The following Public Domain articles from the Journal of Theological Studies relating to early church history are now available on-line in PDF:
Early Church History to the Death of Constantine was Edward Backhouse’s final work and was completed posthumously by Charles Tylor. Backhouse intended to write church history from the perspective of The Society of Friends (Quakers). His desire, perhaps not fully allowed to himself, was to find out with what early early teachers stigmatised as heretics…
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…
Today’s free book is A.R. Whitham’s survey of the history of the church until the time fo Great Schism in 1054. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Arthur Richard Whitham [1863-1930], The History of the Christian Church to the Separation of East and West,…
Today’s free book is a collection of primary sources from the early church – eight canons of Church Councils in both patristic Greek and in Latin. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain work available for digitisation. William Lambert [1536-1601], Codex Canonum Ecclesæ Universæ. The Canons of the First…
This handy little book provides brief summaries of Christian writers and their writings up to the middle of the Second Century. My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain volume available for digitisation. William John Ferrar [1868-1945], The Early Christian Books. Handbooks of Christian Literature. London: SPCK, 1919. Hbk. pp.108. [Click here to…
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…
