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Main
Fathers and writers
- Ambrose of Milan
- Anthony the Great
- Athanasius of Alexandria
- Augustine of Hippo
- Basil the Great
- Benedict of Nursia
- The anonymous author of the Muratorian Fragment
- Clement of Alexandria
- Clement of Rome
- Cyprian of Carthage
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril of Jerusalem
- The Didache
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Evagrius Ponticus
- Gregory the Theologian
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Ignatius of Antioch
- Irenaeus of Lyons
- Isaac the Syrian
- Jerome
- John Cassian
- John Chrysostom
- John Climacus
- John of Damascus
- Justin Martyr
- Leo of Rome
- Maximus the Confessor
- Origen
- Polycarp of Smyrna
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
- The Shepherd of Hermas
- Socrates Scholasticus
- Tertullian
- Theodoret of Cyrus
- Theophilus of Antioch
- Vincent of Lérins
Councils
Canon collections
Canon studies
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon I
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon X
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XI
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XIII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XIV
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XV
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XVI
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XVII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XVIII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XIX
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon II
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon XX
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon III
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon IV
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon V
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon VI
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon VII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon VIII
- The First Council of Nicaea: Canon IX
Study paths
Lessons
- The apostolic generation and what came next
- Athanasius's festal letter and what came after
- Disputed and pseudonymous authorship
- Baptism, chrismation and entry into the Church
- The canons today
- Jesus Christ: incarnation, death and resurrection
- The Church, apostolic succession and councils
- Consensus, disagreement and correction
- Constantine and the Church in the empire
- Council 4: Chalcedon, 451
- Council 2: Constantinople, 381
- Council 5: Constantinople, 553
- Council 6: Constantinople, 680-681
- Council 3: Ephesus, 431
- Council 1: Nicaea, 325
- Council 7: Nicaea, 787
- The Creed and the Holy Trinity
- The daily cycle of prayer
- Death, judgement and the age to come
- Worship and the Divine Liturgy
- Encountering Christ in the Church
- The Eucharist and the other Mysteries
- Eusebius sorts the evidence
- Gnostic teachers and the Church's answer
- The fourfold Gospel and the apostolic collections
- Guided reading: Irenaeus on the rule of faith
- The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
- Holy icons and the Seventh Council
- The liturgical year
- Marcion and the pressure on the canon
- The monastic movement
- The moral life
- The twenty canons of Nicaea: an overview
- Nicaea did not choose the books of the Bible
- Persecution, martyrdom and apology
- Prayer, fasting, almsgiving and repentance
- The Psalms and a rule of prayer
- How to read a canon
- How to read a Father
- Repentance and confession
- Salvation, grace, freedom and theosis
- Scripture within Holy Tradition
- The Septuagint and the Scriptures of the apostles
- Spiritual fatherhood and obedience
- The Theotokos, the saints and intercession
- Visiting a parish and speaking with a priest
- What makes a council ecumenical
Archived texts
- On the Mysteries
- De Decretis, or Defence of the Nicene Definition
- From Festal Letter 39 (for 367)
- The Life of Antony
- On the Incarnation of the Word
- On the Holy Spirit
- Fragments of Caius
- Conference 1: On the Goal of the Monk
- On the Priesthood
- Exhortation to the Heathen
- On the Unity of the Church
- Catechetical Lecture 18
- Catechetical Lecture 4
- Catechetical Lecture 20 (Mystagogic 2)
- The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
- Eusebius, Church History, Book I
- Eusebius, Church History, Book X
- Eusebius, Church History, Book III
- Eusebius, Church History, Book VI
- Oration 27 (First Theological Oration)
- Oration 29 (Third Theological Oration)
- On 'Not Three Gods'
- The Pastor of Hermas, Book II: Commandments, Commandment I
- The Refutation of All Heresies, Book IX
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- Epistle to the Magnesians
- Epistle to the Philadelphians
- Epistle to Polycarp
- Epistle to the Romans
- Epistle to the Smyrnaeans
- Epistle to the Trallians
- Against Heresies, Book I
- Against Heresies, Book II
- Against Heresies, Book III
- Against Heresies, Book IV
- Against Heresies, Book V
- Dialogue with Trypho
- The First Apology
- The Second Apology
- Letter 28 (the Tome)
- The Martyrdom of Ignatius
- The Pastor of Hermas, Book I: Visions, Vision I
- The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates, Book I
- The Apology
- The Prescription Against Heretics
- The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret, Book I
- To Autolycus, Book I
- A Commonitory
Canon-of-Scripture witnesses
Themes
- The Holy Trinity
- Jesus Christ, God and man
- The Holy Spirit
- The Church, bishops and councils
- Scripture and Holy Tradition
- How Scripture was formed
- Salvation, grace and freedom
- Theosis
- The Mysteries
- The Eucharist
- The Theotokos
- Holy icons
- Orthodox worship
- The ascetic life
- Repentance
- The canons and Church order
- The last things
- Reading the Fathers
- Christian conduct