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Pacian of Barcelona
The Extant Works of S. Pacian, Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 17 (1842) pp. 378-384. Discourse on Baptism.**The Extant Works of S. Pacian, Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church 17 (1842) pp.
Asterius Urbanus
The Extant Writings of Asterius Urbanus[Circa a.d. 232] Finding these fragments relegated, by the Edinburgh editors, to a place (unaccountably chosen) among the spurious Decretals[[cite:2153]] and dismissed as of dubious character, it looked as if modern light had been shed upon this author, and as if he had better, perhaps, be classed with the apocryphal works of our concluding volume.
Ephraim the Syrian
The Fifth Discourse to Hypatius against the False Teachings: S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan. Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., volume 1 (1912).**S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
Ephraim the Syrian
The First Discourse to Hypatius against the False Teachers: S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan. Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., volume 1 (1912).**S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
Ephraim the Syrian
The Fourth Discourse to Hypatius against False Teachings: S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan. Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., volume 1 (1912).**S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus
The Heidelberg CatechismWith their movement rapidly gaining power, Protestant reformers knew they had to ensure that their followers could hold their ground in a volatile religious environment. In the mid-16th century, a German lord sympathetic to the movement commissioned the composition of a new Protestant Catechism for his territory.
John Knox
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland*The only authentic Portrait. Engraved for a book by Theodore Beza, published at Geneva in 1580.*
John Calvin
The Institutes of the Christian ReligionPublished first in 1536, the Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's magnum opus. Extremely important for the Protestant Reformation, the Institutes has remained important for Protestant theology for almost five centuries.
Martin Luther
The Large Catechism"This sermon is designed and undertaken that it might be an instruction for children and the simple-minded." So begins Martin Luther's preface to his book Large Catechism. But this declaration should not scare away any readers, be they old or young, because Large Catechism is a masterpiece of doctrine that clearly explains the basic tenets of Luther's theology.
Theodore of Mopsuestia
Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, Baptism and the Eucharist (1933) pp.1-123.**Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, Baptism and the Eucharist (1933) pp.1-123.**
Theodore of Mopsuestia
Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on the Nicene Creed (1932) pp.18-...**Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on the Nicene Creed (1932) pp.18-116**
Origen
The Philocalia of Origen (1911) pp. 1-237. English translation**The Philocalia of Origen (1911) pp. 1-237.
Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1912)A liturgical book containing the authorized orders for Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Holy Communion, and other services of the Scottish Episcopal Church. This excerpt presents the daily offices, including scriptural sentences, confession, absolution, the Lord’s Prayer, and psalmody.
Scottish Episcopal Church
The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1929): Title Page & Table of ContentsA liturgical prayer book for the Scottish Episcopal Church, containing the calendar, rules for feasts and fasts, orders of daily prayer, Communion, baptism, confirmation, marriage, burial, ordination, and the Psalter.
Ephraim of Nisibis
The Second Discourse to Hypatius against Mani and Marcion and Bardaisan: S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan. Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., volume 1 (1912).**S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
Martin Luther
The Smalcald Articles*The Smalcald Articles. Articles of Christian Doctrine which were to have been presented on our part to the Council, if any had been assembled at Mantua or elsewhere, indicating what we could accept or yield, and what we could not.*
Unknown
The Teaching of the Twelve ApostlesThe interest so generally excited in the learned world by the (“Bryennios”) discovery of a very primitive document, rendered it indispensable that this republication should be enriched by it, in connection with the Apostolic Constitutions (so called), which had been reserved for the concluding volume of the series. The critics were greatly divided as to the genuineness of the Bryennios ms ; and...
Unknown
The Testaments of the Twelve PatriarchsThe Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
Ephraim of Nisibis
The Third Discourse to Hypatius against the Teachings: S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan. Transcribed from the Palimpsest B.M. Add. 14623 by C. W. MITCHELL, M.A., volume 1 (1912).**S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan.
St. Luke
The Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (1923). Note and translation. pp. 38-96.**The Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (1923). Note and translation.