Ancient Christian Writers


The Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation is a book series with English translations of works by early Christian writers. The translations are made from Latin and Greek. The series was founded by Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe, the first volume being published in 1946.

Editors and publishers

Editors

  • Vols. 1–27: Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe
  • Vols. 28–33: Johannes Quasten and
  • Vols. 34–46: Johannes Quasten, Walter J. Burghardt, and Thomas Comerford Lawler
  • Vols. 47–53: Walter J. Burghardt and Thomas Comerford Lawler
  • Vols. 54–55: Walter J. Burghardt, Thomas Comerford Lawler, and John J. Dillon
  • Vols. 56–57: Walter J. Burghardt, John J. Dillon, and Dennis D. McManus
  • Vols. 58–60: Walter J. Burghardt and John J. Dillon, Dennis D. McManus
  • Vols. 61–62: John Dillon and Dennis D. McManus
  • Vol. 63: Boniface Ramsey, John Dillon, Jeremy Driscoll, Thomas Macy Finn, Thomas L. Knoebel, Joseph Lienhard, John A. McGuckin

Publishers

  • Newman Press
  • Paulist Press

List of volumes

  1. The Epistles of St. Clement of Rome and St. Ignatius of Antioch
  2. St. Augustine. The First Catechetical Instruction
  3. St. Augustine. Faith, Hope, and Charity
  4. Julianus Pomerius. The Contemplative Life
  5. St. Augustine. The Lord's Sermon on the Mount
  6. The Didache. The Epistle of Barnabas. The Epistles and the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. The Fragments of Papias. The Epistle to Diognetus
  7. Arnobius of Sicca. The Case Against the Pagans. Vol. 1: Introduction, Books 1—3
  8. Arnobius of Sicca. The Case Against the Pagans. Vol. 2: Books IV—VII, index
  9. St. Augustine. The Greatness of the Soul. The Teacher
  10. St. Athanasius. The Life of Saint Anthony
  11. St. Gregory the Great. Pastoral Care
  12. St. Augustine. Against the Academics
  13. Tertullian. Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage: To His Wife; An Exhortation to Chastity; Monogamy
  14. St. Prosper of Aquitaine. The Call of All Nations
  15. St. Augustine. Sermons for Christmas and Epiphany
  16. St. Irenaeus. Proof of the Apostolic Preaching
  17. The works of St. Patrick. St. Secundinus: Hymn on St. Patrick
  18. St. Gregory of Nyssa. The Lord's Prayer. The Beatitudes
  19. Origen. Prayer. Exhortation to Martyrdom
  20. Rufinus. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
  21. St. Maximus the Confessor. The ascetic life. The four centuries on charity
  22. St. Augustine. The problem of free choice
  23. Athenagoras. Embassy for the Christians. The resurrection of the dead
  24. Tertullian. The treatise against Hermogenes
  25. St. Cyprian. The lapsed. The unity of the Catholic Church
  26. Origen. The Song of Songs: commentary and homilies
  27. St. Methodius. The symposium: a treatise on chastity
  28. Tertullian. Treatises on penance: On penitence and On purity
  29. St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. I: Psalms 1–29
  30. St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. II: Psalms 30–37
  31. St. John Chrysostom. Baptismal instructions
  32. Prosper of Aquitaine. Defense of St. Augustine
  33. The letters of St. Jerome. Vol. 1: Letters 1–22
  34. Palladius. The Lausiac History
  35. Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Vol. 1: Letters 1–22
  36. Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Vol. 2: Letters 23–51
  37. Firmicus Maternus. The error of the pagan religions
  38. Egeria. Diary of a pilgrimage
  39. The Octavius of Marcus Minucius Felix
  40. The Poems of St. Paulinus of Nola
  41. St. Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis. Vol. 1: Books 1—6
  42. St. Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis. Vol. 2: Books 7–12
  43. The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 1: Letters 1–27
  44. The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 2: Letters 28–54
  45. Palladius. Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom
  46. The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 3: Letters 55–66
  47. The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 4: Letters 67–82
  48. St. Augustine. On Faith and Works
  49. Theodoret of Cyrus. On Divine Providence
  50. Sermons of St. Maximus of Turin
  51. Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 1: Psalms 1–50
  52. Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 2: Psalms 51–100
  53. Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 3: Psalms 101–150
  54. Origen. Treatise on the Passover and Dialogue of Origen with Heraclides and his Fellow Bishops on the Father, the Son, and the Soul
  55. St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Volume I: Book I
  56. St. Justin Martyr. The First and Second Apologies
  57. John Cassian. The Conferences
  58. John Cassian. The Institutes
  59. Evagrius Ponticus. Ad monachos
  60. Quodvultdeus of Carthage. The Creedal Homilies
  61. Isidore of Seville. De ecclesiasticis officiis
  62. Origen. Homilies 1–14 on Ezekiel
  63. Julian of Toledo. Prognosticum futuri saeculi: Foreknowledge of the World to Come.
  64. St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 3
  65. St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 2
  66. St. Jerome. Commentary on Ecclesiastes
  67. Theodoret of Cyrus. A Cure for Pagan Maladies
  68. St. Jerome. Commentary on Isaiah. Including St. Jerome's translation of Origen's Homilies 1-9 on Isaiah
  69. Theodore the Studite. Writing on Iconoclasm
  70. Sulpicius Severus. Complete Works
  71. St. Jerome. Commentary on Ezekiel
  72. St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Books 4–5.
  73. Isidore of Seville. Sententiae
  74. The Teachings of the Desert Fathers: Verba Seniorum III, VI, and VII
  75. Chromatius of Aquileia. Sermons and Tractates on Matthew
  76. Pelagius. Commentaries on the Thirteen Epistles of Paul with the Libellus fidei
  77. St. Jerome. Commentary on Daniel
  78. St. Cyprian. ''Pamphlets on Pandemics''