Ancient Christian Writers Explained
The Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation (abbreviated as ACW) is a book series with English translations of works by early Christian writers. The translations are made from Latin and Greek.[1] The series was founded by Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe, the first volume being published in 1946.
Editors and publishers
Editors
- Vols. 1–27: Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe
- Vols. 28–33: Johannes Quasten and
- Vols. 34–46: Johannes Quasten, Walter J. Burghardt, and Thomas Comerford Lawler
- Vols. 47–53: Walter J. Burghardt and Thomas Comerford Lawler
- Vols. 54–55: Walter J. Burghardt, Thomas Comerford Lawler, and John J. Dillon
- Vols. 56–57: Walter J. Burghardt, John J. Dillon, and Dennis D. McManus
- Vols. 58–60: Walter J. Burghardt and John J. Dillon (editorial board), Dennis D. McManus (managing editor)
- Vols. 61–62: John Dillon (editorial board) and Dennis D. McManus (managing editor)
- Vol. 63: Boniface Ramsey, John Dillon, Jeremy Driscoll, Thomas Macy Finn, Thomas L. Knoebel, Joseph Lienhard, John A. McGuckin (advisory board)
Publishers
- Newman Press (earlier volumes; later an imprint of Paulist Press)
- Paulist Press (later volumes)
List of volumes
- (1946) The Epistles of St. Clement of Rome and St. Ignatius of Antioch (translated and annotated by James A. Kleist, SJ)
- (1946) St. Augustine. The First Catechetical Instruction (translated and annotated by Joseph P. Christopher)
- (1946) St. Augustine. Faith, Hope, and Charity (translated and annotated by Louis A. Arand, SS)
- (1947) Julianus Pomerius. The Contemplative Life (translated and annotated by Mary Josephine Suelzer)
- (1948) St. Augustine. The Lord's Sermon on the Mount (translated by John J. Epson, SS; introduction by Johannes Quasten; notes by Joseph C. Plumpe)
- (1948) The Didache. The Epistle of Barnabas. The Epistles and the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. The Fragments of Papias. The Epistle to Diognetus (translated and annotated by James A. Kleist, SJ)
- (1949) Arnobius of Sicca. The Case Against the Pagans. Vol. 1: Introduction, Books 1—3 (translated and annotated by George E. McCracken)
- (1949) Arnobius of Sicca. The Case Against the Pagans. Vol. 2: Books IV—VII, index (translated and annotated by George E. McCracken)
- (1950) St. Augustine. The Greatness of the Soul. The Teacher (translated and annotated by Joseph M. Colleran, CSsR)
- (1950) St. Athanasius. The Life of Saint Anthony (translated and annotated by Robert T. Meyer)
- (1950) St. Gregory the Great. Pastoral Care (translated and annotated by Henry Davis, SJ)
- (1950) St. Augustine. Against the Academics (translated and annotated by John J. O’Meara)
- (1951) Tertullian. Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage: To His Wife; An Exhortation to Chastity; Monogamy (translated and annotated by William P. Le Saint, SJ)
- (1952) St. Prosper of Aquitaine. The Call of All Nations (translated and annotated by P. De Letter, SJ)
- (1952) St. Augustine. Sermons for Christmas and Epiphany [Sermons 51, 140, 184—204 Ben.] (translated and annotated by Thomas Comerford Lawler)
- (1952) St. Irenaeus. Proof of the Apostolic Preaching (translated and annotated by Joseph P. Smith, SJ)
- (1953) The works of St. Patrick. St. Secundinus: Hymn on St. Patrick (translated and annotated by Ludwig Bieler)
- (1954) St. Gregory of Nyssa. The Lord's Prayer. The Beatitudes (translated and annotated by Hilda C. Graef)
- (1954) Origen. Prayer. Exhortation to Martyrdom (translated and annotated by John J. O’Meara)
- (1955) Rufinus. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed (translated and annotated by J.N.D. Kelly)
- (1955) St. Maximus the Confessor. The ascetic life. The four centuries on charity (translated and annotated by Polycarp Sherwood, OSB)
- (1955) St. Augustine. The problem of free choice (translated and annotated by Dom Mark Pontifex)
- (1956) Athenagoras. Embassy for the Christians. The resurrection of the dead (translated and annotated by Joseph Hugh Crehan, SJ)
- (1956) Tertullian. The treatise against Hermogenes (translated and annotated by J.H. Waszink)
- (1957) St. Cyprian. The lapsed. The unity of the Catholic Church (translated and annotated by Maurice Bévenot, SJ)
- (1957) Origen. The Song of Songs: commentary and homilies (translated and annotated by R.P. Lawson)
- (1958) St. Methodius. The symposium: a treatise on chastity (translated and annotated by Herbert Musurillo, SJ)
- (1959) Tertullian. Treatises on penance: On penitence and On purity (translated and annotated by William P. Le Saint, SJ)
- (1960) St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. I: Psalms 1–29 (translated and annotated by Dame Scholastica Hebgin and Dame Felicitas Corrigan)
- (1961) St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. II: Psalms 30–37 (translated and annotated by Dame Scholastica Hebgin and Dame Felicitas Corrigan)
- (1963) St. John Chrysostom. Baptismal instructions (translated and annotated by Paul W. Harkins)
- (1963) Prosper of Aquitaine. Defense of St. Augustine (translated and annotated by P. De Letter, SJ)
- (1963) The letters of St. Jerome. Vol. 1: Letters 1–22 (translated by Charles Christopher Mierow, introduction and notes by Thomas Comerford Lawler)
- (1965) Palladius. The Lausiac History (translated and annotated by Robert T. Meyer)
- (1966) Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Vol. 1: Letters 1–22 (translated and annotated by)
- (1967) Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Vol. 2: Letters 23–51 (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
- (1970) Firmicus Maternus. The error of the pagan religions (translated and annotated by)
- (1970) Egeria. Diary of a pilgrimage (translated and annotated by George E. Gingras)
- (1974) The Octavius of Marcus Minucius Felix (translated and annotated by)
- (1975) The Poems of St. Paulinus of Nola (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
- (1982) St. Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis. Vol. 1: Books 1—6 (translated and annotated by John Hammond Taylor, SJ)
- (1982) St. Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis. Vol. 2: Books 7–12 (translated and annotated by John Hammond Taylor, SJ)
- (1984) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 1: Letters 1–27 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
- (1984) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 2: Letters 28–54 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
- (1985) Palladius. Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom (translated and annotated by Robert T. Meyer)
- (1986) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 3: Letters 55–66 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
- (1989) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 4: Letters 67–82 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
- (1988) St. Augustine. On Faith and Works (translated and annotated by Gregory J. Lombardo, CSC, STD)
- (1988) Theodoret of Cyrus. On Divine Providence (translated and annotated by Thomas Halton)
- (1989) Sermons of St. Maximus of Turin (translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey, OP)
- (1990) Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 1: Psalms 1–50 [1–51(50)] (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
- (1991) Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 2: Psalms 51–100 [52(51)–101(100)] (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
- (1991) Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 3: Psalms 101–150 [102(101)–150] (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
- (1992) Origen. Treatise on the Passover and Dialogue of Origen with Heraclides and his Fellow Bishops on the Father, the Son, and the Soul (translated and annotated by Robert J. Daly, SJ)
- (1992) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Volume I: Book I (translated and annotated by Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap; with further revisions by John J. Dillon)
- (1997) St. Justin Martyr. The First and Second Apologies (translated with introduction and notes by Leslie William Barnard)
- (1997) John Cassian. The Conferences (translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey, OP)
- (2000) John Cassian. The Institutes (translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey, OP)
- (2003) Evagrius Ponticus. Ad monachos (translation and commentary by Jeremy Driscoll, OSB)
- (2004) Quodvultdeus of Carthage. The Creedal Homilies (translation and commentary by Thomas Macy Finn)
- (2008) Isidore of Seville. De ecclesiasticis officiis (translation and introduction by Thomas L. Knoebel)
- (2010) Origen. Homilies 1–14 on Ezekiel (translation and introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
- (2010) Julian of Toledo. Prognosticum futuri saeculi: Foreknowledge of the World to Come (translated, edited and introduced by Sergio Stancati, OP).
- (2012) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 3 (translated by Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap; with further revisions by Matthew C. Steenberg)
- (2012) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 2 (translated by Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap; with further revisions by John J. Dillon)
- (2012) St. Jerome. Commentary on Ecclesiastes (Richard J. Goodrich)
- (2013) Theodoret of Cyrus. A Cure for Pagan Maladies (translation and introduction by Thomas Halton)
- (2015) St. Jerome. Commentary on Isaiah. Including St. Jerome's translation of Origen's Homilies 1-9 on Isaiah (translated and with an Introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
- (2015) Theodore the Studite. Writing on Iconoclasn (translated and introduced by Thomas Cattoi)
- (2016) Sulpicius Severus. Complete Works (introduction, translation, and notes by Richard J. Goodrich)
- (2017) St. Jerome. Commentary on Ezekiel (translated with an introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
- (2024) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Books 4–5. (translated by Dominic J. Unger, OFM Cap; with further revisions by Scott D. Moringiello)
- (2018) Isidore of Seville. Sententiae (translated and with notes by Thomas L. Knoebel)
- (2020) The Teachings of the Desert Fathers: Verba Seniorum III, VI, and VII (translated and introduced by Richard J. Goodrich)
- (2018) Chromatius of Aquileia. Sermons and Tractates on Matthew (translated and introduced by Thomas P. Scheck)
- (2022) Pelagius. Commentaries on the Thirteen Epistles of Paul with the Libellus fidei (translated and introduced by Thomas P. Scheck)
- (2024) St. Jerome. Commentary on Daniel (translated with an introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
See also
Sources
Notes and References
- Vol. 16 is translated from Classical Armenian.