"What did the Fathers do except seek and present the clear and open testimonies of Scripture?" -- Martin Luther, Against Latomus (1521)
Welcome to Fourth-Century Christianity, a site promoting and storing research tools and texts for the study of the Church and its environment in the Fourth Century. The site is sponsored by the History Department of Wisconsin Lutheran College under the direction of Dr. Glen L. Thompson.
The governing principles of this site are:
1. The site will assist in undergraduate and advanced
research by providing reliable reference materials, texts and translations that
are not available elsewhere on the net.
2. Every page will have its authors/contributors
identified.
3. Every text or translation will have its
source/translator identified.
4. We invite participation by the scholarly community in
updating, improving or adding to the information provided.
5. Although the site directors are Christian and
Lutheran, every effort is made to present material as objectively as possible.
Please send comments, corrections and suggestions to Dr. Thompson at Glen.Thompson@wlc.edu.
We are adding new material weekly, and invite you to check back often. See the What's New link to see our most recent updates.
Content of our site:
4th Century Patristic authors with a more detailed treatment on our page:
Alexander of Alexandria -- English translations of his correspondence as found in Opitz's Urkunden.
Arius -- English translations of the extant letters of Arius and a map showing early support for Arius.
Athanasius -- a listing of his works as found in Athanasius Werke (1930-).
Eusebius of Caesarea - a listing of his works with information about texts, translations, bibliographies, etc.
Hilary of Poitiers - listing of his works with information about selected texts and translations.
Jerome -- a chronological list of all the works of Jerome with information about manuscripts, sources, etc.
Marcellus of Ancyra -- translations of his extant fragments (currently incomplete).
Bibliographical Helps
Athanasius Werke H.-G. Opitz et al. (1934-5) --, works of Athanasius (vol. 1-2) and others documents relating to the Arian controversy (Urkunden, vol. 3).
Early Arian Documents -- English translations of the early Arian Documents as found in Opitz's Urkunden volume (Athanasius Werke, vol. 3).
Clavis Patrum Latinorum -- an English checklist of the authors listed in sections 1 and 2 of CPL (3rd edition, 1995), with the CPL numbers assigned to their works.
Clavis Patrum Graecorum -- an English checklist of the authors listed in volume 2 of CPG (from Athanasius to Chrysostom, 1974), with the CPG numbers assigned to their works.
Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima. C. H. Turner (1899-1939) -- a checklist of the contents of EOMIA, showing which canons, creeds, and letters of which councils are found in each volume and fascicle.
Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller (GCS). A link to the GCS website which gives a full listing of the titles found in GCS.
Recommended Reading -- a listing of a few books we have consulted in making this site, or we recommend for more information.
Recommended Websites -- there are several other sources on the web which can assist your study of Fourth Century Christianity
Chronological Charts:
Persecution Chart -- A chart showing the chronology of the Diocletian Persecution in each part of the empire.
Tetrarchy Table -- The succession of Roman rulers in the early fourth century is extremely confusing, but this chart will spell it out for you.
Theodosian Code book 16: this is an re-arrangement of the laws dealing with religion from book 16 of the Theodosian code. By putting them in order one can more easily trace the history of religious laws passed in the fourth century.
Primary Texts:
Councils and Creeds -- a collection of canons, creeds, and letters from selected councils of the fourth century.
Marcellus of Ancyra -- translations of his extant fragments (currently incomplete).
Early Arian Documents -- English translations of the early Arian Documents as found in Opitz's Urkunden volume (Athanasius Werke, vol. 3).
Collectio Avellana -- English
translation of the first document in this important collection of documents
from early Christianity.
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