Ancient Authors and Fathers of the Church
Before the Christian Era
Aristotle of Stagira
Date | Title | From |
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322 B.C. | The Role of Metaphysics in the Knowledge of Reality |
Metaphysics, II, 1; IV, 1; VI, 1 |
347-322 b.C. | The Ascension to the Prime Mover throughout the Motion's Analysis |
Metaphysics, XII, 7-9 |
Plato of Athens
Date | Title | From |
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360 b.C. | The Cause of the Origin of the World is the Goodness and the Demiurge's Goodness |
Timaeus, 29 E - 31 A |
390-360 b.C. | The Importance of Mathematics in the Education of the Philosopher |
The Republic, Book VII, 521 C - 527 D |
Hippocrates of Cos
Date | Title |
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ca. 400 B.C. | The Hippocratic Oath |
Fathers of the Church and Christian Authors
Tertullian of Carthage
Date | Title | From |
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197 | The Power of the Creator and the Explanation of Future Immortality |
Apologeticum, XLVIII, 1-12 |
197 | The True God and the False Gods, in the Light of the Cosmological Problem |
Apologeticum, X-XII |
Clement of Alexandria
Date | Title | From |
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216 | Human Knowledge Necessary for the Understanding of the Scriptures |
Stromata, I, 9. |
216 | How Philosophers Spoke of God |
Stromata, V, 12 |
216 | The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music |
Stromata, VI, 11. |
Origen of Alexandria
Date | Title | From |
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253 | Christians Observe the Sky but do not Worship it |
Against Celsus, V, 10-13 |
Lactantius
Date | Title | From |
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304-313 | On the Natural Knowledge of God |
Divine Institutes, II |
Gregory of Nyssa
Date | Title | From |
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365 | The Reasonableness of the Resurrection of the Body in relation to the Science of the Time |
On the Making of Man, 26-27. |
Athanasius of Alexandria
Date | Title | From |
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373 | The Originality of Christian Doctrine on Creation |
On the Incarnation of the Word, I, 2-3 |
373 | The Harmony of the Universe: the Work of the Logos, Who Acts as a Musician |
Contra Gentes, III, 42-44 |
Basil the Great
Date | Title | From |
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377-379 | Creation and Laws of Nature in a Commentary on Genesis |
Excerpts from Hexaemeron. |
377-379 | The Irrationality of the Horoscope and of the Astral Influences |
Excerpts from Hexaemeron. |
Augustine of Hippo
Leo The Great
Date | Title | From |
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461 | On the Feast of the Epiphany |
Sermons, XXXIV, 1-3 |
461 | The Design of God in the Incarnation |
Sermons, XXII, 1-2 |
461 | The Criticism of the Star-Worship and the Proper Role of the Creatures |
Sermons, XXVII, 1-5 |