Greek East
Fathers who wrote in Greek, from Antioch, Alexandria, Asia Minor and Constantinople.
Epistle of Barnabas
An early letter reading the Old Testament as pointing to Christ.
1 workClement of Rome
Bishop of Rome; his letter to the Corinthians is one of the oldest Christian writings after the New Testament.
4 worksIgnatius of Antioch
Bishop of Antioch, martyred in Rome; author of seven letters written on the way.
1 workThe Shepherd of Hermas
A Roman book of visions, commands and parables on repentance.
1 workAristides of Athens
Athenian philosopher; wrote one of the oldest Christian apologies.
1 workQuadratus of Athens
Apologist who addressed an apology to Hadrian.
1 workPapias of Hierapolis
Bishop in Asia Minor who collected sayings of the Lord from those who knew the apostles.
3 worksAristo of Pella
Author of a lost dialogue of Jason and Papiscus.
1 workEpistle to Diognetus
An anonymous defense of the Christian way of life.
1 workPolycarp of Smyrna
Bishop of Smyrna and disciple of John; martyred at about eighty-six.
2 worksJustin Martyr
Philosopher turned Christian teacher in Rome; martyred under Marcus Aurelius.
6 worksDionysius of Corinth
Bishop of Corinth whose letters to many churches are quoted by Eusebius.
1 workHegesippus
Earliest historian of the Church; his Memoirs survive only in quotations.
1 workAthenagoras of Athens
Athenian philosopher who defended Christians before the emperors.
2 worksMelito of Sardis
Bishop of Sardis; author of a famous Easter homily.
2 worksTatian the Assyrian
Pupil of Justin; wrote an Address to the Greeks and a Gospel harmony (the Diatessaron).
2 worksTheophilus of Antioch
Bishop of Antioch; wrote three books to Autolycus.
1 workPolycrates of Ephesus
Bishop of Ephesus in the Easter controversy.
1 workTheophilus of Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea in the Easter controversy.
1 workSerapion of Antioch
Bishop of Antioch who judged the Gospel of Peter.
1 workIrenaeus of Lyons
Bishop of Lyons, who wrote against the Gnostics and defended the faith handed down from the apostles.
5 worksClement of Alexandria
Christian teacher in Alexandria who engaged Greek learning.
16 worksHippolytus of Rome
Roman presbyter and writer; wrote the Refutation of All Heresies.
6 worksOrigen of Alexandria
Teacher and biblical scholar of Alexandria and Caesarea.
40 worksDionysius of Alexandria
Pupil of Origen and bishop of Alexandria.
7 worksGregory Thaumaturgus
Pupil of Origen and bishop of Neocaesarea, called the Wonderworker.
5 worksTheognostus of Alexandria
Head of the catechetical school at Alexandria.
2 worksAnatolius of Alexandria
Bishop of Laodicea, mathematician and Aristotelian; wrote on the date of Easter.
1 workAlexander of Lycopolis
Neoplatonist philosopher of Egypt who wrote against the Manichaeans.
1 workHermias the Philosopher
Author of a short satire on pagan philosophers; his date is uncertain.
1 workPierus of Alexandria
Presbyter and teacher at Alexandria, called the younger Origen.
1 workMethodius of Olympus
Bishop and martyr; wrote the Banquet of the Ten Virgins.
23 worksAlexander of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria at the outbreak of the Arian controversy.
1 workMarcellus of Ancyra
Bishop of Ancyra, a defender of the Nicene faith whom Eusebius of Caesarea attacked; his own book survives only in quotation.
1 workEusebius of Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea and the first church historian.
33 worksEunomius of Cyzicus
Leader of the strict Arians, whose First Apology answered the defenders of the Nicene faith.
1 workAthanasius of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria; champion of the Nicene faith.
27 worksEpiphanius of Salamis
Bishop of Salamis; wrote against heresies.
4 worksBasil of Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea; one of the three Cappadocian fathers.
7 worksCyril of Jerusalem
Bishop of Jerusalem; his catechetical lectures survive.
1 workGregory of Nazianzus
The Theologian; one of the three Cappadocian fathers.
8 worksGregory of Nyssa
Bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil; theologian and mystic.
17 worksAnonymous early writings
Short anonymous writings of the early Church, some from the East.
5 worksAsterius of Amasea
Bishop of Amasea and preacher.
1 workCodex Bezae (Western text of Acts)
The longer “Western” form of the Acts of the Apostles, as read in Codex Bezae, translated into English.
1 workMacarius Magnes
Author of a reply to a pagan critic of Christianity.
1 workJohn Chrysostom
Archbishop of Constantinople; the golden-mouthed preacher.
49 worksSeverian of Gabala
Preacher and rival of Chrysostom.
2 worksTheodore of Mopsuestia
Bishop and the leading exegete of Antioch.
4 worksSocrates Scholasticus
Church historian of Constantinople.
2 worksCyril of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria; opponent of Nestorius.
24 worksNestorius
Patriarch of Constantinople condemned at Ephesus.
2 worksTheodoret of Cyrus
Bishop of Cyrus; theologian, historian and exegete.
9 worksAnonymous of Cyzicus
Unknown cleric of Cyzicus who wrote a history of the Council of Nicaea, long wrongly attributed to Gelasius of Cyzicus.
1 workPseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
A Syrian-Greek mystical writer who wrote under the name of Paul’s convert at Athens; his authorship is a pseudonym and the works date from about AD 500.
7 worksSeverus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch; leading Miaphysite theologian.
2 worksLeontius of Byzantium
Theologian of the Chalcedonian definition.
1 workCosmas Indicopleustes
Merchant-monk who wrote the Christian Topography.
1 workAntiochus Strategos
Monk of Mar Saba who described the Persian capture of Jerusalem in AD 614.
1 workChronicon Paschale
An anonymous Byzantine chronicle of the world from Adam, built round the calendar of Easter.
2 worksPhotius of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople whose Bibliotheca reviews hundreds of books.
1 workManuel II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor who recorded his dialogues with a learned Muslim.
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