Apostolic Fathers | Clement of Alexandria | Clement of Rome | Cyprian | Hippolytus | Ignatius | Irenaeus of Lyons | Justin Martyr | Origen | Tertullian

Six Lectures on the Ante-Nicene Fathers – F J A Hort

ByRob Bradshaw

Today’s free book is a series of six lectures on significant ante-nicene fathers by F.J.A. Hort- see the table of contents for the full list. My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain titles available for digitisation. Fenton John Anthony Hort [1828–1892], Six Lectures on the Ante-Nicene Fathers. London & New York: MacMillan…

Apologists | Apostles' Creed | Arius | Athanasian Creed | Augustine of Hippo | Baptism | Basil of Caesarea | Church Fathers | Church History | Clement of Alexandria | Clement of Rome | Constantine | Creeds | Cyprian | Cyril of Jerusalem | Didache | Ecclesiology | Eschatology | Eusebius of Caesarea | Gnosticism | Gregory Nazianzus | Gregory of Nyssa | Hilary of Poitiers | Introduction | Irenaeus of Lyons | Jerome | John Chrysostom | Justin Martyr | Montanism | Mystery Religions | Nicene Creed | Origen | Papias | Patristics | Roman Empire | Tertullian | Theodore of Mopsuestia | Trinity

Ancient Catholic Church by Robert Rainy

ByRob Bradshaw

Today’s free book is Robert Rainy’s comprehensive survey of early church history from the time of the Emperor Trajan to Fourth General Council (98-451 AD). My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of public domain title available for digitisation. Robert Rainy [1826-1906], The Ancient Catholic Church from the Accession of Trajan to the…

Alexandria | Clement of Alexandria | Origen | Philo of Alexandria

Christian Platonists of Alexandria by Charles Bigg

ByRob Bradshaw

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…

Ambrose of Milan | Athanasius | Augustine of Hippo | Church Fathers | Clement of Alexandria | Cyprian | Gregory Nazianzus | Gregory of Nyssa | Hilary of Poitiers | Irenaeus of Lyons | Jerome | John Chrysostom | Justin Martyr | Origen | Polycarp | Tertullian

Lives of the Fathers by Frederic W. Farrar

ByRob Bradshaw

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….

Ambrose of Milan | Athanasius | Augustine of Hippo | Clement of Alexandria | Cyprian | Eusebius of Caesarea | Ignatius | Irenaeus of Lyons | Jerome | John Chrysostom | Justin Martyr | Origen | Tertullian

Church Leaders in Primitive Times

ByRob Bradshaw

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…

Ambrose of Milan | Apostolic Fathers | Augustine of Hippo | Church Fathers | Clement of Alexandria | Clement of Rome | Cyril of Jerusalem | Eusebius of Caesarea | Gregory Nazianzus | Gregory of Nyssa | Ignatius | Irenaeus of Lyons | Jerome | Justin Martyr | Origen

Introduction to Patristic Study by Henry Barclay Swete

ByRob Bradshaw

In his foreword H.B. Swete notes that he wrote this book to encourage younger clergy to read the church fathers for themselves and not to rely on second hand information. This brief introduction will be still of value to students of the early church more than a century after it was first published. This title…