Category: Patristics

St. John Chrysostom is perhaps the best known and most widely disseminated preacher of the Greek world.  His expression of the Christian life, theology and liturgy in his writings was so eloquent he earned the appellation […]

Introduction This paper will explore the status of patristic studies regarding the role of the Holy Spirit in the inspiration of scripture. This survey of the current literature in the field organizes the material based […]

Nativity of Mary, Revelation of James Protevangelium of James (PJ) is the title given by the Latin translator Postel in 1552. The manuscript tradition offers a wide variety of titles. The oldest manuscript is titled […]

Reconsidering Power & Love J. Joyce Schuld Outline of Chapters 1-3 Prepared by Steve Puluka Foundations of Moral Theology Duquesne University James P. Bailey Ph.d. Who’s Who Schuld does assume that we know who Foucault […]

General Bibliography Angold, Michael. Eastern Christianity. Vol. 5 The Cambridge history of Christianity. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. This 700 page volume in the Oxford series on church history focuses on the […]

Catholic Eastern Churches and their Orthodox Counterparts UPDATED:  There are now  twenty-three eastern churches in communion with Rome as of 2015 with the acceptance of the Eritrean Church into communion.  The official announcement from the Vatican. […]

To the Ends of the Earth This is a set of lectures and notes based on the book To The Ends of the Earth published by God with us Publications. Overviews The First Centuries The […]

The Golden Mouth If the divine Paul wished to expound in the Atic tongue his own writings he would not have spoken otherwise than this famous master. Isadore of Pelusium Procure books that will be […]

Whenever I handle his Hexaemeron and take its words on my lips, I am brought into the presence of the Creator, and understand the works of creation, and admire the Creator more than before, using […]

Defender of the Nicean Faith Athanasius is a pillar of the Church, angelic in appearance and even more angelic in his mind. Gregory Nazianzen The Book of Psalms is like a garden containing things of […]

Reading the Bible in the Byzantine Tradition I have always suggested, and will not stop suggesting, that you not only heed what is said in church, but also constantly occupy yourself in reading the Divine […]

This attempts to organize some of the English language resources for Patristic studies. We move from the most general to the more specific. I also include sections at the end for important foreign language translations […]