Gwatkin’s History of the Church to 313AD

Gwatkin’s History of the Church to 313AD

Today’s free book is Henry Gwatkin’s History of the Church up to the time of Constantine the Great. This public domain work was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Henry Melvill Gwatkin [1844-1916], Early Church History to A.D. 313, 2 Vols., 2nd edn. London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd., 1912. Hbk. pp.311+382. [Click…

Irenaeus of Lugdunum (Lyons) by F.R. Montgomery Hitchcock

Irenaeus of Lugdunum (Lyons) by F.R. Montgomery Hitchcock

Ireneaus was a Second Century Bishop of Lugdunum in what is today southern France. He is notable for his missionary activity and for his writings promoting apostolic teaching and refuting heresy. He traced his knowledge of the apostolic teaching through Polycarp of Smyrma back to the Apostle John and was last person we know of…

Defenders of the Faith by Frederick Watson

Defenders of the Faith by Frederick Watson

Today’s free book is Fredrick Watson’s study of the Christian Apologists of the Second and Third Centuries, which includes Justin Martyr, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus of Antioch, Minucius Felix, Tertullian and Origen. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Frederick Watson [1844-1906], The Defenders of the Faith; or, the…

Early Christian Doctrine – Leighton Pullan

Early Christian Doctrine – Leighton Pullan

Today’s free book is a brief overview of Christian doctrine in the Early Church, part of the Oxford Church Text Books. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Leighton Pullan [1865-1940], Early Christian Doctrine. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1899. Hbk. pp.124. [Click here…

Inspiration and Authority of Scripture in the First Five Centuries

Inspiration and Authority of Scripture in the First Five Centuries

Today’s free books is George Duncan Barry’s study of the teaching of the early church concerning the inspiration and authority of Scripture. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. George Duncan Barry [1864-1945], The Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture. A Study in the Literature…

Apology of Aristides, translated by J Armitage Robinson

Today’s free book is the standard translation of the Aristides of Athens’ Apology. The history of the discovery if the text is summarised on Wikipedia: In 1878, the Armenian monks of the Mechitarite convent in Venice published the first two chapters, which they had found in a manuscript in their collection in Armenian translation. This…