Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings
This page lists Catholic writings that can be read on the Net, listed by
author in roughly chronological order. For writings in print, the
Catholic-related companies page includes a number
of publishers.
Indexes
Scripture (to c. 100)
See this page.
The Didache (first or second century)
St. Clement of Rome (pope 92 - 101)
By Clement:
Attributed to Clement:
St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 107)
By St. Ignatius:
- Epistle to the Ephesians: at
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to the Magnesians:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to the Trallians:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to the Romans:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to the Philadelphians:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to the Smyrnaeans:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American
- Epistle to Polycarp:
CCEL (short version),
CCEL (long version),
American,
CCEL (Syriac version)
- Syriac Versions (at CCEL)
Attributed to St. Ignatius:
About St. Ignatius:
St. Barnabas (letter c. 130)
Attributed to Barnabas:
St. Polycarp (c. 69 - c. 155)
By Polycarp:
About Polycarp:
Papias (c. 70 - c. 150)
St. Justin Martyr (c. 100 - c. 165)
By Justin Martyr (authorship undisputed):
Attributed to Justin Martyr (authorship disputed):
About Justin Martyr:
Hermas (2nd century)
Mathetes (2nd century)
St. Irenaeus (late 2nd century)
By Irenaeus:
About Irenaeus:
St. Perpetua (d. 203)
Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 220)
St. Cyprian (c. 200 - 258)
See this page at American University.
St. Athanasius (c. 295 - 373)
St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315 - c. 386)
St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 - c. 394)
See this page at UConn.
St. John Chrysostom (c. 346 - 407)
St. Jerome (c. 347 - 420)
St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430)
St. John Cassian (c. 360 - 435)
St. Patrick (c. 389 - 461)
By St. Patrick:
About St. Patrick:
Later Writings
Many of these writings are from the
Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
St. Benedict (480 - 547)
Cassiodorus (c. 490 - c. 585)
Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York (d. 1023)
St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109)
- Excerpts from the Proslogion arguing logically for the existence of God; with replies and commentary
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153)
St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 - 1274)
By St. Thomas Aquinas:
About St. Thomas Aquinas:
Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 - 1303, became pope 1294)
See this page at American University.
Julian of Norwich (1343 - 1443)
St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380)
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 - 1471)
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 - 1464)
St. Catherine of Genoa (1447 - 1510)
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)
St. Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
By St. Teresa:
About St. Teresa:
St. John of the Cross (1542 - 1591)
St. Robert Bellarmine (1542 - 1621)
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, aka Nicholas Herman (1661 - 1691)
Pope Benedict XIV (1675 - 1758, became pope 1740)
See this page at American University.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori (1696 - 1787)
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 Penn.
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)
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936, received into Catholic Church 1922)
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:
About Jacques Maritain:
Edith Stein (Blessed Teresa Benedicta, OCD, 1891 - 1942)
Florent E. Franke (1895 - 1993)
Pope Paul VI (1897 - 1978, became pope 1963)
See this page at American University.
Dorothy Day (1897 - 1980, received into Catholic Church 1927)
The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
The Catholic Encyclopedia Project is working on putting the entire 1913 edition on-line.
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
Pope John Paul II (born 1920, became pope 1978)
See this page at American University.
Augustine Ichiro Okumura, OCD (born 1923)
Terrye Newkirk (born 1946)
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John Mark Ockerbloom <spok+catholic@cs.cmu.edu> -- Last updated 29-Sep-1997