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Christianity
8 sections·91 books·7 subcategories
Christian Texts at Sacred-Texts.com
Subcategories The ApocryphaSt. Thomas AquinasSt. AugustineWorks of John CalvinEarly Church FathersWritings of Martin LutherThe Shakers
The Scriptures
4 books- The King James Bible
- The Vulgate (Latin Bible)
Bible Commentary
1 book
The Complete Sayings of JesusRead everything Jesus says in the New Testament in one sitting.
Gnosticism, etc.
6 books
- Corpus Hermeticum
- The Hymn of Jesus, Echoes from the Gnosis
- Gnostic John the Baptizer Gnostic John the BaptizerSelections from the Mandæan John-Book, tr. by [1924]. Note: While the Mandaeans are not Christians, this text is important for the study of Gnostic beliefs -- editor.
- The Book of Giants The Book of GiantsA fragmentary Manichaean text.
- Apocrypha Arabica
Early Christian
10 books- The Gospel of Thomas
- The Lord's Prayer
- Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
- The Apostles' Creed
- Nicene Creed
- The Athanasian Creed
The Confessions of Saint Augustine(401 C.E.) by , tr. by [1909-14]- The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite The Works of Dionysius the AreopagiteA very early Christian mystic writer with Neoplatonist influences.
Eastern Churches
3 books- The Book of the Bee The Book of the BeeA Nestorian Christian sacred history.
- The Book of the Cave of Treasures
The Kebra NagastThe legendary history of Ethiopia.
Mediaeval, Renaissance and Reformation
32 books
Works of St. AnselmA medieval Italian scholar who originated the ontological argument for the existence of God.
The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseThe tragic romance of two top Christian intellectuals in 12th century France.
The Writings of St. Francis of AssisiIncludes the Canticle of the Sun, a moving prayer of praise to "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."
The Little Flowers of St. FrancisThe legends of St. Francis and the early Franciscans.
Summa TheologicaAn encylopedia-length work which deals with every concievable aspect of Catholic theology.
The Adornment of the Spiritual MarriageWritings of an influential Flemish Christian mystic.- The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy(1306-21) by , tr. by Henry F. Cary, [1888]
The Cloud of UnknowingMeditations of an anonymous 14th century Christian mystic.
Imitation of ChristA contemplative classic of Christian mysticism.
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaA plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month, by the founder of the Jesuits.- Texts of Martin Luther(b. 1483 d. 1546)
- Texts of John Calvin(b. 1509 d. 1564)
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Synod of Dordrecht
- Heidelberg Catechism
- The Second Helvetic Confession
- Church Order
- Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
- The Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
The Works of Stephen CharnockTheological works of an important Puritan Divine.
Pilgrim's ProgressThe classic Christian allegory of spiritual redemption.- Bunyan BunyanA biography of the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
- Selections from The Cherubinic Wanderer
- Alexandrines: translated from the "Cherubinischer Wandersmann"
The Interior CastleA roadmap to mystical union with God.
Ordinary of the MassThe core text of the Catholic liturgy, in parallel Latin and English.
Modern
29 books- Unitarian Christianity
Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of ChristMiller predicted that Jesus would return in 1844.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus ChristThe primary source for the movie 'The Passion of the Christ.'
The Great ControversyOne of the earliest documents of the movement which became the Seventh-day Adventists.
Hymns of the Eastern ChurchA rich selection of Byzantine hymns.
The Unknown Life of Jesus ChristDid Jesus spend his lost years in India?
Lives of the Saints400 Catholic Saints' days from around the year
The DidacheA very early Christian apocryphal text.
Jesus An EsseneWas Jesus a member of the group which cached the Dead Sea Scrolls?- The Doctrine of the Last Things The Doctrine of the Last ThingsEschatology for everyone.
- The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life
Jesus, the Last Great InitiateThe historical context of Jesus, and the esoteric significance of his teachings.
Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
- John Wesley's Place in History
- The Gist of Swedenborg
- The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's 'City of God'
- Human Nature in the Bible
Pageant of the PopesTwo thousand years of papal history in one continuous narrative.
The Trial of ChristCould Jesus have been acquitted on a technicality?- The Theological Declaration of Barmen
- The (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer
External Sites
6 booksThe community of Christian etext redactors is very active, and transcriptions of public domain books on the topic are abundant. The following are archives of public domain etexts about Christianity and related topics, which contain much more material than we have room or bandwidth for at this site. Some of these are: Christian Classics Ethereal Library This is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts. Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project website. This dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL. The Unbound Bible has the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended. The Gnostic Society A collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations. The Catholic Encyclopeda This is a project to put online this huge work from 1913. Quaker Heritage Press publishes etexts of rare and out-of-print Quaker documents. Restoration Movement Texts. Primary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.
- Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryThis is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts.
- Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project websiteThis dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL.
- The Unbound Biblehas the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended.
- The Gnostic SocietyA collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations.
- The Catholic EncyclopedaThis is a project to put online this huge work from 1913.
- Restoration Movement TextsPrimary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.
Christianity
8 sections·91 books·7 subcategories
Christian Texts at Sacred-Texts.com
Subcategories The ApocryphaSt. Thomas AquinasSt. AugustineWorks of John CalvinEarly Church FathersWritings of Martin LutherThe Shakers
The Scriptures
4 books- The King James Bible
- The Vulgate (Latin Bible)
Bible Commentary
1 book- The Complete Sayings of JesusRead everything Jesus says in the New Testament in one sitting.
Gnosticism, etc.
6 books-
- Corpus Hermeticum
- The Hymn of Jesus, Echoes from the Gnosis
- Gnostic John the Baptizer Gnostic John the BaptizerSelections from the Mandæan John-Book, tr. by [1924]. Note: While the Mandaeans are not Christians, this text is important for the study of Gnostic beliefs -- editor.
- The Book of Giants The Book of GiantsA fragmentary Manichaean text.
- Apocrypha Arabica
Early Christian
10 books- The Gospel of Thomas
- The Lord's Prayer
- Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
- The Apostles' Creed
- Nicene Creed
- The Athanasian Creed
- The Confessions of Saint Augustine(401 C.E.) by , tr. by [1909-14]
- The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite The Works of Dionysius the AreopagiteA very early Christian mystic writer with Neoplatonist influences.
Eastern Churches
3 books- The Book of the Bee The Book of the BeeA Nestorian Christian sacred history.
- The Book of the Cave of Treasures
- The Kebra NagastThe legendary history of Ethiopia.
Mediaeval, Renaissance and Reformation
32 books-
- Works of St. AnselmA medieval Italian scholar who originated the ontological argument for the existence of God.
- The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseThe tragic romance of two top Christian intellectuals in 12th century France.
-
- The Writings of St. Francis of AssisiIncludes the Canticle of the Sun, a moving prayer of praise to "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."
- The Little Flowers of St. FrancisThe legends of St. Francis and the early Franciscans.
- Summa TheologicaAn encylopedia-length work which deals with every concievable aspect of Catholic theology.
- The Adornment of the Spiritual MarriageWritings of an influential Flemish Christian mystic.
- The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy(1306-21) by , tr. by Henry F. Cary, [1888]
- The Cloud of UnknowingMeditations of an anonymous 14th century Christian mystic.
- Imitation of ChristA contemplative classic of Christian mysticism.
- The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaA plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month, by the founder of the Jesuits.
- Texts of Martin Luther(b. 1483 d. 1546)
- Texts of John Calvin(b. 1509 d. 1564)
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Synod of Dordrecht
- Heidelberg Catechism
- The Second Helvetic Confession
- Church Order
- Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
- The Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
- The Works of Stephen CharnockTheological works of an important Puritan Divine.
-
- Pilgrim's ProgressThe classic Christian allegory of spiritual redemption.
- Bunyan BunyanA biography of the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
-
- Selections from The Cherubinic Wanderer
- Alexandrines: translated from the "Cherubinischer Wandersmann"
- The Interior CastleA roadmap to mystical union with God.
- Ordinary of the MassThe core text of the Catholic liturgy, in parallel Latin and English.
Modern
29 books- Unitarian Christianity
-
- Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of ChristMiller predicted that Jesus would return in 1844.
- The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus ChristThe primary source for the movie 'The Passion of the Christ.'
- The Great ControversyOne of the earliest documents of the movement which became the Seventh-day Adventists.
-
-
- Hymns of the Eastern ChurchA rich selection of Byzantine hymns.
- The Unknown Life of Jesus ChristDid Jesus spend his lost years in India?
-
- Lives of the Saints400 Catholic Saints' days from around the year
- The DidacheA very early Christian apocryphal text.
- Jesus An EsseneWas Jesus a member of the group which cached the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- The Doctrine of the Last Things The Doctrine of the Last ThingsEschatology for everyone.
- The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life
- Jesus, the Last Great InitiateThe historical context of Jesus, and the esoteric significance of his teachings.
- Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
- John Wesley's Place in History
-
-
- The Gist of Swedenborg
- The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's 'City of God'
- Human Nature in the Bible
- Pageant of the PopesTwo thousand years of papal history in one continuous narrative.
- The Trial of ChristCould Jesus have been acquitted on a technicality?
- The Theological Declaration of Barmen
- The (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer
External Sites
6 booksThe community of Christian etext redactors is very active, and transcriptions of public domain books on the topic are abundant. The following are archives of public domain etexts about Christianity and related topics, which contain much more material than we have room or bandwidth for at this site. Some of these are: Christian Classics Ethereal Library This is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts. Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project website. This dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL. The Unbound Bible has the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended. The Gnostic Society A collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations. The Catholic Encyclopeda This is a project to put online this huge work from 1913. Quaker Heritage Press publishes etexts of rare and out-of-print Quaker documents. Restoration Movement Texts. Primary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.
- Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryThis is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts.
- Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project websiteThis dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL.
- The Unbound Biblehas the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended.
- The Gnostic SocietyA collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations.
- The Catholic EncyclopedaThis is a project to put online this huge work from 1913.
- Restoration Movement TextsPrimary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.
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Christianity
8 sections·91 books·7 subcategories
Christian Texts at Sacred-Texts.com
Subcategories The ApocryphaSt. Thomas AquinasSt. AugustineWorks of John CalvinEarly Church FathersWritings of Martin LutherThe Shakers
The Scriptures
4 books- The King James Bible
- The Vulgate (Latin Bible)
Bible Commentary
1 book- The Complete Sayings of JesusRead everything Jesus says in the New Testament in one sitting.
Gnosticism, etc.
6 books-
- Corpus Hermeticum
- The Hymn of Jesus, Echoes from the Gnosis
- Gnostic John the Baptizer Gnostic John the BaptizerSelections from the Mandæan John-Book, tr. by [1924]. Note: While the Mandaeans are not Christians, this text is important for the study of Gnostic beliefs -- editor.
- The Book of Giants The Book of GiantsA fragmentary Manichaean text.
- Apocrypha Arabica
Early Christian
10 books- The Gospel of Thomas
- The Lord's Prayer
- Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
- The Apostles' Creed
- Nicene Creed
- The Athanasian Creed
- The Confessions of Saint Augustine(401 C.E.) by , tr. by [1909-14]
- The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite The Works of Dionysius the AreopagiteA very early Christian mystic writer with Neoplatonist influences.
Eastern Churches
3 books- The Book of the Bee The Book of the BeeA Nestorian Christian sacred history.
- The Book of the Cave of Treasures
- The Kebra NagastThe legendary history of Ethiopia.
Mediaeval, Renaissance and Reformation
32 books-
- Works of St. AnselmA medieval Italian scholar who originated the ontological argument for the existence of God.
- The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseThe tragic romance of two top Christian intellectuals in 12th century France.
-
- The Writings of St. Francis of AssisiIncludes the Canticle of the Sun, a moving prayer of praise to "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."
- The Little Flowers of St. FrancisThe legends of St. Francis and the early Franciscans.
- Summa TheologicaAn encylopedia-length work which deals with every concievable aspect of Catholic theology.
- The Adornment of the Spiritual MarriageWritings of an influential Flemish Christian mystic.
- The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy(1306-21) by , tr. by Henry F. Cary, [1888]
- The Cloud of UnknowingMeditations of an anonymous 14th century Christian mystic.
- Imitation of ChristA contemplative classic of Christian mysticism.
- The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaA plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month, by the founder of the Jesuits.
- Texts of Martin Luther(b. 1483 d. 1546)
- Texts of John Calvin(b. 1509 d. 1564)
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Synod of Dordrecht
- Heidelberg Catechism
- The Second Helvetic Confession
- Church Order
- Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
- The Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
- The Works of Stephen CharnockTheological works of an important Puritan Divine.
-
- Pilgrim's ProgressThe classic Christian allegory of spiritual redemption.
- Bunyan BunyanA biography of the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
-
- Selections from The Cherubinic Wanderer
- Alexandrines: translated from the "Cherubinischer Wandersmann"
- The Interior CastleA roadmap to mystical union with God.
- Ordinary of the MassThe core text of the Catholic liturgy, in parallel Latin and English.
Modern
29 books- Unitarian Christianity
-
- Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of ChristMiller predicted that Jesus would return in 1844.
- The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus ChristThe primary source for the movie 'The Passion of the Christ.'
- The Great ControversyOne of the earliest documents of the movement which became the Seventh-day Adventists.
-
-
- Hymns of the Eastern ChurchA rich selection of Byzantine hymns.
- The Unknown Life of Jesus ChristDid Jesus spend his lost years in India?
-
- Lives of the Saints400 Catholic Saints' days from around the year
- The DidacheA very early Christian apocryphal text.
- Jesus An EsseneWas Jesus a member of the group which cached the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- The Doctrine of the Last Things The Doctrine of the Last ThingsEschatology for everyone.
- The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life
- Jesus, the Last Great InitiateThe historical context of Jesus, and the esoteric significance of his teachings.
- Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
- John Wesley's Place in History
-
-
- The Gist of Swedenborg
- The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's 'City of God'
- Human Nature in the Bible
- Pageant of the PopesTwo thousand years of papal history in one continuous narrative.
- The Trial of ChristCould Jesus have been acquitted on a technicality?
- The Theological Declaration of Barmen
- The (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer
External Sites
6 booksThe community of Christian etext redactors is very active, and transcriptions of public domain books on the topic are abundant. The following are archives of public domain etexts about Christianity and related topics, which contain much more material than we have room or bandwidth for at this site. Some of these are: Christian Classics Ethereal Library This is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts. Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project website. This dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL. The Unbound Bible has the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended. The Gnostic Society A collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations. The Catholic Encyclopeda This is a project to put online this huge work from 1913. Quaker Heritage Press publishes etexts of rare and out-of-print Quaker documents. Restoration Movement Texts. Primary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.
- Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryThis is probably the largest general purpose archive of Christian texts.
- Additional Early Church Fathers at the Tertullian Project websiteThis dovetails with the 'Early Church Fathers' collection at CCEL.
- The Unbound Biblehas the best collection of downloadable Bible data files anywhere. Highly recommended.
- The Gnostic SocietyA collection of shorter texts on Gnosticism. Also has a collection of Dead Sea Scroll translations.
- The Catholic EncyclopedaThis is a project to put online this huge work from 1913.
- Restoration Movement TextsPrimary texts of a 19th century American religious movement, predecessor of Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples of Christ, among other groups.