Ancient Christian Resources

Timelines

• Patristic Christian Timeline
• Patristic Life dates

Introduction

• Major Political and Religious Developments of the Early Middle Ages
• Odes of Solomon (full text)

Polycarp

• Introduction
• Discussion Questions
• Ancient Christian Martyrdom
• The Catacombs (outside source)

Ignatius of Antioch

• Introduction
• Discussion Guide

Apologists

• Introduction

The Rule of Faith

• Overview
• The Seven Ecumenical Church Councils (primary text source)

Monastic Movements

• Monastic Overview
• Introduction to the Desert Fathers
• Introduction to Benedict of Nursia
• Rule of Benedict of Nursia

Early Christian Poets

• Ephrem of Syria (Ephrem of Syria)
• Prudentius (Prudentius)

Athanasius

• Introduction
• Discussion Guide

Egeria

• Introduction
• Overview
• The Patristic Christian Veneration of the Martyrs & Saints
• Early Christian Pilgrimages (outside source)

Gregory of Nyssa

• Introduction
• Patristic Interpretation of the Christian Scriptures
• Discussion Questions and Introduction to  The Life of Moses

Basil of Caesarea

• Introduction
• Early Christian Views of Science (Discussion Guide)
• On The Hexaemeron (full text)

Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory Apologetic for Poetry
• Gregory of Nazianzus Apologetic Overview
• Gregory of Nazianzus Five Theological Orations
• Ancestral Piety and Christian Fidelity in the Epigrams of Gregory of Nazianzus
• Epigrams from Gregory of Nazianzus

Ambrose of Milan

• Introduction
• "Concerning Virgins" (Outline)

Augustine

• Introduction
• The Genre of Augustine's  Confessions
• Reading Guide
• Outline Book 7
• Augustine's Spiritual Journey
• Augustine's  Aeneid

John Chrysostom

• Introduction
• Patristic Christian Views of Virginity, Marriage, and Sex

Gregory the Great

• Introduction

Maximus Confessor

• Introduction

John of Damascus

• Introduction
• Early Christian Theology and the Iconoclastic Controversy
• Discussion Guide
• " Byzantium, Iconoclasm, and the Monks" (Alexander Schmemann --optional)

Boethius

• Introduction
• Overview & Discussion