Fathers
The writers, in order
Every writer in the library, earliest first, so you can follow how the Fathers spoke, acted, argued, lived and died. Works that are not by a named writer are listed at the end.
The Apostolic Fathers · to 150 AD
Before Nicaea · 150–325 AD
- Anonymous (2 Clement)1 work
- Polycarp of Smyrna1 work · 3 passages
- Church of Smyrna1 work
- Justin Martyr97 passages
- Tatian13 passages
- Dionysius of Corinth1 work
- Athenagoras1 work · 46 passages
- Melito of Sardis3 passages
- Theophilus of Antioch26 passages
- Polycrates of Ephesus1 work
- Minucius Felix1 work · 53 passages
- Irenaeus of Lyons1 work · 91 passages
- Serapion of Antioch1 work
- Clement of Alexandria2 works · 109 passages
- Tertullian4 works · 515 passages
- Hippolytus36 passages
- Julius Africanus1 work
- Commodian110 passages
- Novatian1 work · 79 passages
- Origen of Alexandria41 works · 108 passages
- Cyprian of Carthage1 work · 79 passages
- Dionysius of Alexandria3 passages
- Firmilian of Caesarea15 passages
- Gregory Thaumaturgus12 works · 7 passages
- Arnobius84 passages
- Victorinus of Pettau11 passages
- Methodius of Olympus1 work · 16 passages
Nicaea to Chalcedon · 325–451 AD
- Lactantius225 passages
- Alexander of Alexandria6 passages
- Eustathius of Antioch18 works
- Eusebius of Caesarea1 work · 9 passages
- Theodore of Heraclea1 work
- Eusebius of Emesa2 works
- Athanasius of Alexandria8 works
- Marcellus of Ancyra2 works
- Basil of Caesarea15 works · 1 passage
- Cyril of Jerusalem3 works · 2 passages
- Apollinaris of Laodicea4 works
- Diodorus of Tarsus1 work
- Nemesius of Emesa1 work
- Amphilochius of Iconium13 works
- Didymus the Blind14 works
- Evagrius Ponticus15 works
- Severianus of Gabala20 works
- Epiphanius of Salamis31 works
- John Chrysostom7 works · 2 passages
- Asterius of Amasea2 works
- Theophilus of Alexandria2 works
- Augustine of Hippo6 works · 3 passages
- Philostorgius1 work
- Cyril of Alexandria52 works
- Ammonius of Alexandria1 work
- Hesychius of Jerusalem20 works
After Chalcedon · 451–1000 AD
Later writers who read the Fathers · 1500s on
Not Church Fathers. Their works are here because they quote and explain the Fathers.
Date not known
Texts
These are works, not writers.