Preface
Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter 1 First Century
Introduction
1. The Thanksgiving Psalms, Dead Sea Scrolls
2. Some Accounts of the Crucifixion of Jesus from the New Testament (Mark and Luke)
3. Anti-Jewish Texts from the New Testament, New Revised Standard Version
4. Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Life of Nero, 34–37
5. Josephus, Jewish Wars, 5.11.1–2, 4–5
6. Josephus, Jewish Wars, 5.5.4–6: A Description of the Temple Holy of Holies
7. Eusebius, Church History, 3.17–20 on Domitian and Roman History, by Cassius Dio, 67.14, 1–3
Chapter 2 Second Century
Introduction
8. Clement of Rome, The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, 1–9
9. Epistle of Barnabas, 1–4
10. Shepherd of Hermas, Book 2, Chapter 1–4
11. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, 1–2, 8–9
12. Tertullian, To the Martyrs
13. Tertullian, On Prayer, 2–8
14. Tatian, Diatessaron
15. Clement of Alexandria, On the Salvation of the Rich Man, Chapters 1–5
16. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Preface 1–3 and Book 3.1–3.2
17. The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
18. The Gospel According to Peter
Chapter 3 Third Century
Introduction
19. Against Celsus by Origen, 1.38–41
20. Origen, Against Celsus II (on the resurrection of the body), 5.14, 18–19, 23
21. Cyprian, Letter 35: To the Clergy, Concerning the Care of the Poor and Strangers and Letter 36: To the Clergy, Bidding Them Show Every Kindness to the Confessors in Prison
22. Cyprian, Letter 26: To the Lapsed and Letter 53: To Cornelius, Concerning Granting Peace to the Lapsed
23. Pontius the Deacon, The Life and Passion of Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr, 1, 14–19
24. Julius Africanus (spurious), The Passion of St. Symphorosa and Her Seven Sons
25. Gregory the Wonderworker, The Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen, Argument 6
26. Gregory the Wonderworker, Canonical Letter (Canon 1–2 and 6–10)
27. Alexander of Lycopolis, Against the Manichaeans
Chapter 4 Fourth Century
Introduction
28. Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History, The Plan of the Work
29. Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History, 8.1–3 and 8.12
30. Selections of Letters from Arius, Theodoret, Church History, Book 1 Chapter 4; Athanasius, On the Synods, 16 and Sozomen, Church History, 2.27
31. Hilary of Poitiers, On the Councils, 1–10 and 91–92
32. Lactantius, On the Anger of God, 1, 4–5, 16
33. Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors, 1–4, 7
34. Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History, Book 10.1–3 and 10.9
35. Constantine on the Donatists, Taken from Eusebius, Church History, 10.5.18–24 and Optatus of Milevius, On the Schism of the Donatists, Appendix 3 and 9
36. Emperor Julian, Against the Galileans
37. Ambrose, Letter 22
38. Augustine, Against Fortunatus the Manichaean, Book 2.19–22
39. Augustine, Confessions, Chapter 1.1–3 and 5.3.3–6
40. Augustine, Letter 28 to Jerome
41. Jerome, The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary, Against Helvidius, 1; 20–24
42. The Synodical Letter, Second Ecumenical Council 381 CE
Chapter 5 Fifth Century
Introduction
43. Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, 1.1; 1.5–6
44. Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Church History, Prologue and 1.1
45. Theodoret, Church History, Book 1.5 The Letter of Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia, to Paulinus, Bishop of Tyre
46. Helena, the Mother of Constantine, in Eusebius of Caesarea, Life of Constantine, 3.30–32 and Sozomen, Church History, 2.1
47. Canons of Chalcedon, 1–2, 4, 7–8, 10, 15–16, 18, 23, 28
48. Leo the Great, Letter 4
49. Leo the Great, Letter 16
50. Leo the Great, Letter to Augusta Pulcheria, Letter 31
51. Leo the Great's Letters on the Manichaeans, Letter 7
Bibliography
Index