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Sources Chrétiennes (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 "Christian sources") is a bilingual collection of patristic texts
Patristics

Patristics or Patrology is the study of early Christian writers, known as the Church Fathers. The names derive from the Latin pater . The period is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times until around the 8th century....
 founded in Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
 in 1943 by the Jesuits Jean Daniélou, Claude Mondésert
Claude Mondésert

Claude Mond?sert was a France Jesuit at Fourvi?re, Lyon and co-founder of the Sources Chr?tiennes collection. He specialised in the work of the early Christian thinker, Clement of Alexandria, several volumes of which he edited or translated in this series....
, and Henri de Lubac
Henri de Lubac

Henri-Marie de Lubac, Society of Jesus was a France Jesuit priest who became a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and is considered to be one of the most influential Theology of the 20th century....
.

The collection is edited by the Institut des Sources Chrétiennes (current director: Bernard Meunier) and published in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 by Les Éditions du Cerf
Editions du Cerf

?ditions du Cerf is a France publishing house specializing in religion. It was founded in 1929, and operated by the Dominican Order.The name is a reference to Book of Psalms:...
.

Over 500 works by Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, Latin and occasionally Syriac
Syriac language

Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, Mesopotamia, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature....
 authors have been published. Other oriental Christian (e.g.






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Sources Chrétiennes (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 "Christian sources") is a bilingual collection of patristic texts
Patristics

Patristics or Patrology is the study of early Christian writers, known as the Church Fathers. The names derive from the Latin pater . The period is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times until around the 8th century....
 founded in Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
 in 1943 by the Jesuits Jean Daniélou, Claude Mondésert
Claude Mondésert

Claude Mond?sert was a France Jesuit at Fourvi?re, Lyon and co-founder of the Sources Chr?tiennes collection. He specialised in the work of the early Christian thinker, Clement of Alexandria, several volumes of which he edited or translated in this series....
, and Henri de Lubac
Henri de Lubac

Henri-Marie de Lubac, Society of Jesus was a France Jesuit priest who became a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and is considered to be one of the most influential Theology of the 20th century....
.

The collection is edited by the Institut des Sources Chrétiennes (current director: Bernard Meunier) and published in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 by Les Éditions du Cerf
Editions du Cerf

?ditions du Cerf is a France publishing house specializing in religion. It was founded in 1929, and operated by the Dominican Order.The name is a reference to Book of Psalms:...
.

Over 500 works by Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, Latin and occasionally Syriac
Syriac language

Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, Mesopotamia, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature....
 authors have been published. Other oriental Christian (e.g. Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
n) writers have been published only in translation. An early decision was made not to exclude subsequently condemned authors (such as Origen of Alexandria). Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria

Clement of Alexandria , was the first notable member of the Christianity of Alexandria, and one of its most distinguished teachers. He was born about the middle of the 2nd century, and died between 211 and 216....
, John 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....
, and the Cappadocians (Basil of Caesarea
Basil of Caesarea

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor . He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and monastic....
 and Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the Church Fathers....
 especially) are strongly represented, but a section is also devoted to Western spiritual writers such as Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order....
.

A parallel collection devoted to the works of Philo of Alexandria has developed as well.

The bilingual edition policy launched by Sources Chrétiennes has been followed by the German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 series Fontes Christiani
Fontes Christiani

Fontes Christiani is a widely-cited German bilingual collection of patristic and medieval Latin works with modern German translations. Published initially by Herder publishers, a long-established German theological publisher beginning in 1988, it is now published by the Belgian company Brepols, a major specialized academic publisher in th...
, published initially by Herder
Herder publishers

Herder is the name of a German family, named after the pastoral profession.Besides the literary historian and critic Joseph Herder, the most famous members were founders of a German firm of publishers....
 of Freiburg, but now by Brepols
Brepols

Brepols was once one of the largest printing companies of the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout . Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher....
 of Turnhout, Belgium.

Many of the texts published bilingually by 'Sources Chrétiennes' have appeared recently in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 translation.

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