The following are links to Early Church History documents available online, in English translation, for free. In some cases, there are better translations available in print, so for serious scholarly publications, you will want to consult those. But for introductory purposes, the following links may be helpful.
• The Early Church Fathers Series is available at:
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New Advent (newadvent.org)
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org)
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Additional Church Fathers' Writings - (tertullian.org)
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Apostolic Fathers • With Greek text on facing page, and with navigation tool
• For help finding Patristic primary sources in print in English translation (not necessarily online or free):
Patristics/PatrologyEarly Church Individuals and Texts• Ambrose of Milan:
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On the Mysteries and On the Sacraments - (google book pdf; 1919 edition)
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Letters - (google book pdf; no date given)
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Selected Works and Letters (ccel.org)
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Apostolic Constitution
• Liturgy of the Eighth Book (google book pdf:
1900 edition)
• Athanasius:
• On the Incarnation - (ccel.org)
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Select Treatises in Controversy with Arians - Volume 1 (google book pdf; 1854 edition);
Volume 2 (google book pdf; 1890 edition)
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Historical Writings of Athanasius, According to the Benedictine Text (google book pdf; 1881 edition)
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Augustine of Hippo (354-430) - North African theologian
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James O'Donnell's site •
Plotinus' Enneads - Neo-Platonic text with which he interacts
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City of God -
Volume 1, Volume 2 (google book pdf; Marcus Dods translation; 1871)
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City of God - Volume 1, Volume 2,
Volume 3 (google book pdf; 1906 edition)
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City of God -
Volume 1,
Volume 2 (google book pdf; Marcus Dods translation; 1888)
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Confessions - (google book pdfs:
1844 edition;
1860 edition, Shedd; etc.)
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17 Short Treatises - (google book pdf; 1847 edition;
archive.org)
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The Enchiridion - (
archive.org)
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Exposition on the Psalms
• Library of the Fathers of the Catholic Church edition:
Volume 1 (1847),
Volume 2 (1848),
Volume 3,
Volume 4 (1850),
Volume 5 (1853)
Volume 6 (1857) (google book or archive.org pdf's)
• Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers edition: at
ccel.org;
at newadvent.org - (1888 edition)
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Leaves from St. Augustine - excerpts from his writings (archive.org)
• Letters of Augustine
• Marcus Dods edition - Volume 1,
Volume 2 (= volume 13) (archive.org)
• Meditations
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Pious Breathings (1770 edition on archive.org)
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Homilies on Gospel of St. John and his Epistle - (archive.org)
• Sermons on New Testament - Library of the Fathers of the Catholic Church edition,
Volume 1,
Volume 2 • Sermons on the Mount and Harmony of the Evangelists -
Marcus Dods edition, 1873 (archive.org)
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On the Trinity -
Marcus Dods edition (archive.org)
• The Rule of St. Augustine
1976 edition (Villanova University)
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The Works of Aurelius Augustine series - (additional volumes are included above)
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The Anti-Pelagian Works - Part 1 (= Volume 4),
Part 2 (= Volume 12) (T & T Clark, Marcus Dods 1872 edition) (archive.org)
• Works Related to Manichean Heresy -
Marcus Dods edition (archive.org)
• Works Related to Donatist Controversy -
Marcus Dods edition 1871 (archive.org)
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On Instructing the Unlearned; Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen; On the Advantage of Believing; The Enchiridion to Laurentius - (
archive.org)
• Chrysostom, John