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The Early Church Collection Volume 2

Various

This collection begins with Augustine's response to the charge that Christians, unlike anyone else in the world, believe in things that cannot be seen, two works on christology from Athanasius and Augustine's exposition of the Apostles' Creed. Next come two responses from church leaders on what to do when Christians have participated in idolatry (Cyprian's after the Decian persecution). After some shorter works including all the extant fragments from Papias, there are a large number of works from Rufinus: translator and editor of many of the works of Origen who suffered considerable censure for his labors as can be seen from the content of his prefaces. There follow many short work from the early Christian apologists (whose works are mostly lost), two ethical treatises from Hippolytus and some short historical accounts.

The Early Church Collection, Volume 1

(Summary by InTheDesert)

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen	Saint Augustine of Hippo	Etext	InTheDesert	00:29:37	en
Play 02	Statement of Faith	Athanasius of Alexandria	Etext	InTheDesert	00:09:00
Play 03	On Luke X. 22	Athanasius of Alexandria	Etext	InTheDesert	00:17:06
Play 04	Of Faith, and of the Creed	Saint Augustine of Hippo	Etext	InTheDesert	00:45:18
Play 05	On the Lapsed	Saint Cyprian of Carthage	Etext	InTheDesert	00:51:40	en
Play 06	Canonical Epistle concerning those who in the Inroad of the Barbarians ate Things sacrificed to Idols	Gregory Thaumaturgus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:10:55
Play 07	On the Unity of the Church	Saint Cyprian of Carthage	Etext	InTheDesert	00:42:29
Play 08	Heads of the Canons of Abulides Or Hippolytus	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:45
Play 09	A Fragment on the Gospel according to Matthew	Gregory Thaumaturgus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:01:44
Play 10	Exposition of the Lord's Oracles	Papias of Hierapolis	Etext	InTheDesert	00:12:27
Play 11	Preface to the Commentary on the Benedictions of the Twelve Patriarchs	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:10:59
Play 12	The Book Concerning the Adulteration of the Works of Origen	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:25:59
Play 13	A Letter to Origen from Africanus about the History Of Susanna	Sextus Julius Africanus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:24	en
Play 14	Letter from Origen to Africanus	Origen of Alexandria	Etext	InTheDesert	00:33:37	en
Play 15	Letter from Origen to Gregory	Origen of Alexandria	Etext	InTheDesert	00:06:07
Play 16	Preface to Translation of Pamphilus' Defence of Origen	Pamphilus of Caesarea	Etext	InTheDesert	00:04:26
Play 17	Preface to his Translation of Origen on Numbers	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:15
Play 18	Preface to the Translation of Origen's Περὶ ᾽Αρχῶν	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:09:58
Play 19	Preface to the Translation of Origen's Commentary on Psalms 36, 37 and 38	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:01:57
Play 20	Preface to his Translation of Origen on the Epistle to the Romans	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:02:23
Play 21	The Peroration of Rufinus Appended to His Translation of Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:04:33
Play 22	From the Books against Sabellius	Dionysius the Great	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:26
Play 23	On The Twelve Apostles	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:03
Play 24	On the Seventy Apostles	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:05:09
Play 25	Preface to his Translation of the Recognitions of Clement	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:05:46
Play 26	Preface to his Translation of the Sayings of Xystus	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:02:26
Play 27	Preface to his Translation of Church History by Eusebius	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:04:44
Play 28	Apology of Rufinus addressed to Anastasius, Bishop of Rome	Tyrannius Rufinus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:08:54
Play 29	The Letter of Anastasius to John, Bishop of Jerusalem concerning Rufinus	Pope Anastasius I	Etext	InTheDesert	00:06:31
Play 30	Epistle to Bishop Basilides	Dionysius the Great	Etext	InTheDesert	00:11:00
Play 31	Fragment from the Discourse on the Trinity	Gregory Thaumaturgus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:06:43
Play 32	A Fragment of the Acts of the same Disputation	Archelaus	Etext	InTheDesert	00:05:50
Play 33	Expository Treatise on Psalm 69	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:10:15
Play 34	Fragment of the Discourse of Hippolytus against the Greeks	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:08:44
Play 35	On the Vanity of Idols	Saint Cyprian of Carthage	Etext	InTheDesert	00:17:46
Play 36	Fragments of Discourses or Homilies	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:08:35	en
Play 37	Derision of Gentile Philosophers	Hermias	Etext	InTheDesert	00:13:28
Play 38	Fragment from his Apology for Christianity	Quadratus of Athens	Etext	InTheDesert	00:00:55
Play 39	The Disputation of Jason and Papiscus	Ariston of Pella	Etext	InTheDesert	00:02:25
Play 40	Epistle to the Romans	Dionysius of Corinth	Etext	InTheDesert	00:02:00
Play 41	On the Public Shows	Saint Cyprian of Carthage	Etext	InTheDesert	00:19:16
Play 42	On Jealousy and Envy	Saint Cyprian of Carthage	Etext	InTheDesert	00:25:09
Play 43	The Story of a Maiden of Corinth, and a certain Person Magistrianus	Hippolytus of Rome	Etext	InTheDesert	00:04:26
Play 44	Account by Athanasius of his flight under Julian	Athanasius of Alexandria	Etext	InTheDesert	00:03:02
Play 45	A Poem on the Passion of the Lord	Lactantius	Etext	InTheDesert	00:05:15

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