• Early Church History by Henry T. Sell - Ten informative Studies that cover the Church from the Day of Pentecost to the time of Constantine the first Christian Emperor.  Even covers the church at Rome and the creation of the Catacombs.  Deals with the Persecution of the Early Church and how the Church survived to be victorious over it's oppressors, whether it was from Judaism or the Romans, etc.
  TAB: "ECHistory" -- ZIP File: 196 kb -- unZIPped: 458 kb -- Updated:  01/25/22

• Dictionary of Christian Biography - The Title Page of this Four-Volume set published in 1887 reads: "A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects, and Doctrines."  This collection is so much more than a simple Dictionary.  It provides a list of the Principle characters of Christianity from the 1st to the 9th  Centuries. This 4-volume set is one big Biographical and Historical Dictionary containing over 8,000 pages of information on people, places, and things (Doctrines, etc...).
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• Apostolic Church Fathers - This module contains the following ancient documents:

1st Clement (To the Corinthians)

2nd Clement (To the Corinthians)

Epistles of Ignatius

Polycarp to the Philippians

Didache

The Epistle of Barnabas

The Shepherd of Hermas

The Martyrdom of Polycarp

The Epistle to Diognetus
 

• Apostolic Church Fathers - Revision of the above documents.  Includes special introduction for each ancient document, plus special Scripture Index for handy reference for each of the documents (See above)  Updated 03/05/22  -- TAB: "ApFathers" - unZIP Size: 640 kb.
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• Creeds of Christendom (3 Volume Set by Philip Schaff) 

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• Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers by Philip Schaff

PART ONE - Fourteen Volumes 1-14

Volume One - Confessions and Letters (386-430 A.D.) of Augustin
Volume Two - Augustin's "City of God" and "Christian Doctrine"

Volume Three - Augustine on Holy Trinity, Doctrinal  and Moral Treatises
Volume Four - Augustine's Writings against the Manichaeans and Donatists

Volume Five - Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian Writings

Volume Six - Augustin: Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of the Gospels,
Homilies on the Gospels
Volume Seven - Augustin: Homilies on the Gospel of John,
Homilies on the First Epistle of John

Volume Eight - Saint Augustin: Expositions on the Book of Psalms

Next Update(s) Will Include the Following:
Volume Nine - Saint Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises,
Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statues
Volume Ten - Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of Saint Matthew

Volume Eleven - Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts and Romans
Volume Twelve - Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
Volume Thirteen - Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
Volume Fourteen - Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John
and Epistle to the Hebrews

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PART TWO - Fourteen Volumes 15-28

Volume Fifteen - Eusebius: Church History, Life of Constantine the Great and
Oration in Praise of Constantine
Volume Sixteen - Socrates, Sozomenus: Church Histories

Volume Seventeen - Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus, Historical Writings
Volume Eighteen - St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters
Volume Nineteen - Gregory of Nyssa, Domatic Treatises, etc...
Volume Twenty - St Jerome: Letters and Select Works
Volume Twenty-One - S. Cyril of Jerusalem, S. Gregory Nazianzen
Volume Twenty-Two - St. Basil: Letters and Select Works
Volume Twenty-Three - St. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
Volume Twenty-Four - St. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters
Volume Twenty-Five - Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
Volume Twenty-Six - Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
Volume Twenty-Seven - Gregory the Great (Part II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat
Volume Twenty-Eight - The Seven Ecumenical Councils 
 

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• Ante-Nicene Fathers - A SwordSearcher Module In Progress (Nine large Volumes)

Ante-Nicene Fathers Module Now Includes Volumes 1-2
Volume One - Polycarp, Clement, Justin Martyr, Inenaeus and others
Volume Two - Hermas, Theophilus, Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria

Tab: "ANF" - ZIPped: 2.34 MB - unZIPped: 2.98 MB
 

• The Didache -Ancient Christian Document from the 3rd Century (16 short Chapters).
  Tab: "Didache" - ZIPped:  40 kb - unZIPped: 54 kb
   

• Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius - In this work Eusebius records the Ecclesiastical History of the
  Early Church.   Tab: "Eusebius" - ZIPped: 413 kb - unZIPped: 234 kb
   

• The Early Church, from Ignatius to Augustine - by  George Hodges © Houghton Mifflin Company in 1915.  Tab: "TEChurch" - ZIPped: 247 kb - unZIPped: 341 kb
   

• Faith and Doctrine -- The extreme views of Adventists toward the Faith and Doctrine of the Early Church Fathers is advocated in this denominational publication.
  Tab: "FthDocEC" - ZIPped: 242 kb - unZIPped: 511 kb.
   

• The Writings of Ignatius - This module includes writings by Ignatius dated from the early 2nd Century A.D.  Includes the following Epistles: To the Ephesians, To the Magnesians, To the Trallians, To the Romans, To the Phildelphians, To the Smyrnaeans, and his Epistle to Polycarp.  Tab: "Ignatius" - ZIPped: 66 kb - unZIPped: 232 kb.
   

• The Writings of Tertullian - Features five of Tertullian's best works from AD 197 to 203.  This module includes:  The Apparel of Women, To The Martyrs, Spectacles, Prayer, and Patience.
  Tab: "Tertull" - ZIPped:   140 kb - unZIPped:  370 kb.

 

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More SwordSearcher Modules Coming Soon to this Area!!

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