| The Ecole Initiative |
The Ecole Initiative is a "Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History," extending up to the Reformation. The site is no longer maintained but still provides some useful content: a Glossary containing short (100-200 word) descriptions of several hundred topics; a much shorter index of Articles; and a Chronology. |
| Internet Medieval Sourcebook |
In addition to numerous texts (see below), the Internet Medieval Sourcebook also provides useful indices and supplementary material, such as select Secondary Sources and Maps and Images. |
| New Advent: The Catholic Encyclopedia |
This is an online version of the old Catholic Encyclopedia (New York, 1907-12), which contains many articles on early Christian topics. |
| ChurchRodent: Rich Tatum's Glossary of Christian History |
This little hypertext encyclopedia, while not a work of rigorous scholarship, is a lot of fun and fully searchable. ChurchRodent is a product of the site author's Church History class project for which he wrote a paragraph on every index entry for Bruce Shelley's Christian History in Plain Language. |
| ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies |
A larger project of which the Internet Medieval Sourcebook is a part. While ORB contains comparatively little on early Christianity per se, it does have related materials on Late Antiquity (see below) and, of course, medieval Christianity. |
| Biographisch-Bibliographischen Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) |
Comprehensive in scope, this encyclopedia includes many entries on both early Christian authors and contemporary German theologians, church historians, and biblical scholars. |
See also entries under Early Christian Authors for additional texts and translations.
| The Patristics Master List (Monachos.net) |
A similar resource, but including a large number of locally hosted texts. Well-maintained and superbly useful. |
| Early Church Fathers (Roger Pearse)
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A Web library of out-of-copyright translations of Early Christian and Late Antique pagan authors not found elsewhere. The site author (see also his Tertullian website) does an exceptional job with formatting and includes volume introductions, notes, and also additional material for select authors. Also provided are links to fonts required to display citations from non-Latin original-language texts. A model resource. Mirror site is found here. |
| Internet Medieval Sourcebook |
The three primary divisions of the Sourcebook are (1) the Selected Sources page which presents a selection of primary and secondary texts chronologically and topically, intended to be a student resource; (2) a Full Text Sources page which groups all archived primary texts by type and period; and (3) Saints' Lives page devoted to hagiographical texts and resources. The main page also contains useful supplementary material and indices (see above). |
| Early Church Fathers (Wheaton) |
An archive containing all volumes (less indices) of the Ante-Nicene Fathers (ANF) and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (NPNF) in searchable format. All works can be downloaded as either text files or Windows help files. |
| New Advent: Fathers of the Church |
This archive also has e-texts of ANF and NPNF, as per Wheaton, but arranged alphabetically by author. |
| EWTN Patristics Library |
Another site from which ANF and NPNF may be downloaded. Prefatory notes indicate that EWTN has corrected the texts; they may be more accurate than those posted to other sites. |
| Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum |
The Forum Romanum website provides a list of Latin literature online, both texts and translations, and includes patristic authors. |
| The Latin Library: Christian Latin |
Online versions of various Christian Latin texts, from Tertullian to Thomas à Kempis. |
| Bibliotheca Augustana: Bibliotheca Latina |
Online library of Latin literature, chronologically ordered. See this page for an alphabetical listing of authors. |
| St. Pachomius Library |
This site began as an edited version of The Ecole Initiative's documents page (see above), but over time is developing into "A First Draft for a Living Encyclopædia of Orthodox Christianity." |
| Guide to Early Church Documents (ICLnet) |
An updated version of the UPenn guide to early Christian texts, primarily in the UPenn archives, and other related resources. The UPenn texts are searchable. |
| Internet Theology Resources: Church History and Historical Theology |
Contains an annotated list of links, arranged chronologically and topically, to texts spanning the history of Christianity. While the number of early Christian texts is modest and quite standard, its large annotated list of links to internet resources for church history and historical theology is very useful. |
| Internet Theology Resources: Monastic Studies |
A very useful page containing texts in both English and Spanish translation, some apparently unique, and a number of interesting photos of monasteries. Again, the annotated links to internet resources on monasticism are very useful. |
| Historic Documents of the Church |
A standard list of links both to a moderate number of early Christian texts and to sites with more comprehensive collections. Unique, however, is a delightful HTML version of Athanasius, On the Incarnation. |
| On-Line Books |
This is a search engine for online books, maintained by the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Index of Names for EOMIA |
Index of names for the Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima, ed. C.H. Turner (Oxford, 1899-1939), compiled by Philip R. Amidon. |
| EDENDA |
An internet database of editions in progress of Latin patristic authors, established by the editors of CSEL. A vital first stop for any scholar contemplating an edition of a latin text. |
See also entries under Early Christian Texts for texts and translations.
| Athanasius Werke |
Website operated by members of the team responsible for the ongoing publication of the Berlin edition of Athanasius' corpus (Athanasius Werke). It provides information on that project and a bibliography of Athanasian scholarship beginning from 1997.
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| NAZIANZOS: The Gregory of Nazianzen Homepage |
Website of the Centre Grégoire de Nazianze at Louvain. Found here is a biography, biblio of all translations into Fr., Ger., It. and Eng., a general bibliography, and information on the Center. In French. |
| The St. John Chrysostom Webpage |
A devotional rather than academic site, but well done. Contains the expected vie et œuvre, but also a page of icons. |
| Chrysostom Bibliography |
A comprehensive bibliography of John Chrysostom in preparation by Dr. Wendy Mayer. This page also includes information on The Society of St. John Chrysostom. |
| Paraphrase of the Gospel of John |
This is the first English translation of Nonnos' work, by Tony Prost, and includes some related historical information. The translation is roughly 1/3 complete to date. |
| Adamantius: A Newsletter for Origenian and Alexandrian Research |
This site has information on the "Italian Research Group on Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition," including conference proceedings, reports on current members and projects, and a very useful biblio of recent works on Origen and the Origenian tradition. In Italian. |
| Arbeitskreis Origenes |
A popular site surveying the life and works of Origen. Somewhat eccentric, but reproduces a few articles of academic interest. |
| The Tertullian Project |
An excellent site for both students and scholars. Contains discussion and summaries of his writings and thought, links to both Latin texts and English translations, bibliography, reviews, discussion of manuscripts, and much else. |
| Beth Arke (SyrCOM) |
Links to both primary and secondary resources. The Church Fathers page references a good number of Syriac texts. |
| Syrian and Related Sources (St. Pachomius Library) |
A dedicated page with links to many Syriac texts. |
| Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies |
An e-journal publishing original, peer-reviewed articles by top scholars. |
| SyrCOM: The Syriac Computing Institute |
Host to Beth Arke and Hugoye. This site provides information on Syriac computing, with a good links page and fonts as well. |
| Early Church Fathers (Roger Pearse) |
See above. Has translations of Ephrem's Prose Refutations, Philoxenus, the Epistles of Severus of Antioch, the Chronicles of Edessa, Zacharias Rhetor, John of Ephesus, Cureton's Spicilegium Syriacum, and miscellanea. |
| Syriac Software Related Homepage |
A large links page, a number of which are dead and none annotated, though it is still worth sifting through. |
| Saint Ephrem the Syrian Library |
An excellent site with links to both primary and secondary sources. |
| Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project: Syriac |
A list of colleges nationwide that teach Syriac. It is not comprehensive (Notre Dame and The Catholic University of America could be added, at least). |
| emerald city fontwerks |
Free fonts page with a stylized Syriac font I have not seen elsewhere. |
| Classical Armenian Literature |
Information on the Digital Library of Classical Armenian Literature, a CD-ROM containing "more than 150 books, poems, and translations dating from the Fifth to the 18th Centuries . . . It also contains biographical details of the authors and a sophisticated search system for examining the texts" (from an ArmeniaWeek review). |
| International Association of Armenian Studies |
Homepage for the International Association of Armenian Studies/Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes. Contains information on the Association and its conferences, publications and membership. Recent newsletters are also available online. |
| UCLA Armenian Studies Links |
An excellent portal to all things Armenian. |
| Armenian Research Center Homepage |
This site is hosted by the UMich-Dearborn Center for Armenian Research and Publication. Information may be found here on the Society for Armenian Studies and its journal, and well as a very useful links page. |
| The Mekhitarist Congregation |
Information on the Mekhitarists, whose publication of Armenian texts has been so prolific. |
| St. Nersess Armenian Seminary |
Homepage for the seminary, with information on St. Nersess Theological Review. |
| ARMINCO |
A major Armenian ISP and an excellent starting place if you are looking for a particular Armenian site. For a search engine, try the Uniarts Armenian Directory Yellow Pages. |
| Robert Bedrosian's Armenian History Workshop |
Dr. Bedrosian has generously provided online versions of the numerous Armenian historical works he has translated, as well as some of his scholarly articles. These works may also be purchased in softcover from his bookstore. |
| The Georgian Chronicle |
Found at R. Bedrosian's Armenian History Workshop. "The Chronicle describes the history of Iberia/Georgia, Armenia's northern neighbor, from legendary times to the 12th century, and is a rich source of unique information on such topics as Caucasian ethnography, ArmenoGeorgian relations, the history of Iran, the history of the Jewish community of Georgia and its role in the Christianization of the country; the birth of Islam,and the coming of the Saljuqs" (from the preface). |
| The Georgian Language |
"An outline grammatical description" by P.J. Hillery, with links to bibliography and fonts. |
See also Gnosticism.
| International Association for Coptic Studies Homepage |
Association news, member addresses, newsletters, congress information, and more. |
| The St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society |
Website includes the Society's newsletter, fonts, links, articles, etc. |
| Encyclopedia Coptica |
The main page gives an overview of the Coptic Orthodox Church with hypertext links to many interesting articles. |
| Coptic Church Review |
Publication homepage which includes ordering information, TOCs for past and current issues, as well as offprints of past articles downloadable in PDF format. |
| Library of Ethiopian Texts, Prague |
A collection of seven texts, mostly pseudepigrapha, in Classical Ge'ez (transliterated). They are both viewable online and downloadable in PDF format. Only two of theses texts are accompanied by English translations, but the page also contains links to other translations and resources on Ethiopic/Ethiopia. |
See above for the IACS and IAAS.
| Internet Theology Resources: Scholarly Societies |
General list maintained by the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University. |
| North American Patristic Society |
Contains information on the Society, conferences, and links to related resources (this page). |
| American Society of Church History |
Information on the Society and its membership, its annual conference, and the journal Church History.
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| Canadian Society of Patristic Studies |
Homepage of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies/Association canadienne des études patristiques. Contains information on the Society along with useful links to related organizations. |
| AIEP/IAPS |
Website for L'Association Internationale des Études Patristiques/International Association for Patristic Studies. |
| Society for Late Antiquity |
See entry under Late Antiquity below. |
| Centre for Early Christian Studies |
Located at Australian Catholic University. Information on the Centre's activities, staff, publications, and other items. |
| Center for the Study of Early Christianity |
Located at The Catholic University of America. Information on CUA's Early Christian Studies program, courses, faculty, lectures and conferences. |
| Istituto Patristico Augustinianum |
The Augustinianum is an important center for patristic studies in Italy. This site includes information on the institute, its programs and faculty, and its annual conference. |
| The Bollandists |
Website on "Christian Hagiography" maintained by the Belgian Société des Bollandistes. Contains information on the Bollandists, their work and their publications, as well as a useful section of links for "Hagiography Worldwide." |
| The Practice of Christianity in Roman Africa |
Homepage for the AAR Working Group for the Study of Christianity in Roman Africa. In addition to contact information, it provides the full text of papers submitted to the group. |
| Medieval Academy of America |
Maintains a conference calendar, job listings, info on grants and fellowships, etc. |
| Dumbarton Oaks |
A Harvard satellite, DO hosts a center for Byzantine Studies. |
| Seminarium Partisticum (University of Fribourg) |
Homepage of the Seminar of Patristic Studies at Fribourg, with some information on the Groupe suisse d'études patristiques/Schweizerische patristische Arbeitsgemeinschaft. |
| Christian History Institute |
The Christian History Institute is a non-profit organization promoting the study of church history. Online they have "91 issues of Glimpses, a bulletin insert on church history," of which about twenty deal with the early church; "three editions of Pocket Classics,"— Justin's First Apology, 1 Clement, and the Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne; and "a clickable calendar: What Happened On This Date In Christian History?" |
| Hill Monastic Manuscript Library |
Provides information on the library collection as well as images, music and links to related resources. HMML houses significant microfilm collects of medieval European and Eastern Christian manuscripts. |
| IDEO - L’Institut Dominicain d’Études Orientales du Caire |
The Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, a significant center for Coptic and Arab Christian studies. Provides information about the Center and its periodical, MIDEO. |
| Franz Joseph Dölger-Institut zur Erforschung der Spätantike |
In addition to information on the Dölger-Institut, this website provides information on the Institute's publications and many useful links to sites of related interest. It hosts a particularly useful resource for users of the Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum—a keyword index that may be searched in English or German. |
| Pappas Patristic Institute |
An institute at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology dedicated to "the advancement and promotion of primarily Greek (and other eastern) patristic studies in the service of the academy and of the Church." Newly founded (2003), the Pappas Patristic Institute will be sponsoring conferences, offering fellowships and producing publications. |
| Patristische Arbeitshilfen im Internet |
Very useful list of links maintained by Martin Walraff, currently devided into five sections: Algemeines, Zeitschriften und Reihen, Forschungsprojekte und -gruppen, Datenbanken und e-Texte, and Fremdsprachige Zeichensätze für Patristiker. All five lists first appeared in Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, and a sixth is in preparation |
| BIBP Database |
Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique/Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics. An online searchable database of articles on patristic topics with some 30,000 entries culled from 325 academic journals. Search terms must be submitted in French. |
| Bibliographia Iuris Synodalis Antiqui |
"This bibliography is a project of the Institute of Church History at Bonn University" and provides a full database of "sources and literature concerning early Christian synodal law." |
| Bibliographies for Theology |
Bibliographies for Christian history, theology and spirituality covering primarily the period from the New Testament to the Reformation with a very substantial section on the Early Church. Partially annotated and downloadable in PDF format. Overall a tremendous resource. |
| Academic Info on Religion: Christianity [etc.] |
An excellent annotated list of internet resources, several of which pertain to ECS. |
| Yahoo! - History of Christianity |
Links to numerous Church History sites of varying quality and usefulness. |
| The Hall of Church History: The Church Fathers |
Subtitled, "Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys," The Hall of Church History is a resource guide covering a number of periods and movements from the early church to the present. A modest amount of material, but well presented. |
| Early Christianity (WSU World Cultures) |
This site offers an introduction to Christianity and its origins, though only touching upon the patristic period proper (with pages on Augustine and Boethius). It's associated resources should prove useful once completed (see, e.g., the glossary entry for "typology"). |
| Sources littéraires - Auteurs chrétiens |
A survey of the major collections of patristic texts and part of the Bibliotheca Classica Selecta, "a bibliographic introduction to classical studies." This site also hosts pages on "Littérature chrétienne grecque et latine" and many related subjects. |
| African Christianity (N. Lettinga) |
A fairly broad and useful survey of African Christianity covering most of the continent. |
| ORB—Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean |
"A Guide to Online Resources." Includes an excellent overview of Late Antiquity, with links to both primary and secondary works and other relevant online resources. |
| Society for Late Antiquity |
Here one may find the Society's e-journal, conference announcements, and a very large links list (unannotated) of websites "more or less directly related to Late Antiquity." Links are arranged topically with subjects ranging from prosopography to current job listings. This is not a site to be missed. |
| Journals for Late Antiquity (ORB) |
List of journals with links to online content. |
| Conferences on Late Antiquity |
This page on the ORB site lists upcoming "conferences, colloquia, and workshops relevant to students of Late Antiquity." |
| De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors |
"The encyclopedia consists of (1) an index of all the emperors who ruled during the empire's 1500 years, (2) a growing number of biographical essays on the individual emperors, (3) family trees ("stemmata") of important imperial dynasties, (4) an index of significant battles in the empire's history, (5) a growing number of capsule descriptions and maps of these battles, and (6) maps of the empire at different times. Wherever possible, these materials are cross-referenced by live links." The Ancient and Medieval Atlas is especially to be noted. |
| Worlds of Late Antiquity (O'Donnell) |
A collection of "miscellaneous materials" pertaining to Late Antiquity, organized in particular for the benefit of Prof. O'Donnell's seminar students. |
| CLST 277: World of Late Antiquity |
Syllabus for Prof. Jacqueline Long's seminar on Late Antiquity, including links to many of the course readings. |
| Late Antiquity Discussion Forum (LT-ANTIQ) |
Information on subscribing to the Late Antiquity listserv. |
| Atlas historique de l'Antiquité tardive |
A good resource, but not yet complete for all regions and periods. |
| Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics |
Ejournal publishing primarily on classical antiquity, but including some articles and reviews on Late Antique and early Christian subjects. |
| The Gnostic Society Library (Ecclesia Gnostica) |
This archive has the Nag Hammadi Library and other gnostic and related texts online, including a large number of antignostic works, pseudepigrapha and apocrypha, liturgical, philosophical and mystical texts, and much more. An excellent resource. |
| The Gospel Of Thomas Homepage |
Contains links to several translations of GTh and a large amount of secondary literature on both Thomas and Q. |
| Archaeology on the Net |
An excellent academic resource page. |
| The Alacami |
Excavation, survey and three-dimensional
reconstruction of a late Roman basilica in Cilicia (Southern Turkey). |
| The Virtual World Project |
"The Virtual World Project consists of a series of interactive, virtual tours of ancient sites that are particularly important for the study of the ancient world. The tours are constructed from a series of 360-degree, virtual reality images which are linked together to cover an entire site." |
| Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism |
"The Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism is designed as the internet version of an ongoing research seminar of graduate students at the department of theology of Marquette University (Milwaukee, USA)." It contains 200+ papers or links to resources relevant to this subject. A superb website. |
| The Christian Catacombs of Rome |
A very comprehensive site of an academic caliber. |
| Suzetta's Christian Legends & Symbols |
Well, perhaps it does not have a lot to do with early Christianity, but this is a really interesting page. The author provides a great deal of information on Christian symbols and features a different animal of the bestiary every week. |
| Rodolpho Lanciani's Pagan and Christian Rome |
The complete text of Lanciani's book (New York, 1882), with photos, illustrations and some additional notes by Bill Thayer, who is responsible for mounting the text. A very fine piece of work. |
| Calendar Utility |
A very useful web form that converts Gregorian/Julian dates, noting also various indictions and calendrical styles. |
| A History of Monastic Spirituality |
A nearly book-length course of study on early monastic spirituality by Fr. Luc Brésard of Citeaux. It includes a selection of primary texts and review questions. There are other similar e-courses on the same website (Scriptorium Scourmontois), including an Initiation au monachisme des premiers siècles chrétiens by Véronique Dupont, but in French only. |
| Ecclesiatica History List (ECCHST-L) |
"ECCHST-L is an electronic discussion list for topics in the History of Christianity intended primarily for scholars and students in that field, but open to all with an interest in the subject matter. We deal with all periods and all geographical areas in the History of Christianity. With almost 700 current subscribers, you are likely to find others who share your interests." |
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