300–400 AD
The fourth century AD includes major Christian, theological, liturgical, legal, and philosophical writings from figures such as St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, and St. Augustine. This section highlights important editions and translations connected to early church theology, Augustine's writings, Ambrosian liturgy, and the Theodosian legal tradition.
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On the Sacraments and On the Mysteries
Translated by T. Thompson, edited with introduction and notes by J. H. Srawley. Revised edition. First published 1919, with title “On the mysteries” and the treatise On the sacraments, by an unknown author. Bibliography: p. 152–153.
The City of God
Translated by John Healey. Half-title: Temple Classics.
Concerning the Teacher (De Magistro) and On the Immortality of the Soul (De Immortalitate Animae)
By St. Aurelius Augustine, bishop of Hippo, translated from the Latin with the addition of a preface by George G. Leckie. Half-title: Appleton-Century Philosophy Source-Books; S. P. Lamprecht, editor. “Reader's bibliography”: p. 87–88. Library has 55 copies.
Divine Providence and the Problem of Evil: A Translation of St. Augustine’s De Ordine
With annotations, by Robert P. Russell. Latin and English on opposite pages.
Confessions of St. Augustine, Books I–X
Translated by F. J. Sheed. Half-title: Catholic Masterpiece Tutorial Series, ser. 1, no. 7.
Answer to Skeptics: A Translation of St. Augustine’s Contra Academicos
By Denis J. Kavanagh, with an introduction by Rudolph Arbesmann. Latin and English on opposite pages.
The Soliloquies of Saint Augustine
Translation and notes by Thomas F. Gilligan. Introduction by Robert P. Russell. Latin and English on opposite pages. “The text … is that of the Benedictine edition as reproduced by Migne in the Patrologia Latina, volume 32 (Paris, 1845–1849).” —Translator's…
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Translated and annotated by J. G. Pilkington, M.A., with biographical introduction. The Black and Gold Library. Bibliography: 1 leaf at end.
The City of God (De Civitate Dei)
By Saint Augustine. John Healey's translation, with a selection from Vives' commentaries. Edited by R. V. G. Tasker. Introduction by Sir Ernest Barker. Half-title: Everyman's Library, ed. by Ernest Rhys, no. 982–983 (Theology). “First published in this edition 1945.” Bibliography:…
Writings of St. Augustine
The Fathers of the Church, a New Translation. Includes bibliographies.
Basic Writings of Saint Augustine
Edited with an introduction and notes by Whitney J. Oates.
The City of God
Translated and edited by Marcus Dods. Hafner Library of Classics, no. 4, v. 1–2. “Books IV, XVII, and XVIII, have been translated by the Rev. George Wilson … Books V, VI, VII, and VIII, by the Rev. J. J. Smith.”
The Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
Translated by John J. Jepson, with an introduction and notes by the editors. Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, no. 5. Translation of De sermone Domini in monte. Bibliographical references included in “Notes” (p. [175]–209).
Enchiridion, or, Manual to Laurentius Concerning Faith, Hope, and Charity
Translated from the Benedictine text, with an introduction and notes, by Ernest Evans.
On Christian Doctrine
Translated with an introduction by D. W. Robertson, Jr. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 80.
Nine Sermons of Saint Augustine on the Psalms
Translated and introduced by Edmund Hill. “[The translator] followed the text of the Maurist edition, as it is printed in Migne's Patrologia Latina.”
Of True Religion
Introduction by Louis O. Mink, translated by J. H. S. Burleigh. Gateway edition.
Ambrosian Chants
Sound recording. Choir of the Polifonica Ambrosiana; Mons. Giuseppe Biella, conductor. “Origins of the Ambrosian chant,” and program notes by Mons. Ernesto Moneta Caglio, and Latin texts (61 p.) laid in container. Main entry: Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. Ambrosian…
Augustine’s Quest of Wisdom: Life and Philosophy of the Bishop of Hippo
By Vernon J. Bourke. Half-title: Science and Culture Series, Joseph Husslein, general editor. Bibliographical foot-notes. “The works of St. Augustine”: p. 303–308.
Select Letters of St. Jerome
With an English translation by F. A. Wright. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library.
The Theodosian Code and Novels, and the Sirmondian Constitutions
A translation with commentary, glossary, and bibliography by Clyde Pharr, in collaboration with Theresa Sherrer Davidson and Mary Brown Pharr. With an introduction by C. Dickerman Williams. The Corpus of Roman Law (Corpus Juris Romani), v. 1. Main entry: Codex…
The Meaning of the Sermon on the Mount
A contribution to the historical understanding of the Gospels and to the problem of their true exegesis. Translated by S. MacLean Gilmour.
