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This short volume, mistaken attributed to John Scotus Eriugena, is from a 1681 manuscript found at Cambridge. It gives several quotations about the life and death of the famous Irish intellectual...

In 1454, Casimir, the king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was approached by the Prussian Confederation for aid against the knights of the Teutonic Order. He granted them the proposition of...

This late Ethiopian text is a religious meditation centered on St. Michael, an Axumite archbishop of the 16th century. It invokes the Holy Trinity and emphasizing the importance of humility, prayer,...

The Acts of St. Matthew is a text composed sometime between the 4th and century century in either Greek or Classical Syriac. It recounts the apocryphal sojourns of the apostle Matthew in an...

In this work by St. Ambrose, St. Sebastian, a revered Christian figure, supports the martyrs Marcellian and Marcus as they face execution for their faith. Despite emotional pleas from their parents...

This work is an extended compilation of correspondence between the Bishop Theodore of Alania and the bishops within the Eastern Roman Empire. It discusses his time in Alania, their journey through...

The text recounts the story of the Coptic saint, Catherine of Alexandria, a virtuous woman from Alexandria, who challenges a king's idol worship, engages in debates with local philosophers, endures...

While this work is attributed to Ish'dnah, the archbishop of Basrah, it is likely to be an abridgement of a much older work. Our original author lived at the end of the 8th century, just subsequent...

In this work the Carthaginian Churchman St. Quodvultdeus addresses baptized Christians in North Africa, urging them to remain vigilant in their spiritual battle against vices. The metaphor of a ship...

St. Ecgbert, a 8th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, attempts to explain to his congregation some of the more commonly asked questions that have been posed during his pastoral tenure over the church in...

The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter of King Henry, or Statutes of the Realm of 1100. It was a written proclamation by Henry I Beauclerc of England, issued upon his accession...

The Chronicle of Marius details the events of the Roman consulship until it is dissolved into the title over Roman Emperor in the 6th century. It also gives account of the various dealing taking...

This extensive historical account survives only in fragmentary form. The unknown author traces the lineage of rulers following Alexander the Great, focusing on the political dynamics in Egypt, Syria,...

This work by the Greek Church Father elaborates on the creation narrative, focusing on the formation of heaven and earth, the rationale behind the order of creation, and the special role of man as...

This work by St. Ambrose is one of the first texts in the West to attempt to give insight into India's priestly class. The processing narrative presents a detailed account of the Brahmans, a group...

In this discourse, the St. Augustine engages in a theological debate regarding the nature of demonic divination and its implications for Christianity. The conversation highlights the limitations of...

The Eight Principal Vices' is one of the various Latin prose composed by the 7th century Anglo-Saxon saint, Aldhelm. It deals with the subject of morality and cautions against the sundry vices that...

The bishop Eutropius, who lived in late Visigothic Spain, gives his counsel on the subject of the seven deadly sins and ways that anyone can avoid them through conscientious practice. He delineates...

In this work, Boethius discusses the question of the eternity of the world, whether it is a permanent fixture, and therefore static, or it has a distinctive beginning and end. Boethius employs...

This work delves into the fears associated with death, judgment, and the afterlife, portraying a vivid picture of the soul's journey post-death. It emphasizes the inevitable judgment that awaits...

This work by St. Anselm explores theological concepts surrounding the nature of good and evil, particularly in the context of angels and their free will. It argues that all beings receive their...

This is a collection of the five primary and canonical councils that were held by the Church of the East in Sassanian Mesopotamia in an effort to establish the Christology of the church, as well as...

By the 11th century much of former Roman North Africa had declined to the point where the African Romantic language was in massive decline, as the various episcopal sees in the region had been...

This works discusses the significance of Lazarus's resurrection as a profound miracle that serves as an invitation to those who endure suffering. It emphasizes that this event is not just a display...

The Armenian text of Geography according to Ptolemy, which has recently been attributed to the churchman, Ananias of Shirak, is a sentinel work from Armenian antiquity. It remains out primary...

This is a work that is fragmentary in the form that it survives. It is drawn upon a Georgian manuscript composed around the 13th or 14th century, relating events of Christian Martyrs during the reign...

Here, in fragmentary form, is one of the surviving Georgian Synxarium of the medieval period. The author appears to date to the late 10th century, but appears to draw upon early Greek sources. It was...

The Golden Bull of Sicily was a decree issued by the Emperor Frederick II, while he was still only King of Sicily. It was composed in the Swiss city of Basel on September 26th, 1212, confirming the...

The Hesychast is a collection of several short works collected together about the contemplative practice of Hesychasm, or divine quietness. This work is compiled from the writings of the 14th century...

Thomas More - a public servant who from 1518 served on Henry VIII's Privy Council and later became Lord Chancellor - wrote his History of King Richard III between around 1513 and 1518. More's account...