’s commentary
Galen’s preface – English translation
Herodian
The Roman Histories
Porphyry
List of works by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie.
Against the Christians
Sentences (Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes)
English Translation (Auxiliaries to the perception of intelligible nature)
Introduction to Aristotle’s categories of logic (Isagoge)
On abstinence from animal food (De Abstinentia)
On the Cave of the Nymphs (De Antro Nympharum)
On the faculties of the soul (fragment)
Letter to Anebo the Egyptian
Letter to his wife, Marcella (Ad Marcellam)
Revised English translation with introduction by Alice Zimmern
Life of Pythagoras
On Images
Julian the Apostate
Letters
Fragment of a letter to a priest
Epigrams
Orations
Oration 1 – Panegyric in honour of Constantius
Oration upon the Sovereign Sun. Addressed to Sallust.
Oration upon the Mother of the Gods.
Against the Galileans
Libanius
Sixteen Letters to Julian the Apostate
Monody —- Funeral Oration for Julian the Apostate
Monody —- For the temple of Apollo at Daphne, destroyed by fire
Monody —- For Nicomedia, destroyed by an earthquake
Oration 30 —- On behalf of the temples (Pro Templis)
Eutropius
Abridgment of Roman History / Historiae Romanae Breviarium ab urbe condita
Eunapius
Lives of the philosophers and sophists
Ammianus Marcellinus
Roman History
Anonymous
Origin of the Roman People / Origo Gentis Romanae
Proclus
Hymns
On Motion
Introductory materials from Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie’s version of Proclus’ minor works
Commentary on the Chaldaean Oracles (fragments from Psellus)
Life of Proclus
Marinus of Samaria: Life of Proclus
Zosimus
The New History
Ibn Abi Usaibia
History of Physicians
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