
Oxford Early Christian Texts
Encyclopedia
Oxford Early Christian Texts is the name of a series of books published by Oxford University Press
which contain texts from early Christian
writers in both their original Latin and Greek
and in translation.
Oxford University Press
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which contain texts from early Christian
Early Christianity
Early Christianity is generally considered as Christianity before 325. The New Testament's Book of Acts and Epistle to the Galatians records that the first Christian community was centered in Jerusalem and its leaders included James, Peter and John....
writers in both their original Latin and Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
and in translation.
List of books in the series
Date of publication | Title | Original author | Editor | ISBN |
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15 April 1971 | Contra Gentes; De Incarnatione | Athanasius | Robert W. Thomson | ISBN 978-0-19-826801-7 |
19 August 1982 | Oratio ad Graecos and Fragments | Tatian Tatian Tatian the Assyrian was an Assyrian early Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the four gospels that became the standard text of the four gospels in the Syriac-speaking churches until the... |
Molly Whittaker | ISBN 978-0-19-826809-3 |
14 April 1983 | Selected Letters | Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries... |
Lionel R. Wickham | ISBN 978-0-19-826810-9 |
4 January 1996 | De Doctrina Christiana | St Augustine | R.P.H. Green | ISBN 978-0-19-826334-0 |
29 August 1996 | Letter on the Conversion of the Jews | Severus of Minorca | Scott Bradbury | ISBN 978-0-19-826764-5 |
8 March 2001 | De Bono Coniugali and De Sancta Virginitate | St Augustine | P. G. Walsh | ISBN 978-0-19-826995-3 |
16 January 2003 | Documents from Exile | Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius... |
Pauline Allen Bronwen Neil |
ISBN 978-0-19-829991-2 |
11 May 2006 | Against the Monophysites: Testimonies of the Saints and Aporiae | Leontius of Jerusalem | Patrick T. R. Gray | ISBN 978-0-19-926644-9 |
10 December 2009 | Complete Works | Priscillian of Avila | Marco Conti | ISBN 978-0-19-956737-9 |