Data and coverage

45 works are published so far, 5,762 passages in all. Search and the browse pages cover these works only. If a search finds nothing, that means nothing was found in the works listed below, in the printed text of the edition named for each; it says nothing about works not yet published.

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Published works

Work	Date	Language	Passages	Status	Text	Downloads
Didache · Anonymous · Pseudonymous	ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100)	Greek	101	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
1 Clement · Clement of Rome	ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)	Greek	400	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Epistle of Barnabas · Anonymous · Traditional ascription rejected	ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130)	Greek	194	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates · Hermas	ca. 100–150	Greek	166	Complete	Lake, LCL 25	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Shepherd of Hermas: Similitudes · Hermas	ca. 100–150	Greek	406	Complete	Lake, LCL 25	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Shepherd of Hermas: Visions · Hermas	ca. 100–150	Greek	155	Complete	Lake, LCL 25	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
2 Clement · Anonymous · Traditional ascription rejected	ca. 100–150	Greek	118	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To Polycarp · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	22	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Ephesians · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	48	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Magnesians · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	26	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Philadelphians · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	24	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Romans · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	29	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Smyrnaeans · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	29	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Trallians · Ignatius of Antioch	ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135)	Greek	30	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Philippians · Polycarp of Smyrna	ca. 110–135	Greek	38	Complete	Lake, LCL 24	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To Diognetus · Anonymous · Traditional ascription rejected	ca. 150–200 (disputed)	Greek	100	Complete	Lake, LCL 25	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
First Apology · Justin Martyr	ca. 150–155	Greek	68	Complete	Rauschen, FlorPatr 2	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Second Apology · Justin Martyr	ca. 150–160	Greek	15	Complete	Rauschen, FlorPatr 2	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Dialogue with Trypho · Justin Martyr	ca. 155–160	Greek	752	Complete	Archambault	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Martyrdom of Polycarp · Anonymous	ca. 156–160	Greek	54	Complete	Lake, LCL 25	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Oration to the Greeks · Tatian	ca. 165–172	Greek	42	Complete	Otto, CorpApol 6	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To Autolycus · Theophilus of Antioch	ca. 180–185	Greek	82	Complete	Otto, CorpApol 8	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
A Plea for the Christians · Athenagoras	ca. 176–180	Greek	38	Complete	Otto, CorpApol 7	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On the Resurrection of the Dead · Athenagoras · Authorship disputed	ca. 177–180 (if by Athenagoras)	Greek	25	Complete	Otto, CorpApol 7	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Exhortation to the Greeks · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 190–200	Greek	124	Complete	Stählin, GCS 12	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
The Instructor · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 190–200	Greek	335	Complete	Stählin, GCS 12	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Excerpts from Theodotus · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 200	Greek	249	Complete	Stählin, GCS 17	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Prophetic Extracts · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 200	Greek	166	Complete	Stählin, GCS 17	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 190–210	Greek	242	Complete	Stählin, GCS 17	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Miscellanies · Clement of Alexandria	ca. 198–203	Greek	1065	Complete	Stählin, GCS 15, 17	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Octavius · Minucius Felix	ca. 197–250	Latin	304	Complete	CSEL 2	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
The Testimony of the Soul · Tertullian	ca. 197–198	Latin	6	Complete	CSEL 20	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To the Martyrs · Tertullian	ca. 197	Latin	6	Complete	Oehler 1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On Baptism · Tertullian	ca. 198–206	Latin	20	Complete	CSEL 20	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On Patience · Tertullian	ca. 198–206	Latin	16	Complete	CSEL 47	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On Prayer · Tertullian	ca. 198–206	Latin	29	Complete	CSEL 20	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On Repentance · Tertullian	ca. 198–206	Latin	12	Complete	Oehler 1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Prescription against Heretics · Tertullian	ca. 203	Latin	44	Complete	Oehler 2	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
Against Praxeas · Tertullian	ca. 213 or later	Latin	31	Complete	CSEL 47	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To Scapula · Tertullian	212	Latin	5	Complete	Oehler 1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On the Trinity · Novatian	ca. 240–250	Latin	31	Complete	PL 3	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
To Donatus · Cyprian of Carthage	ca. 246	Latin	16	Complete	CSEL 3.1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On the Lord's Prayer · Cyprian of Carthage	ca. 252	Latin	36	Complete	CSEL 3.1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On the Lapsed · Cyprian of Carthage	251	Latin	36	Complete	CSEL 3.1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS
On the Unity of the Catholic Church · Cyprian of Carthage	251	Latin	27	Complete	CSEL 3.1	Markdown JSON BibTeX RIS

In translation

These works are prepared and being translated; they are not yet searchable.

On Idolatry (Tertullian, ca. 196–211; Latin)
On the Shows (Tertullian, ca. 197–202; Latin)
To the Nations (Tertullian, 197; Latin)
Against Marcion (Tertullian, 207/208 (third edition, completed later); Latin)
Refutation of All Heresies (Hippolytus of Rome, ca. 222–235; Greek)
On Prayer (Origen, ca. 233–234; Greek)
Exhortation to Martyrdom (Origen, 235; Greek)
Against Celsus (Origen, ca. 248; Greek)

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