Catholic Church History through the writings of the Saints, Popes and Others.
These links are pointed to the writings of the saints, popes and other notable Catholic individuals through the ages. The writings span from the early church Fathers to modern day apologetics. Credit for many of these links should be given to John Mark Ockerbloom 's web directory called Catholic Resources. <spok+catholic@cs.cmu.edu> -
Indexes
Ecole Initiative: Early Church History on the Web (at Evansville
Guide to Medieval Christian Spirituality (at Toronto)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook (at Fordham)
Jesuits and the Sciences, 1600-1800 (exhibit at Loyola)
Local Catholic: A Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Directory (by the Mensch family)
A short hypertext history of Catholicism in Great Britain (from Brown)
The Notre Dame Archives Catalog lists a large number of resources on Catholic history in the US available off-line at Notre Dame.
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Writings of Church Fathers/Doctors/Saints (at American University)
| Selected writings of the Apostolic Fathers (from UPenn Gopher)
| The Early Church Fathers (multi-volume set at CCEL)
| St. Pachomius Library (on the Orthodox Page) The Didache (first or second century)
Pope St. Clement of Rome (pope 92 - 101)
Attributed to Clement:
St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 107)Epistles of Ignatius to the following communities ( click here for the links at CCEL)
About St. Ignatius:
St. BarnabasSome links at CCEL refering to early writing of St.Barnabas St. Polycarp (c. 69 - c. 155)
About Polycarp:
St. Justin Martyr (c. 100 - c. 165)By Justin Martyr (authorship undisputed): CCEL
About Justin Martyr:
Hermas (2nd century)
Mathetes (2nd century)
Tatian the Syrian (2nd century)
Athenagoras of Athens (late 2nd century)
St. Irenaeus (late 2nd century)
About Irenaeus:
Theophilus of Antioch (late 2nd century)
St. Perpetua (d. 203)
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150 - c. 215)
Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 220)
Minucius Felix (contemporary of Tertullian)Article from Catholic Encyclopedia of America Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170 - c. 236)
Origen (184 - 254)Commentary on the life of Origen plus links to his work Pope St. Anterus (pope 235 - 236)
Pope St. Fabian (pope 236 - 250)Article from Catholic Encyclopedia about the life of St.FabianSt. Cyprian (c. 200 - 258)See this page at American University. Commodianus (fl. c. 240)Introductory Note to the Works of Commodianus St. Athanasius (c. 295 - 373)Article from Enyclopedia Brittanica about the life of Athanasius A chronology of his life, letters, epistle to Ruffinian; links from CCEL St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315 - c. 386)
St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 - c. 394)See this page at Black Hills State University. St. John Chrysostom (c. 346 - 407)St. Jerome (c. 347 - 420)
St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430)Sermons of St. Augustine in Latin Collection of links for the works of St.Augustine St. John Cassian (c. 360 - 435)Article from Catholic Encyclopedia St. Patrick (c. 389 - 461)Aricle from the Christian Archive by Dr.Ralph Wilson Hymn on St. Patrick by Secundinus (in Ireland) Pope St. Leo I ("the Great") (pope 440 - 461)St. Benedict (480 - 547)Cassiodorus (c. 490 - c. 585)Pope St. Gregory I ("the Great") (c. 540 - 604, became pope 590)Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)Writings of St.Anselm - Proslogium, Monologium, Cur Deus HomoSt. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153)Some letters of St. Bernard (CCEL)St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 - 1274)Thomas Aquinas in English has the most complete listing of his texts, both in electronic and print formats. See also the following links:
About St. Thomas Aquinas:
Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 - 1303, became pope 1294)See this page at American University. St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) |
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 - 1471)
The Imitation of Christ - Electronic Version at Cyber Library
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 - 1464)
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"Where is He That is Born King of the Jews?" (1456; tr. by L. Miller; HTML at SUNY Stony Brook) |
Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466 - 1536)
See this page at Sewanee.
Pope Paul III (1468 - 1549, became pope 1534)
See this page at American University.
St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491 - 1556)
Spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (CCEL)
St. Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
The Tersian Carmel in Austria article describing the life of St. Teresa and links to a complete electronic version of the Way of Perfection.
Interior Castle (CCEL)
St. John of the Cross (1542 - 1591)
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Tersian Carmel in Austria - collection of the works of St.John | ||
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The Living Flame of Love (HTML in Austria)
| Sayings of Light and Love (HTML in Austria) |
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, aka Nicholas Herman (1661 - 1691)
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Pope Benedict XIV (1675 - 1758, became pope 1740)
See this page at American University.
Blaise Pascal
St. Alphonsus de Liguori (1696 - 1787)
Uniformity with God's will translated by Thomas W. Tobin CSSR
Pope Gregory XVI (1765 - 1846, became pope 1831)
See this page at American University.
Pope Pius IX (1792 - 1878, became pope 1846)
See this page at American University.
Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890, received into Catholic Church 1845)
See this page at ic.net.
Newmans Apologia Pro Vita Sua (CCEL)
Pope Leo XIII (1810 - 1903, became pope 1878)
See this page at American University.
St. Pius X (1835 - 1914, became pope 1903)
See this page at American University.
Pope Benedict XV (1854 - 1922, became pope 1914)
See this page at American University.
Pope Pius XI (1857 - 1939, became pope 1922)
See this page at American University.
Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
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Survivals and New Arrivals (1929; at EWTN)
| The Great Heresies (1930; at EWTN) |
Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914, received into Catholic Church 1903)
See this page at Notre Dame.
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Papers of a Pariah (1907) |
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936, received into Catholic Church 1922)
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Heretics (1905; Gutenberg text)
| Additional writings (on various topics; courtesy On-Line Books Page) |
Pope Pius XII (1876 - 1958, became pope 1939)
See this page at American University.
Blessed Titus Brandsma (1881 - 1942)
See this page by Bro. Charlie in Arizona.
Pope John XXIII (1881 - 1963, became pope 1958)
See this page at American University.
Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)
By Jacques Maritain:
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Reflections on America (1958)
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About Jacques Maritain:
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Jacques Maritain Center (at Notre Dame) |
St. Teresa Benedicta (aka Edith Stein), OCD (1891 - 1942)
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The Hidden Life: Hagiographic Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts (in Austria) |
Florent E. Franke (1895 - 1993)
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Hail, Mary! Six Thousand Titles and Praises of Our Lady (1983) |
Pope Paul VI (1897 - 1978, became pope 1963)
See this page at American University.
Dorothy Day (1897 - 1980, received into Catholic Church 1927)
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Dorothy Day Library on the Web (at the Catholic Worker) |
Walter Farrell, O.P. (1901 - 1953)
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A Companion to the Summa (1938-1942) |
John Courtney Murray (1904 - 1967)
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Religious Liberty: Catholic Struggles With Pluralism (1993 collection) |
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
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Two talks reprinted in the 1995 edition of Eberhard Arnold's Why We Live in Community:
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Pope John Paul II (born 1920, became pope 1978)
See this page at American University.
Augustine Ichiro Okumura, OCD (born 1923)
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Awakening to Prayer (1994) |
Thomas J. Reese, SJ (born 1945)
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Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church (1989)
| Episcopal Conferences: Historical, Canonical, and Theological Studies (1989) |
Terrye Newkirk (born 1946)
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The Mantle of Elijah : The Martyrs of Compiègne as Prophets of the Modern Age |
Karl Rahner
Commentary on Christian Foundations by Mark Fisher