Christianity - Commentary
Pascendi Dominici Gregis
During a relatively short pontificate (1903 - 1914) Pope Pius X devoted much of his time to dealing with issues related to the rapid spread …
Four Discourses Against The Arians
In spite of Nicea's condemnation of Arius in 325, Arianism was far from dead. For decades after Nicea, political intrigue and personality cl…
The Smalcald Articles
The Smalcald Articles is a foundational text of Lutheran doctrine, penned by Martin Luther in 1537. Created for the Schmalkaldic League's me…
Short History of the Christian Church
In this comprehensive overview, John Fletcher Hurst presents a detailed examination of the Christian Church's evolution from its inception t…
The Literature and History of New Testament Times
There is a tendency in the modern Church to neglect the study of Bible history. Such neglect will inevitably result in a loss of power. The …
Westminster Larger Catechism
The Westminster Larger Catechism serves as a profound theological resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of Christian doctrine wi…
Galatians
The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities i…
Against Celsus
Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD…
Commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew
Homilies 1 - 14 of Saint John Chrysostom's commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, which include the wondrous birth, baptism, t…
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Fa…
Ephesians
The Epistle to the Ephesians, often referred to as the "Queen of the Epistles," is a profound letter attributed to the Apostle Pau…
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. John
The fourteen years which have "passed over" me since I first began writing on the Gospels, I humbly hope have not been thrown away…
Wisdom of Sirach
The Book of Ecclesiasticus is preceded by a prologue which professes to be the work of the Greek translator of the original Hebrew and the g…
1 Timothy
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as First Timothy and often written 1 Timothy, is one of three letters in Ne…
Fear and Trembling
"And God tempted Abraham and said unto him: take Isaac, thine only son, whom thou lovest and go to the land Moriah and sacrifice him th…
Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) wrote eighty-eight Encyclicals during his twenty-five year pontificate (1878-1903). Fifty-six of those are include…
Summa Theologica
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
Christ's Object Lessons
An approachable explanation of the main parables used by Jesus Christ to teach His disciples how to live. Notably, this discussion highlight…
Joseph
I remember seeing the huge Matterhorn reflected, in its minutest details, in a small mountain lakelet, many miles distant; and similarly, th…
On the Spirit and the Letter
The Tribune Marcellinus having received the books ''On the Merit of Sins," wrote to St. Augustine that he was surprised at what he had …