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The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a set of books containing translations of early Christian
Christianity

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 writings into English. It was published in 1885. Like the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Ante-Nicene Fathers

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325", is a collection of books in 10 volumes containing English translations of the majority of Early Christian writings....
 series it was produced by using earlier translations commissioned and issued in the United Kingdom, often by the Edinburgh
Edinburgh

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 firm of T&T Clark
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The volumes include the following:








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The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a set of books containing translations of early Christian
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 writings into English. It was published in 1885. Like the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Ante-Nicene Fathers

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325", is a collection of books in 10 volumes containing English translations of the majority of Early Christian writings....
 series it was produced by using earlier translations commissioned and issued in the United Kingdom, often by the Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 firm of T&T Clark
T&T Clark

T&T Clark is a British publishing firm which was founded in Edinburgh in 1821 and which now exists as an imprint of Continuum International Publishing Group....
.

The volumes include the following:

Saint Augustine Volumes


  • Volume I. Prolegomena: St. Augustine's Life and Work, Confessions, Letters


  • Volume II. The City of God, Christian Doctrine


  • Volume III. On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises


  • Volume IV. The Anti-Manichaean Writings, The Anti-Donatist Writings


  • Volume V. Anti-Pelagian Writings


  • Volume VI. Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of the Gospels, Homilies on the Gospels


  • Volume VII. Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies


  • Volume VIII. Expositions on the Psalms


St. Chrysostom
John Chrysostom

'Saint John Chrysostom' , archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in Sermon and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St....
 Volumes


  • Volume IX. On the Priesthood, ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes


  • Volume X. Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew


  • Volume XI. Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans


  • Volume XII. Homilies on First and Second Corinthians


  • Volume XIII. Homilies on the Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon


  • Volume XIV. Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews


Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II


  • Volume I. Eusebius
    Eusebius of Caesarea

    Eusebius of Caesarea became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima c 314. He is often referred to as the Father of Church History because of his work in recording the history of the early Christianity church, especially Chronicon and Church_History_....
    : Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine


  • Volume II. Socrates
    Socrates Scholasticus

    Socrates of Constantinople was a Greek Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret, who used his work; he was born at Constantinople c....
    : Church History from A.D. 305-438; Sozomenus: Church History from A.D. 323-425


  • Volume III. Theodoret
    Theodoret

    Saint Theodoret, known as Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus, was an influential author, theologian, and Christianity bishop of Cyrrhus%2C_Syria ....
    , Jerome
    Jerome

    Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
     and Gennadius
    Gennadius

    Gennadius refers to:*Gennadius I: Patriarch of Constantinople from 458-471 A.D.*Gennadius II: Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454-1464 A.D....
    , Rufinus
    Rufinus

    Rufinus may refer to:*Saints Rufinus, eleven saints named Rufinus in Roman Martyrology*Rufinus of Assisi, 3rd century saint and martyr*Rufinus , Christian martyr...
     and Jerome


  • Volume IV. Athanasius
    Athanasius of Alexandria

    Athanasius of Alexandria , also known as St Athanasius the Great, Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria, and St Athanasius the Apostolic, was a theologian, Bishop of Alexandria, Church Father, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century....
    : Select Writings and Letters


  • Volume V. Gregory of Nyssa
    Gregory of Nyssa

    Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity....
    : Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters


  • Volume VI. Jerome
    Jerome

    Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
    : Letters and Select Works


  • Volume VII. Cyril of Jerusalem
    Cyril of Jerusalem

    Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion....
    , Gregory Nazianzen


  • Volume VIII. Basil: Letters and Select Works


  • Volume IX. Hilary of Poitiers
    Hilary of Poitiers

    Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and is a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Malleus Arianorum" and the "Athanasius of Alexandria of the West"....
    , John of Damascus
    John of Damascus

    John of Damascus was a monk and Priesthood from Damascus. He was born and raised in that city, and died at his monastery Mar Saba.He was a polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music....


  • Volume X. Ambrose
    Ambrose

    Saint Ambrose was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century. He is counted as one of the four original doctors of the Church....
    : Select Works and Letters


  • Volume XI. Sulpicius Severus
    Sulpicius Severus

    Sulpicius Severus was a Christianity writer and native of Aquitania. He is known for his chronicle of sacred history, as well as his biography of Saint Martin of Tours....
    , Vincent of Lerins
    Vincent of Lérins

    Saint Vincent of L?rins was a Gaul author of early Christianity writings.In earlier life he had been engaged in secular pursuits, whether civil or military is not clear, though the term he uses, "secularis militia," might possibly imply the latter....
    , John Cassian
    John Cassian

    Saint John Cassian , John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman, is a Christian theology celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings....


  • Volume XII. Leo the Great
    Pope Leo I

    Pope Leo I, or Pope Saint Leo the Great, was pope from 29 September, 440 to 10 November, 461.He was an Italian aristocrat, and is the earliest pope of the Roman Catholic Church to have received the title "the Great"....
    , Gregory the Great


  • Volume XIII. Gregory the Great II, Ephraim Syrus
    Ephrem the Syrian

    Ephrem the Syrian was a Roman Syria deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christianity throughout the world, and especially among Syriac Christians, as a saint....
    , Aphrahat
    Aphrahat

    Aphrahat was an Assyrian people author of the fourth century from Persia, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice....


  • Volume XIV. The Seven Ecumenical Councils
    First seven Ecumenical Councils

    In the history of Christianity, the first seven Ecumenical Councils, from the First Council of Nicaea to the Second Council of Nicaea , represent an attempt to reach an orthodoxy consensus and to establish a unified Christendom....


See also the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Ante-Nicene Fathers

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325", is a collection of books in 10 volumes containing English translations of the majority of Early Christian writings....
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