Today’s free book is a collection of articles by B.B. Warfield on Tertullian and Augustine that previously appeared in a variety of books. According to Stanford University’s Copyright renewal database, the copyright on this US publication was never renewed, so it is in the public domain. This book was digitised from a copy held in…
Today’s free book is Charles Bigg’s detailed lectures on the Christian Platonists of Alexandria, which still provide useful information about the teachings of Philo, Clement of Alexandria and Origen. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Christian Platonists of Alexandria. Being the Bampton Lectures…
Todays free book is one the standard primary sources for those studying Theodore of Mopsuestia’s Commentary on the Nicene Creed. My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain work available for digitisation. Alphonse Mingana [1881-1937], Woodbrooke Studies. Christian Documents in Syraic, Arabic, and Garshuni, edited and translated with Critical Apparatus, Vol. 5: Commentary…
A biography of Ambrose of Milan (c. 340 – 397) the mentor of Augustine of Hippo. Ambrose is notable because of his rapid rise from provincial governor to Bishop and for his stand against Arianism. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Robinson Thornton [1824-1906],…
Dean F.W. Farrar provides us with over 1,500 pages on the lives of individual church fathers. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this two volume set available for digitisation. Frederic William Farrar [1831-1903], Lives of the Fathers. Sketches of Church History in Biography, 2 Vols. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1907….
This book is a collection of lectures that cover 13 significant Christian leaders from the first five centuries of the Church. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. William Lefroy [1836-1909], ed., Church Leaders in Primitive Times. Lectures on Their Words and Works. Delivered in Norwich…
