GTU Library - Church History

Hall of Church History — Covers all time periods and has links to many texts.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library — Large collection of classic texts.
Internet Archive of Texts and Documents — This site, a project of the History Department at Hanover College, is organized geographically and chronologically.
Internet History Sourcebooks — Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.Searching for texts can be difficult; read the search page carefully and use the HOTBOT search engine on that page.

Guide to Early Church Documents — Includes canoncial documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, and other historical texts relevant to church history.
Early Church Fathers — The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF), Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I (NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II (NPNF2).
The Fathers of the Church.
Augustine — Includes texts by and about St. Augustine.
The Rule of St. Augustine
Armarium Labyrinthi: Labyrinth Latin Bookcase.
The Gnostic Society Library — Many Gnostic texts in English.
Gregory of Nyssa Texts and Introductions — Also includes writings about Gregory of Nyssa.
The St. Pachomius Library — Includes a selection of English translations of writings of the Church Fathers, acts of the Christian martyrs, proceedings of the councils, and lives of the saints.

Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies.
ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies — A peer-reviewed academic site written and maintained by medieval scholars. You'll find essays, introductory articles, on-line encyclopedias, bibliographies, and links to related sites.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook — Includes text selections for teaching purposes, full text sources, saints' lives, and a number of supplementary documents.
Rule of St. Benedict in several languages.
Hildegard von Bingen lyrics in Latin and English

18th Century Resources — Religion & Theology — Includes Methodism, Quakerism, Judaism, Swedenborg, and more.
Religion in Victorian Britain — A hypertext encyclopedia of short articles with brief bibliographies. Links from both a topical table of contents and from within articles.
Project Wittenberg — Home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other sites.
Writings of Martin Luther — Search a selection of Luther's major works (in English) including Concerning Christian Liberty, and the Large and Small Catechisms.
Luther Bibel — German text of Luther's translation of the Bible from the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft Stuttgart.
Index Verborum — A reference guide that accesses over 323 German writings of Martin Luther, from the critical historical period of 1516 through 1525. This searchable database will facilitate scholars' ability to rapidly ascertain locations of specific words in original text sources.
Thomas Merton Internet Bibliography — Links to full texts and as well as other Thomas Merton resources.

American Memory Project — A Library of Congress historical collection that includes documents, photos, prints, maps, and motion pictures.
American History and American Studies — Yale University's American Studies Program site integrates citations to Web and print resources.
California Mission Studies Association — CMSA studies and fosters preservation of the California missions, presidios, pueblos, and ranchos and their Native American, Hispanic, and early American past. The site includes a bibliography, articles, mission directory, and news about CMSA's activities.
H-Amrel — Encourages scholarly discussion of the influence of religion upon American society from pre-colonial times to present. Sponsors a discussion list and Web links. Supported by Michigan State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Last updated August 29, 2005