Sources

Scripture and its versionsTranslations and editions of the Bible cited as documents in their own right.

The Septuagint3rd–2nd century BC · ebible.org
Novum Instrumentum omne (1516)Edited and translated by Erasmus of Rotterdam · Printed at Basel, February 1516 · e-rara.ch
Das Newe Testament Deutzsch (the September Testament, 1522)Translated by Martin Luther · Printed at Wittenberg, September 1522 · digital.pitts.emory.edu
The Cologne Fragment of Tyndale’s New Testament (1525)Translated by William Tyndale · Printed at Cologne, 1525 · archive.org
The New Testament in English (Worms, 1526)Translated by William Tyndale · Printed at Worms, 1526 · wiki.wlb-stuttgart.de
Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch (1534)Translated by Martin Luther and his colleagues at Wittenberg · Printed at Wittenberg, 1534 · st.museum-digital.de
The Holy Bible (King James Version), with its preface “The Translators to the Reader”The translators appointed by James I · 1611 · en.wikisource.org

InscriptionsTexts cut in stone or pressed in clay by the rulers and officials of the time.

The Merneptah Stele (Israel Stela)Issued in the name of Merneptah · c. 1208 BC (year 5 of Merneptah) · globalegyptianmuseum.org
Quarry Stela of Shoshenq I at Gebel es-Silsila (No. 100)Set up by Haremsaf, chief of works of Shoshenq I · Year 21 of Shoshenq I, c. 925 BC · archive.org
Stela Fragment of Shoshenq I from MegiddoSet up for Shoshenq I · c. 925 BC · isac.uchicago.edu
The Bubastite Portal at Karnak (Triumphal Relief of Shoshenq I)Carved for Shoshenq I · c. 925 BC, in or soon after year 21 of Shoshenq I · isac.uchicago.edu
Annals of Shalmaneser III (Other Copies)Issued in the name of Shalmaneser III · 858–824 BC · oracc.museum.upenn.edu
The Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser IIIIssued in the name of Shalmaneser III · 853 or 852 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone)Set up by Mesha, king of Moab · Second half of the ninth century BC · collections.louvre.fr
The Tel Dan Stele (“House of David” Inscription)Set up by a king of Aram-Damascus, probably Hazael · Second half of the ninth century BC · imj.org.il
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser IIIIssued in the name of Shalmaneser III · c. 825 BC · britishmuseum.org
Summary Inscription 7 of Tiglath-pileser III (Nimrud Tablet K 3751)Issued in the name of Tiglath-pileser III · c. 729 BC · oracc.museum.upenn.edu
The Great Display Inscription of Sargon IIIssued in the name of Sargon II · 707–706 BC · oracc.museum.upenn.edu
The Nimrud Prism of Sargon IIIssued in the name of Sargon II · c. 706 BC · oracc.museum.upenn.edu
The Siloam Inscriptionc. 700 BC · en.wikisource.org
The Annals of Sennacherib (Taylor Prism)Issued in the name of Sennacherib · 691 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Nabonidus Cylinder from UrIssued in the name of Nabonidus · Reign of Nabonidus, 556–539 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Cyrus CylinderIssued in the name of Cyrus II · Shortly after 539 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Verse Account of NabonidusShortly after 539 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Behistun InscriptionIssued in the name of Darius I · c. 520–518 BC · livius.org
The Daiva Inscription of Xerxes (XPh)Issued in the name of Xerxes I · Reign of Xerxes I, 486–465 BC · livius.org
Res Gestae Divi AugustiAugustus · AD 14 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Pilate StoneSet up in the name of Pontius Pilate · AD 26–36 · imj.org.il
The Dedicatory Inscription of the Aqua ClaudiaSet up in the name of the emperor Claudius · AD 52 · wiki.eagle-network.eu
The Gallio Inscription from DelphiIssued in the name of the emperor Claudius · AD 52 · ascsa.edu.gr
Building Inscriptions of Flavius Silva at Urbs Salvia (AE 1969/70, 183)Set up by L. Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus · After the death of Titus in AD 81, since he is called "deified" · edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
The Arch of ConstantineDedicated by the Senate and People of Rome · Dedicated AD 315 · web.archive.org
Inscription of Ezana in Greek, Sabaean script and Ge’ez (RIÉ 185 and 270)Set up in the name of Ezana, king of Aksum · Mid-fourth century AD · betamasaheft.eu
Greek inscription of Ezana with a Trinitarian opening (RIÉ 271)Set up in the name of Ezana, king of Aksum · Mid-fourth century AD · betamasaheft.eu
Inscription of Sharah’il Yaqbal at Bir Hima (Ja 1028)Set up by Sharah’il Yaqbal dhu-Yaz’an, an officer of King Yusuf As’ar Yath’ar · Dated dhu-Madhra'an 633 of the Himyarite era: July AD 523, or 518 on another reckoning · dasi.cnr.it
Inscription of Sumyafa’ Ashwa’ at Husn al-Ghurab (CIH 621)Set up by Sumyafa’ Ashwa’ and his sons · Dated dhu-Hillatan 640 of the Himyarite era: February AD 530 on the usual reckoning · dasi.cnr.it
The Xi’an SteleText composed by the monk Jingjing (Adam) · AD 781 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Kollam (Tarisappalli) Copper PlatesIssued by Ayyan Adigal Tiruvadi, governor of Venad · Ninth or early tenth century; the fifth year of King Sthanu Ravi · archive.org

ArtifactsObjects that carry evidence: tablets, seals, monuments.

The Lachish Reliefsc. 700–692 BC · britishmuseum.org
Jehoiachin’s Ration Tabletsc. 595–570 BC · search.smb.museum
The Murashû Archive from NippurDated by the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II (465–404 BC) · archive.org
Coins of King Gondophares in the British MuseumStruck in the name of Gondophares · Not later than the middle of the first century AD, according to the catalogue · archive.org
The Caiaphas OssuaryFirst century AD · imj.org.il
The Arch of TitusAfter AD 81, under Domitian · web.archive.org
Bronze Coin of Bar Kokhba, Year OneStruck by the rebel administration of Shim’on bar Kosiba · AD 132–133 · harvardartmuseums.org
Wall Paintings from the Cathedral of FarasEighth to fourteenth centuries AD · mnw.art.pl
The Gutenberg Bible (42-line Bible)c. 1454–1455, not after August 1456 · gutenberg-digital.p.sub.uni-goettingen.de
Official Program for the March on Washington28 August 1963 · archives.gov

ManuscriptsSurviving handwritten copies of biblical and other texts.

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood Tablet)7th century BC (this copy) · britishmuseum.org
The Dead Sea Scrolls from the Qumran Caves3rd century BC – 1st century AD · deadseascrolls.org.il
11QMelchizedek (11Q13)Copy of the Hasmonean period (2nd–1st century BC) · deadseascrolls.org.il
Papyrus Rylands 4582nd century BC · digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk
The Damascus Document2nd–1st century BC; oldest copy 1st century BC · deadseascrolls.org.il
The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ)c. 125 BC · imj.org.il
The Community Rule (1QS)Copy of c. 100–75 BC · imj.org.il
The Prayer of Nabonidus (4Q242)Copy of the 1st century BC · deadseascrolls.org.il
Papyrus 52 (Rylands Greek P 457)2nd century AD · digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk
The Muratorian FragmentList: c. AD 170–200 (disputed); manuscript: AD 676–750 · ambrosiana.comperio.it
Papyrus 46c. AD 200 or third century · apps.lib.umich.edu
Certificate of Sacrifice from Theadelphia (P.Mich. inv. 262)June AD 250 · apps.lib.umich.edu
The Gospel according to Thomas (Nag Hammadi Codex II, 2)Coptic copy of the 4th or 5th century · gospels.net
The Nag Hammadi Codices4th century AD · ccdl.claremont.edu
Codex SinaiticusMiddle of the fourth century AD · codexsinaiticus.org
Codex Argenteus (the Silver Bible)Early sixth century AD · uu.se
Autograph Manuscript of the Imitation of Christ (1441)Written out by Thomas à Kempis · 1441 · archive.org
History of Joseph Smith (about 1832)Joseph Smith · c. summer 1832 · josephsmithpapers.org
Information on an Unauthorised Demonstration in the City Centre of Leipzig on 9 October 1989Ministry for State Security of the GDR, Leipzig district administration (Manfred Hummitzsch) · 9 October 1989 · stasi-mediathek.de

ChroniclesYear-by-year records kept close to the events.

The Assyrian Eponym ChronicleCovers 858–699 BC · livius.org
Babylonian Chronicle 3 (the Fall of Nineveh Chronicle)Copied c. 550–400 BC; covers 616–609 BC · britishmuseum.org
Babylonian Chronicle 5 (the Jerusalem Chronicle)Copied c. 550–400 BC; covers 605–594 BC · britishmuseum.org
Babylonian Chronicle 1 (from Nabonassar to Shamash-shuma-ukin)Copy dated 500/499 BC; covers 747–668 BC · livius.org
The Nabonidus Chronicle (Babylonian Chronicle 7)Copy of the 3rd–2nd century BC; covers 556–539 BC · britishmuseum.org
The Chronograph of 354AD 354 · tertullian.org
ChronicleJerome, translating and continuing Eusebius of Caesarea · c. AD 380 · tertullian.org
ChronicleProsper of Aquitaine · c. AD 433–455 · archive.org
Fasti Vindobonenses prioresAfter AD 493, from older consular lists · archive.org
ChronicleMarcellinus Comes · First edition to AD 518, continued by the author to 534 and by another hand to 548 · thelatinlibrary.com
Liber Pontificalis (The Book of the Popes)First compiled c. AD 530; continued to the late ninth century · archive.org
The Chronicle of EdessaSixth century, after AD 540, using older city records · tertullian.org
Anonymus Valesianus, Latter Part (Chronica Theodericiana)c. AD 550 · penelope.uchicago.edu
ChronicleJohn of Biclaro · c. AD 590 · archive.org
The Conversion of Kartli (Moktsevay Kartlisay)Georgian; in a manuscript of the ninth or tenth century, from older material · archive.org
Chronicon Paschale (The Easter Chronicle)c. AD 630 · archive.org
Annals of Lorsch (Annales Laureshamenses)Ends with AD 803 · archive.org
Royal Frankish Annalsc. AD 787–829 · thelatinlibrary.com
Chronicle (Chronographia)Theophanes the Confessor · c. AD 810–814 · archive.org
Annals of St BertinPrudentius of Troyes and Hincmar of Reims · AD 830–882 · dmgh.de
The Anglo-Saxon Chroniclec. 890–1154 · avalon.law.yale.edu
Tang Huiyao (Institutional History of the Tang)Compiled by Wang Pu · Presented AD 961, from two earlier compilations made under the Tang · zh.wikisource.org
Continuation of Regino’s ChronicleAdalbert of Magdeburg (attributed) · AD 960s · dmgh.de
ChronicleThietmar of Merseburg · AD 1012–1018 · dmgh.de
ChronicleHermann of Reichenau · completed AD 1054 · dmgh.de
ChronicleBernold of Constance · c. 1073–1100 · dmgh.de
AnnalsLampert of Hersfeld · c. 1077–1080 · dmgh.de
Annals of the Kraków Chaptertwelfth and thirteenth centuries · dmgh.de
ChronicleEkkehard of Aura · c. 1105–1125 · dmgh.de
Deeds of the Princes of the PolesAnonymous, known as Gallus · c. AD 1115 · dmgh.de
Primary Chronicle (Tale of Bygone Years)c. AD 1113–1116 · mgh-bibliothek.de
Old Kraków Annalsmanuscript of AD 1122 · dmgh.de
ChronicleRoger of Hoveden · c. 1192–1201 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Annals of Pressburgmanuscript of the early thirteenth century · dmgh.de
Chronicle of Laonc. 1218 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Flowers of HistoryRoger of Wendover · To 1235 · archive.org
ChronicleWilliam Pelhisson · Mid-thirteenth century · archive.org
New Chronicle (Nuova Cronica)Giovanni Villani · Begun in 1300 · gutenberg.org
Chronicle (second continuation of the chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis)Jean de Venette (attributed) · Mid-fourteenth century, ending in 1368 · archive.org
ChronicleHenry Knighton · late fourteenth century · archive.org
German Chronicle of StrasbourgJacob of Königshofen · Late fourteenth and early fifteenth century · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Fasciculi Zizaniorumlate fourteenth to early fifteenth century · archive.org
Chronicle of the Old College of Prague (Chronicon veteris collegiati Pragensis)Covers 1419–1441 · archive.org
Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St AgnesThomas à Kempis, with an anonymous continuation · Fifteenth century, continued to 1477 · archive.org
Hussite Chronicle (De gestis et variis accidentibus regni Boemiae)Lawrence of Březová · Covers 1414–1422 · archive.org
The Annals of UlsterManuscripts of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, compiled from older annals · celt.ucc.ie
Diary of the Siege of ConstantinopleNicolò Barbaro · 1453 · deremilitari.org
ChronicleGeorge Sphrantzes · by about 1477 · deremilitari.org
History of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and IsabellaAndrés Bernáldez · Late fifteenth and early sixteenth century · archive.org
Chronicle of King John IIRui de Pina · early sixteenth century · archive.org
A Chronicle of England during the Reigns of the TudorsCharles Wriothesley · A contemporary record from about 1520 to 1559 · archive.org
DiaryGeorg Spalatin · Entry of 11 August 1526 · archive.org
Registers of the Council and of the Company of Pastors of GenevaThe secretaries of the Council and of the Company of Pastors · Entries of 1536–1564 · archive.org
The Chronicle of the Hutterian BrethrenBegun by Kaspar Braitmichel and continued by others · Begun in the sixteenth century; carried down to 1665 · archive.org
The Diary of Henry MachynHenry Machyn · 1550–1563 · british-history.ac.uk
Relations of Russia with the East in Church AffairsRecords of the tsar’s foreign office, edited by Andrei Nikolaevich Muravyov · Records of 1588–1593; published 1858 · azbyka.ru
Abridged Chronicle of the Kings of EthiopiaCompiled probably 1729–1753 from court annals · archive.org
The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles)The Apostolic Faith Mission, 312 Azusa Street · September 1906 – May 1908 · apostolicfaith.org
The Korea Mission Field1907 (volume 3) · archive.org
Diaries of Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber, 1911–1952Michael von Faulhaber · 1911–1952 · faulhaber-edition.de
1989: The Year of Revolutions – A Look Back 20 Years OnEuropean Parliament, Press Service · 26 August 2009 · europarl.europa.eu
Directory of Members of the European ParliamentEuropean Parliament · Record of the eighth parliamentary term, 2014–2019 · europarl.europa.eu
Journal of the House of LordsHouse of Lords · british-history.ac.uk
Significant Dates in the History of the Syro-Malabar ChurchSyro-Malabar Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle, Melbourne · syromalabar.org.au

HistoriesNarrative works by ancient and medieval historians.

HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430–420 BC · penelope.uchicago.edu
Cyropaedia (The Education of Cyrus)Xenophon · c. 370–360 BC · perseus.tufts.edu
The HistoriesPolybius · c. 150–118 BC · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Jewish WarFlavius Josephus · c. AD 75–79 · lexundria.com
Jewish AntiquitiesFlavius Josephus · AD 93–94 · lexundria.com
The Life of Flavius JosephusFlavius Josephus · c. AD 94–100 · lexundria.com
HistoriesTacitus · c. AD 100–110 · penelope.uchicago.edu
AnnalsTacitus · c. AD 115–120 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Anabasis of AlexanderArrian · 2nd century AD · en.wikisource.org
The Lives of the Twelve CaesarsSuetonius · c. AD 120 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Martyrdom of Justin and His CompanionsAfter c. AD 165 · newadvent.org
Roman HistoryCassius Dio · c. AD 200–235 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Passion of Perpetua and FelicityShortly after the martyrdom, c. AD 203–210 · newadvent.org
The Proconsular Acts of CyprianAD 257–258, with a narrative frame added soon after · archive.org
The Life and Passion of CyprianPontius the Deacon · Soon after AD 258 · newadvent.org
Historia AugustaFourth century AD · penelope.uchicago.edu
Church HistoryEusebius of Caesarea · c. AD 311–325, in successive editions · newadvent.org
The Martyrs of PalestineEusebius of Caesarea · Soon after AD 311 · ccel.org
On the Deaths of the PersecutorsLactantius · c. AD 313–316 · newadvent.org
Itinerary from Bordeaux to JerusalemAn anonymous pilgrim from Bordeaux · AD 333 · archive.org
Life of ConstantineEusebius of Caesarea · AD 337–339 · newadvent.org
Life of Pachomius (Latin version of Dionysius Exiguus)Anonymous Greek author; Latin translation by Dionysius Exiguus · Greek original late fourth century; this Latin version early sixth century · archive.org
Life of AntonyAthanasius of Alexandria · c. AD 356–362 · newadvent.org
Life of MacrinaGregory of Nyssa · c. AD 380–383 · tertullian.org
Res Gestae (History)Ammianus Marcellinus · c. AD 380–395 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Origin of the Emperor ConstantineAnonymous (the Anonymus Valesianus, first part) · Fourth century, perhaps c. AD 390 · penelope.uchicago.edu
On Illustrious MenJerome · AD 392–393 · newadvent.org
Chronicle (Sacred History)Sulpicius Severus · c. AD 400–404 · newadvent.org
Church HistoryRufinus of Aquileia · c. AD 401–403 · archive.org
Dialogue on the Life of John ChrysostomPalladius of Helenopolis · c. AD 408 · tertullian.org
Seven Books of History against the PagansPaulus Orosius · c. AD 417 · attalus.org
Lausiac HistoryPalladius of Helenopolis · c. AD 419–420 · tertullian.org
Church History (epitome by Photius)Philostorgius · First half of the fifth century; summarised in the ninth · tertullian.org
Life of AugustinePossidius of Calama · c. AD 431–439 · tertullian.org
Church HistorySocrates of Constantinople · c. AD 439–443 · newadvent.org
Church HistorySozomen · c. AD 439–450 · newadvent.org
Church HistoryTheodoret of Cyrrhus · c. AD 449–450 · newadvent.org
History of the ArmeniansAgathangelos · Second half of the fifth century · livius.org
The Syriac Chronicle Known as That of Zachariah of MityleneZachariah the Rhetor, in an anonymous Syriac compilation · Greek original between AD 491 and 518; Syriac compilation completed AD 569 · tertullian.org
New HistoryZosimus · c. AD 500 · tertullian.org
Life of Saint SeverinusEugippius · AD 511 · tertullian.org
The Book of the HimyaritesSoon after AD 525, by its editor's judgment; manuscript dated AD 932 · archive.org
BuildingsProcopius of Caesarea · c. AD 550–560 · penelope.uchicago.edu
History of the WarsProcopius of Caesarea · Mid sixth century, c. AD 550–554 · penelope.uchicago.edu
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths (Getica)Jordanes · c. AD 551 · thelatinlibrary.com
Lives of the Eastern SaintsJohn of Ephesus · Soon after AD 565 · archive.org
Histories (History of the Franks)Gregory of Tours · c. AD 575–594 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Ecclesiastical History, Part ThreeJohn of Ephesus · c. AD 585 · tertullian.org
DialoguesGregory the Great · c. AD 593 · tertullian.org
Ecclesiastical HistoryEvagrius Scholasticus · c. AD 593–594 · tertullian.org
History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and SuevesIsidore of Seville · Soon after AD 621 · thelatinlibrary.com
Life of Saint PatrickMuirchú moccu Machthéni · Late seventh century, before AD 700 · confessio.ie
Life of Saint ColumbaAdomnán of Iona · c. AD 690–704 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Life of Bishop WilfridStephen of Ripon (Eddius Stephanus) · c. AD 710–720 · archive.org
Ecclesiastical History of the English PeopleBede · AD 731 · gutenberg.org
Life of Saint BonifaceWillibald · c. AD 755–768 · archive.org
The Life of St. NinoGeorgian; oldest manuscript used by the translators of the ninth or tenth century · archive.org
Life of Charlemagne (Vita Karoli Magni)Einhard · After AD 814, in the reign of Louis the Pious · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Life of AnskarRimbert · c. AD 865–876 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Life of Constantine the Philosopher (Cyril)after AD 869 · archive.org
Life of Methodiussoon after AD 885 · archive.org
The Conquest of the Lands (Futuh al-Buldan)al-Baladhuri · Before AD 892 · archive.org
History of the Prophets and Kingsal-Tabari · Completed c. AD 915 · archive.org
Chronographia (Theophanes Continuatus)Anonymous continuators of Theophanes · c. AD 950 · archive.org
Deeds of Otto (Liber de rebus gestis Ottonis)Liudprand of Cremona · c. AD 964–965 · archive.org
HistoryLeo the Deacon · c. AD 995 · archive.org
HistoryYahya of Antioch · early eleventh century · archive.org
Brief and Succinct Account (Brevis et succincta commemoratio)Humbert of Silva Candida (attributed) · AD 1054 · archive.org
ChronographiaMichael Psellus · c. AD 1060–1078 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Greater Legend of Saint Stephenlate eleventh century · dmgh.de
Gesta Francorumc. 1100 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
History of the Franks Who Captured JerusalemRaymond of Aguilers · c. 1099–1105 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Life of AnselmEadmer of Canterbury · c. 1100–1125 · archive.org
Life of King StephenHartvic · c. AD 1100–1116 · dmgh.de
History of the Expedition to JerusalemFulcher of Chartres · c. 1101–1127 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
History of JerusalemRobert the Monk · By about 1107 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
History of JerusalemBaldric of Dol · After 1107 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Deeds of God through the FranksGuibert of Nogent · c. 1108–1112 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Exordium ParvumFirst half of the twelfth century; date debated · klastervyssibrod.cz
History of the Journey to JerusalemAlbert of Aachen · Between about 1120 and 1150 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Íslendingabók (Book of the Icelanders)Ari Thorgilsson · AD 1122–1133 · vsnr.org
First Life of Bernard (Vita Prima)William of Saint-Thierry, Arnold of Bonneval and Geoffrey of Auxerre · c. 1147–1156 · archive.org
AlexiadAnna Komnene · c. 1148 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Life of Saint ThomasEdward Grim · c. 1171–1177 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
De nugis curialium (Courtiers’ Trifles)Walter Map · c. 1181–1193 · archive.org
HistoryNiketas Choniates · Early thirteenth century · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Conquest of ConstantinopleGeoffrey of Villehardouin · After 1207 · archive.org
Song of the Albigensian CrusadeWilliam of Tudela · c. 1210–1213 · archive.org
History of the AlbigensiansPeter of les Vaux-de-Cernay · c. 1212–1218 · archive.org
The Conquest of ConstantinopleRobert of Clari · In or after 1216 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
First Life of Saint FrancisThomas of Celano · 1228–1229 · archive.org
Little Book on the Beginnings of the Order of Preachers (Libellus)Jordan of Saxony · c. 1232–1234 · archive.org
History of the Mongols (Ystoria Mongalorum)John of Plano Carpini · c. 1247 · archive.org
Journey to the Eastern Parts of the World (Itinerarium)William of Rubruck · c. 1255 · archive.org
The Life of Saint ClareAnonymous; ascribed to Thomas of Celano · 1255–1261 · archive.org
The Travels of Marco PoloMarco Polo, written down by Rustichello of Pisa · 1298 · gutenberg.org
HistoryGeorge Pachymeres · c. AD 1308 · archive.org
History of Mar Yahballaha III and of Rabban SaumaAfter 1317 · archive.org
Life of Saint Thomas AquinasWilliam of Tocco · c. 1318–1323 · archive.org
The DecameronGiovanni Boccaccio · Soon after 1348 · gutenberg.org
Life of Lalibela (Gadla Lalibela)Before the fifteenth century; date of composition unknown · archive.org
Account of the Trial and Death of Master Jan HusPeter of Mladoňovice · c. 1415 · archive.org
Life of Sergius of RadonezhEpiphanius the Wise; reworked by Pachomius the Serb · 1417–1418; reworked c. 1440–1459 · azbyka.ru
Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewijns and Their FollowersThomas à Kempis · After 1439 · archive.org
HistoryDoukas · c. 1462 · archive.org
History of Mehmed the ConquerorKritoboulos of Imbros · c. 1467 · deremilitari.org
De Orbe Novo (Decades of the New World)Peter Martyr d’Anghiera · 1493–1494 (Decade 1, books 1–2) · gutenberg.org
The Prester John of the Indies (Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia)Francisco Álvares · Journey in the 1520s · archive.org
Acts and Deeds of Dr Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms1521 · archive.org
Life of Huldrych ZwingliOswald Myconius · 1532 · archive.org
A Short Account of the Destruction of the IndiesBartolomé de Las Casas · Written 1542; printed 1552 · archive.org
History of the Life and Acts of Martin LutherPhilip Melanchthon · 1546 · projectwittenberg.org
Commentaries on the Acts and Writings of Martin LutherJohannes Cochlaeus · 1549 · archive.org
History of the IndiesBartolomé de Las Casas · Put into its present form from about 1552; first printed 1875 · archive.org
AutobiographyIgnatius of Loyola, as taken down by Luis Gonçalves da Câmara · Dictated between 1553 and 1555 · gutenberg.org
The Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam Roper · Written about 1555; first printed 1626 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The History of the Reformation of Religion within the Realm of ScotlandJohn Knox · 1559–1571 · gutenberg.org
Acts and MonumentsJohn Foxe · 1563; enlarged editions in 1570, 1576 and 1583 · archive.org
The Book of the FoundationsTeresa of Ávila · 1573–1582 · archive.org
A Briefe Historie of the Glorious Martyrdom of Twelve Reverend PriestsWilliam Allen · 1582 · archive.org
Account of the Twenty-Six Crucified at NagasakiLuís Fróis · 1597 · archive.org
Memoirs of Marguerite de ValoisMarguerite de Valois · Written before 1615; first printed 1628 · gutenberg.org
History of His Own TimeJacques-Auguste de Thou · Early seventeenth century · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Sum and Substance of the Conference at Hampton CourtWilliam Barlow · 1604 · archive.org
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events of the Philippine Islands)Antonio de Morga · Printed at Mexico, 1609 · gutenberg.org
De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas (On the Christian Expedition among the Chinese)Matteo Ricci, edited and put into Latin by Nicolas Trigault · Finished by Ricci shortly before his death in 1610; published in Latin 1615 · archive.org
Annals of the Reign of ElizabethWilliam Camden · 1615 (to 1588) and 1625 (complete) · philological.cal.bham.ac.uk
Account of the Defenestration of Prague, 23 May 1618after May 1618 · germanhistorydocs.org
A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation at Plymouth (Mourt’s Relation)Edward Winslow, William Bradford and others · 1622 · archive.org
History of the Siege, Capture and Destruction of MagdeburgOtto Guericke · after 1631 · germanhistorydocs.org
True Description of the Great and Bloody Battle near the Town of Lützen (broadsheet)1632 · de.wikisource.org
A Voyage to AbyssiniaJerónimo Lobo · Written between 1634 and 1678; French version 1728; English 1735 · gutenberg.org
Of Plymouth PlantationWilliam Bradford · written over many years; parts dated by the author to about 1645–1646 · gutenberg.org
Nican MopohuaPrinted by Luis Laso de la Vega; authorship disputed · Printed 1649; date of composition disputed · pages.ucsd.edu
Annales ecclesiastici (continuation from 1198)Odorico Raynaldi · Mid-seventeenth century · archive.org
Prima speditione all’Indie OrientaliGiuseppe di Santa Maria (Sebastiani) · Written about 1659, printed 1666 · archive.org
Martyrs MirrorThieleman J. van Braght · 1660 · archive.org
The Travels of the Jesuits in EthiopiaBalthazar Tellez · Portuguese original 1660; English version 1710 · archive.org
The Journal of George FoxGeorge Fox · First printed 1694 · ccel.org
Brevis Relatio (A Short Account of the Declaration of the Emperor of China on the Honours Paid to Heaven, Confucius and the Ancestors)Jesuit missionaries at Beijing · Declaration of 30 November 1700; this reprint 1703 · archive.org
The Footsteps of Divine ProvidenceAugust Hermann Francke · 1701, continued 1702; in English from 1705; edition cited 1787 · archive.org
The Journal of John WesleyJohn Wesley · Entries from October 1735 · ccel.org
JournalsGeorge Whitefield · Printed in parts, 1738–1741 · archive.org
Life and Writings of the Moldavian Elder Paisius Velichkovskyletters of the 1780s and 1790s; Life written after 1794; published Moscow, 1847 · azbyka.ru
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the AfricanOlaudah Equiano · 1789 · gutenberg.org
Periodical Accounts Relative to the Baptist Missionary SocietyBaptist Missionary Society · volume 1, 1800 · archive.org
The History of the Clergy during the French RevolutionAugustin Barruel · London, 1794 (English translation of the French original) · archive.org
Reports of the British and Foreign Bible SocietyBritish and Foreign Bible Society · first five annual reports, 1805–1809; collected 1810 · archive.org
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British ParliamentThomas Clarkson · 1808; revised edition 1839 · gutenberg.org
The History of the Origin and First Ten Years of the British and Foreign Bible SocietyJohn Owen · 1816 · archive.org
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard AllenRichard Allen · written before 1831; published Philadelphia, 1833 · web.archive.org
The Memorial-Days of the Renewed Church of the BrethrenMoravian Church (Unity of the Brethren) · English edition 1822 · archive.org
A History of the Church of RussiaAndrei Nikolaevich Muravyov · 1838; English translation 1842 · archive.org
History of Joseph Smith (begun 1838)Joseph Smith · Begun in 1838; the first manuscript volume written 1839–1843 · josephsmithpapers.org
The Life of William WilberforceRobert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce · 1838 · archive.org
Church History (the Wentworth letter)Joseph Smith · 1 March 1842 · josephsmithpapers.org
The Biography of Eld. Barton Warren Stone, Written by HimselfBarton W. Stone, with additions by John Rogers · written about 1843; published Cincinnati, 1847 · archive.org
The Taeping Rebellion in ChinaLindesay Brine · 1862 · archive.org
Apologia pro Vita SuaJohn Henry Newman · 1864; revised 1865 · newmanreader.org
The Autobiography of the Chung-WangLi Xiucheng · 1864; English translation 1865 · archive.org
Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic ManuscriptConstantin von Tischendorf · 1866 · archive.org
Lingerings of Light in a Dark LandThomas Whitehouse · 1873 · archive.org
Histoire de l’Église de CoréeCharles Dallet · 1874 · archive.org
The True Story of the Vatican CouncilHenry Edward Manning · 1877 · archive.org
Memoir of Henry VennWilliam Knight · 1882 · archive.org
James Hannington, First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa: A History of His Life and Work, 1847–1885E. C. Dawson · 1887 · archive.org
Two Kings of Uganda; or, Life by the Shores of Victoria NyanzaRobert P. Ashe · 1889 · archive.org
The Oxford Movement: Twelve Years, 1833–1845R. W. Church · 1891 · gutenberg.org
The Story of the China Inland MissionM. Geraldine Guinness · 1893–1894 · archive.org
A RetrospectJames Hudson Taylor · 1894 · gutenberg.org
Life of Edward Bouverie PuseyHenry Parry Liddon · c. 1894 · anglicanhistory.org
Sketch of the History of the American Orthodox Mission (the Kodiak Mission, 1794–1837)Valaam Monastery · St Petersburg, 1894, printing letters of 1795–1867 · archive.org
The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and Its WorkEugene Stock · 1899 · archive.org
The Black Bishop: Samuel Adjai CrowtherJesse Page · 1908 · archive.org
The Korea Pentecost and Other Experiences on the Mission FieldWilliam Newton Blair · 1910 · archive.org
The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, Founder of the Salvation ArmyGeorge Scott Railton · 1912 · gutenberg.org
The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915–16Viscount Bryce and Arnold J. Toynbee · 1916 · archive.org
The ‘Prophet Movement’ in CongoP. H. J. Lerrigo · 1922 · archive.org
How Pentecost Came to Los AngelesFrank Bartleman · 1925 · ccel.org
A Church Is Born: film and commentary on the inauguration of the Church of South IndiaIndia Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America · c. 1947–1948 · exhibitions.library.columbia.edu
Documents of the Three-Self Movement: Source Materials for the Study of the Protestant Church in Communist ChinaEdited by Francis P. Jones, with Wallace C. Merwin · 1963 · archive.org
The Spirit Bade Me Go: The Astounding Move of God in the Denominational ChurchesDavid J. du Plessis · 1963 · archive.org
Martin Luther King Jr.: FactsThe Nobel Foundation · Laureate record for the Nobel Peace Prize 1964, as published online · nobelprize.org
Kimbangu (Simon), in Biographie Belge d’Outre-Mer, vol. VIJules Chomé · Dated 25 April 1966; published 1968 · kaowarsom.be
Nine O’Clock in the MorningDennis J. Bennett · 1970 · archive.org
Act of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Canonization of Saint InnocentHoly Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church · 6 October 1977 · oca.org
The Nag Hammadi Library in English: IntroductionJames M. Robinson · 1977 · archive.org
Desmond Tutu: FactsThe Nobel Foundation · Laureate record for the Nobel Peace Prize 1984, as published online · nobelprize.org
Much Beloved Daughter: The Story of Florence LiFlorence Tim Oi Li and Ted Harrison · 1985 · archive.org
From Madness to Hope: The 12-Year War in El SalvadorCommission on the Truth for El Salvador · 15 March 1993 · documents.un.org
Biographical Profiles of the PopesThe Holy See · Published online 1997–2019 · vatican.va
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa ReportTruth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa · Presented 29 October 1998 · justice.gov.za
Biographical Notes on the CardinalsHoly See Press Office · Kept up to date; read in October 2026 · press.vatican.va
Masada (UNESCO World Heritage List, no. 1040)UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Inscribed 2001 · whc.unesco.org
Church allowed abuse by priest for yearsThe Boston Globe Spotlight Team · 6 January 2002 · bostonglobe.com
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474–1548): BiographyThe Holy See · 2002 · vatican.va
The Sexual Abuse of Children in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston: A Report by the Attorney GeneralOffice of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts · 23 July 2003 · web.archive.org
Le Kimbanguisme a quatre-vingt-trois ansNduku-Fessau Badze · 2004 · web.archive.org
The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, 1950–2002John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York · February 2004 · usccb.org
Study of Belhar Confession Urged (The Banner)Dan Postma · News item of July 2007, posted online 18 January 2011 · thebanner.org
History of the Catholic Church in KoreaCatholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea · 2009 · cbck.or.kr
Into the Big Tent: Billy Graham and the 1949 Los Angeles CampaignBilly Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College · Online exhibit, 2009 · web.archive.org
Pfarrer Christian Führer erinnert sich an den 9. Oktober 1989Christian Führer · Published 7 February 2009 · sonntagsblatt.de
Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child AbuseCommission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ireland) · 2009 · childabusecommission.ie
The Norms of the Motu Proprio Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela (2001): Historical IntroductionCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 2010 · vatican.va
天主教、基督教开展“三自”爱国运动 (The Catholic and Protestant churches launch the “Three-Self” patriotic movement)United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China · Web page, undated; read in 2026 · cpc.people.com.cn
John Stott Dies Aged 90The Lausanne Movement · July 2011 · lausanne.org
Biography of Pope FrancisThe Holy See · 2013; revised after his death in 2025 · vatican.va
History of the World Council of ChurchesWorld Council of Churches · Web page, current in 2026 · oikoumene.org
124 Korean Martyr BlessedsCatholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea · c. 2014 · cbck.or.kr
Schwerter und PflugscharenRichard Schröder · 5 October 2014 · germanhistorydocs.org
Notices of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los AngelesCoptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii · Web pages; the notice cited is dated 21 February 2015 · lacopts.org
Profiles of Saints and BlessedsDicastery for the Causes of Saints · Published online with the decrees of 2015–2021 · causesanti.va
Lutherans and Catholics gather in Lund for joint service to overcome past divisionsThe Lutheran World Federation · 1 November 2016 · lutheranworld.org
Towards the CouncilArchbishop Job of Telmessos · 2016 · holycouncil.org
Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Volume 16: Religious InstitutionsRoyal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia) · 2017 · childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au
Report I of the 40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury40th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · 2018 · attorneygeneral.gov
The Apparitions and Bernadette Soubirous (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes)Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes · Undated web pages, read in October 2026 · lourdes-france.com
The Waldensians: Origins (Chiesa Evangelica Valdese)Chiesa Evangelica Valdese (Union of the Methodist and Waldensian Churches) · Current church website · chiesavaldese.org
Finding ‘A Clear Voice’: 65 Years of Christianity TodayWheaton College Archives and Special Collections · 15 October 2021 · fromthevault.wheaton.edu
René Padilla, Father of Integral Mission and Former Tearfund President, DiesTearfund · 29 April 2021 · web.archive.org
Report of the Independent Investigation: The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s Response to Sexual Abuse Allegations and an Audit of the Procedures and Actions of the Credentials CommitteeGuidepost Solutions LLC · 15 May 2022 · web.archive.org
Deed for the Pious Transit of His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope EmeritusThe Holy See · 5 January 2023 · press.vatican.va
Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, O.P., Collection: Finding AidUniversity of Notre Dame Archives · Finding aid, published after October 2024 · archivesspace.library.nd.edu
LWF mourns former President Bishop em. Christian KrauseThe Lutheran World Federation · 29 November 2024 · lutheranworld.org
Biography of the Holy Father Leo XIVThe Holy See · 2025 · vatican.va
An Episcopal Dictionary of the ChurchEdited by Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum · episcopalchurch.org
Biography of Ecumenical Patriarch BartholomewEcumenical Patriarchate · ec-patr.org
Biography of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All RussiaMoscow Patriarchate, Department for External Church Relations · mospat.ru
Biography of Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All UkraineOrthodox Church of Ukraine · pomisna.info
Codex SinaiticusThe Holy Monastery of Sinai (Saint Catherine’s) · sinaimonastery.com
From Patti Mansfield, Participant of the Duquesne WeekendPatti Gallagher Mansfield · thearkandthedoveworldwide.org
History of Codex SinaiticusThe British Library, Leipzig University Library, the National Library of Russia and St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai · codexsinaiticus.org
History of the LWFThe Lutheran World Federation · lutheranworld.org
History of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian ChurchMalankara Orthodox Syrian Church · mosc.in
Life of Monsieur PascalGilberte Périer · fr.wikisource.org
MemoirsLouis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon · gutenberg.org
The Enduring Legacy: A History of the Mar Thoma ChurchMalankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church · marthoma.in
The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum, Written by HimselfAvvakum · archive.org
The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of AntiochPaul of Aleppo · archive.org
The Uganda MartyrsUganda Episcopal Conference · uecon.org

LettersCorrespondence of the people involved.

The Elephantine “Passover Letter” (TAD A4.1)Hananiah · 419/418 BC · elephantine.smb.museum
The Elephantine Memorandum of Bagohi and Delaiah (TAD A4.9)Shortly after 407 BC · elephantine.smb.museum
The Elephantine Offer of Payment for the Temple (TAD A4.10)Jedaniah son of Gemariah and four others · c. 407 BC · elephantine.smb.museum
The Elephantine Petition to Bagohi (TAD A4.7)Jedaniah and the priests of the Jewish garrison at Elephantine · 25 November 407 BC · elephantine.smb.museum
The Letter of Aristeas2nd century BC · attalus.org
Moral Letters to LuciliusSeneca the Younger · c. AD 62–65 · en.wikisource.org
The First Letter of Clement to the CorinthiansThe church of Rome; attributed to Clement · c. AD 96 · newadvent.org
LettersPliny the Younger · c. AD 97–112 · attalus.org
The Letters of Ignatius of AntiochIgnatius of Antioch · c. AD 110 · ccel.org
Letter to the PhilippiansPolycarp of Smyrna · c. AD 110–140 · newadvent.org
The Bar Kokhba LettersIssued in the name of Shim’on bar Kosiba · AD 132–135 · deadseascrolls.org.il
The Martyrdom of PolycarpThe church of Smyrna · c. AD 155–170 · newadvent.org
To ScapulaTertullian · c. AD 212 · newadvent.org
LettersCyprian of Carthage and his correspondents · c. AD 249–258 · newadvent.org
Festal Letters, with the Festal IndexAthanasius of Alexandria · AD 329–373 · ccel.org
LettersThe emperor Julian · c. AD 355–363 · tertullian.org
LettersBasil of Caesarea · c. AD 357–378 · newadvent.org
Letter to the Bishops of Africa (Ad Afros)Athanasius and the bishops of Egypt and Libya · c. AD 369 · newadvent.org
LettersJerome · c. AD 370–419 · newadvent.org
LettersAmbrose of Milan · c. AD 379–396 · newadvent.org
Itinerary (The Pilgrimage of Egeria)Egeria · c. AD 381–384 · archive.org
Letter on the Faith, Life and Death of UlfilasAuxentius of Durostorum · c. AD 383–400 · faculty.georgetown.edu
Prefaces to the Latin Bible and to his CommentariesJerome · c. AD 383–405 · ccel.org
LettersAugustine of Hippo · AD 386–430 · newadvent.org
Letters from ExileJohn Chrysostom · AD 404–407 · newadvent.org
Letter to DemetriasPelagius · c. AD 413–414 · epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu
LettersLeo I, bishop of Rome · AD 440–461 · newadvent.org
Appeal to Leo (Appellatio Flaviani)Flavian, bishop of Constantinople · August AD 449 · earlychurchtexts.com
Letter to the Soldiers of CoroticusPatrick · Fifth century · confessio.ie
LettersSimplicius, bishop of Rome · AD 468–483 · archive.org
LettersFelix III, bishop of Rome · c. AD 483–492 · archive.org
Letter to the Emperor Anastasius (Duo sunt)Gelasius I, bishop of Rome · AD 494 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Letter to King Clovis (Letter 46)Avitus of Vienne · Soon after the baptism, between c. AD 496 and 508 · archive.org
VariaeCassiodorus · Letters of the early sixth century, to about AD 538 · gutenberg.org
Register of LettersGregory the Great · AD 590–604 · newadvent.org
Letters of BonifaceBoniface and his correspondents · AD 716–754 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Letter on the Death of BedeCuthbert, monk of Jarrow · c. AD 735 · gutenberg.org
Letter on the Cultivation of Learning (De litteris colendis)Issued in the name of Charlemagne · Between AD 780 and 800 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Letters of AlcuinAlcuin · Late eighth century to AD 804 · archive.org
General Letter (Epistola generalis)Issued in the name of Charlemagne · Between AD 786 and 800 · archive.org
LettersNicholas I · AD 858–867 · dmgh.de
Letter to Michael, Prince of BulgariaPhotius · c. AD 865 · archive.org
Responses to the Questions of the BulgarsNicholas I · AD 866 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Encyclical to the Eastern PatriarchsPhotius · AD 867 · archive.org
Letters (Register)John VIII · AD 872–882 · dmgh.de
Letter to SvatoplukStephen V · late AD 885 · dmgh.de
Letter to Michael Cerularius and Leo of Ohrid (In terra pax)Leo IX · AD 1053 · archive.org
Bull of Excommunication against Michael CerulariusThe legates Humbert, Peter of Amalfi and Frederick of Lorraine · 16 July AD 1054 · archive.org
First Letter to Peter of AntiochMichael Cerularius · AD 1054 · archive.org
Letter to Michael CerulariusPeter III of Antioch · AD 1054 · archive.org
Register of Gregory VIIGregory VII · 1073–1083 · dmgh.de
Letters of Henry IVHenry IV · 1076 · avalon.law.yale.edu
Letters of Urban IIUrban II · December 1095 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Letter of the Crusade Leaders to the PopeDaimbert of Pisa, Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Saint-Gilles · September 1099 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The History of My CalamitiesPeter Abelard · c. 1132 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
LettersInnocent III · 1198–1216 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Report of the Legates Arnaud Amalric and Milo to Innocent IIIArnaud Amalric, abbot of Cîteaux, and Milo · August 1209 · archive.org
Letters and PrivilegesHonorius III · 1216–1227 · archive.org
Letters and StatutesGregory IX · 1227–1241 · tha.de
Letters to the King and People of the Tartars (Dei patris immensa and Cum non solum)Innocent IV · 5 and 13 March 1245 · archive.org
Letter of Güyük Khan to Pope Innocent IVIssued in the name of Güyük Khan · November 1246 · archive.org
Letter and Profession of Faith to Gregory XMichael VIII Palaiologos · AD 1274 · archive.org
Letters to the Mongol Court and to Yahballaha IIINicholas IV · 2–7 April 1288 · archive.org
Letters from KhanbaliqJohn of Montecorvino · 8 January 1305 and February 1306 · archive.org
MeruitClement V · 1 February 1306 · archive.org
Letter from ZaytonAndrew of Perugia · January 1326 · archive.org
Letters without a Name (Liber sine nomine)Petrarch · c. 1340–1353 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Bulls of 1348 Protecting the JewsClement VI · 4 July and 26 September 1348 · archive.org
Inter sollicitudines (letter against the flagellants)Clement VI · 20 October 1349 · archive.org
LettersCatherine of Siena · c. 1376–1378 (the letters cited) · gutenberg.org
Bull to the University of Oxford against John WycliffePope Gregory XI · May 1377 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Declaration of the Cardinals against Urban VIThe cardinals who had elected Urban VI · August 1378 · gutenberg.org
Letter of the University of Paris on Ending the SchismThe University of Paris · 1393, as dated in the source book · gutenberg.org
LettersJan Hus · 1414–1415 (the letters cited) · archive.org
Omnium plasmatoris Domini (crusade bull against the Hussites)Martin V · 1 March 1420 · archive.org
Encyclical Letter to All Orthodox ChristiansMark of Ephesus · c. 1440 · archive.org
Letter to Cardinal Juan de CarvajalEnea Silvio Piccolomini · 12 March 1455 · rylandscollections.com
Rescript Opening the Review of Joan of Arc’s Condemnation (Humilibus supplicum votis)Callixtus III · 11 June 1455 · archive.org
Exigit sincerae devotionis (bull allowing Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint inquisitors)Sixtus IV · 1 November 1478 · cervantesvirtual.com
Letter to Sixtus IV on the Inquisition (13 May 1482)Ferdinand II of Aragon · 13 May 1482 · archive.org
Letters of 1482 on the Inquisition in Castile and AragonSixtus IV · 29 January, 11 February and 18 April 1482 · cervantesvirtual.com
Letter on the First VoyageChristopher Columbus · 15 February 1493 · gutenberg.org
Letter on the Second Voyage of ColumbusDiego Álvarez Chanca · 1494 · gutenberg.org
LettersMartin Luther · 1507–1546 · archive.org
LettersAfonso I of Kongo · 1512–1526 (the letters cited) · archive.org
LettersPhilip Melanchthon · 1514–1560 · archive.org
LettersErasmus of Rotterdam · The letters cited date from 1516 · archive.org
Letter to Misyur Munekhin on Unfavourable Days and HoursPhilotheus of Pskov · c. 1523–1524 · web.archive.org
Letter to Thomas MüntzerConrad Grebel and his companions · 5 September 1524 · germanhistorydocs.org
LettersHuldrych Zwingli · The letters cited date from 1526 and 1529 · germanhistorydocs.org
Report on the Marburg ColloquyAndreas Osiander · October 1529 · germanhistorydocs.org
LettersThomas Cranmer · 1531–1556 · archive.org
Correspondence of Matthew ParkerMatthew Parker · 1535–1575 · archive.org
LettersFrancis Xavier · 1535–1552 · archive.org
Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of ElizabethEnglish ambassadors, agents and correspondents; calendared by Allan James Crosby · Documents of 1572–1574 · british-history.ac.uk
The Letters of Teresa of ÁvilaTeresa of Ávila · letters cited: 1577 and 1578 · archive.org
Challenge to the Privy CouncilEdmund Campion · 1580 · gutenberg.org
Letters of Clement VIII on the Union of the RutheniansPope Clement VIII · 1595–1605 · archive.org
Letter from Beijing to Luis de Guzmán (9 March 1602)Diego de Pantoja · 9 March 1602 · archive.org
Letter to Paolo Antonio FoscariniRobert Bellarmine · 12 April 1615 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Letter to the Grand Duchess ChristinaGalileo Galilei · 1615 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Memorial in Defence of the Jesuits (Bianxue zhangshu)Xu Guangqi · 1616 (44th year of Wanli) · archive.org
Letters from the Synod of DortJohn Hales · 1618–1619 · archive.org
The Provincial LettersBlaise Pascal · January 1656 – March 1657 · ccel.org
Propagation of the Gospel in the EastBartholomäus Ziegenbalg and other missionaries at Tranquebar · Letters of 1706–1714; English edition 1709–1718 · archive.org
A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of GodJonathan Edwards · Dated 6 November 1736; preface of the first editors 12 October 1737 · ccel.org
Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1786James Madison · 22 January 1786 · founders.archives.gov
CharitasPope Pius VI · 13 April 1791 · papalencyclicals.net
Circular to the Governors of the States, 1 March 1792Thomas Jefferson · 1 March 1792 · founders.archives.gov
The Life of Schleiermacher, as Unfolded in His Autobiography and LettersFriedrich Schleiermacher · autobiography of 1794 and letters to 1834; published in English 1860 · archive.org
Diu satisPope Pius VII · 15 May 1800 · papalencyclicals.net
Address of the Danbury Baptist Association to Thomas JeffersonDanbury Baptist Association · after 7 October 1801 · founders.archives.gov
Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, 1 January 1802Thomas Jefferson · 1 January 1802 · loc.gov
Letter to William Jowett Narrating His CaptureSamuel Ajayi Crowther · 22 February 1837 · archive.org
In Supremo ApostolatusPope Gregory XVI · 1839 · papalencyclicals.net
General Epistle from the Council of the Twelve Apostles (1847)The Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, signed by Brigham Young · 23 December 1847 · archive.org
Encyclical of the Eastern PatriarchsThe patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem with their synods · May 1848 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Ubi primumPope Pius IX · 2 February 1849 · papalencyclicals.net
Ineffabilis DeusPope Pius IX · 8 December 1854 · papalencyclicals.net
Syllabus of ErrorsPope Pius IX · 8 December 1864 · papalencyclicals.net
Letters and Journal of Bernard PetitjeanBernard Petitjean · 1865–1873; printed 1896 · archive.org
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs of the United States, 1868 and 1870: JapanUnited States Department of State · 1868–1870 · history.state.gov
Letter from the Bishops, including the Reports Adopted by the ConferenceThe Lambeth Conference of 1878 · July 1878 · anglicanhistory.org
Aeterni PatrisLeo XIII · 4 August 1879 · vatican.va
Biglietto SpeechJohn Henry Newman · 12 May 1879 · newmanreader.org
Letter on the Origin of the Image of Our Lady of GuadalupeJoaquín García Icazbalceta · Written October 1883; printed 1896 · archive.org
A. M. Mackay, Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society to UgandaAlexander Mackay, edited by his sister · 1890 · archive.org
Rerum NovarumPope Leo XIII · 15 May 1891 · vatican.va
Patriarchal and Synodical Encyclical of 1895Patriarch Anthimus VII of Constantinople and his synod · August 1895 · orthodoxinfo.com
Satis CognitumPope Leo XIII · 29 June 1896 · vatican.va
Pascendi Dominici GregisPope Pius X · 8 September 1907 · vatican.va
Deutschland und Armenien 1914–1918: Sammlung diplomatischer AktenstückeJohannes Lepsius (editor) · Documents of 1914–1918, published 1919 · archive.org
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1915, Supplement: The World WarUnited States Department of State · Telegrams of 1915, published 1928 · history.state.gov
Messages and Addresses of Patriarch TikhonTikhon, Patriarch of Moscow · 1917–1922 · azbyka.ru
Divina disponente (bull of canonization of Joan of Arc)Benedict XV · 16 May 1920 · vatican.va
Unto the Churches of Christ Everywhere: Encyclical of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 1920Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople · January 1920 · oikoumene.org
Letter to Molotov for the Members of the Politburo, 19 March 1922Vladimir Lenin · 19 March 1922 · loc.gov
Mortalium animosPius XI · 6 January 1928 · vatican.va
Casti connubiiPope Pius XI · 31 December 1930 · vatican.va
Quadragesimo AnnoPope Pius XI · 15 May 1931 · vatican.va
Divini RedemptorisPope Pius XI · 19 March 1937 · vatican.va
Mit brennender SorgePope Pius XI · 14 March 1937 · vatican.va
Letters and Papers from Prison (Widerstand und Ergebung)Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 1943–1945; first published 1951 · dietrich-bonhoeffer.net
Munificentissimus DeusPius XII · 1 November 1950 · vatican.va
Ad Sinarum gentemPius XII · 7 October 1954 · vatican.va
Ad Apostolorum principisPius XII · 29 June 1958 · vatican.va
Humanae SalutisJohn XXIII · 25 December 1961 · vatican.va
Gaudet Mater EcclesiaJohn XXIII · 11 October 1962 · vatican.va
Letter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr · 16 April 1963 · kinginstitute.stanford.edu
Statement by Alabama ClergymenEight Alabama clergymen · 12 April 1963 · kinginstitute.stanford.edu
Joint Communiqué of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch AthenagorasPaul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I · 6 January 1964 · christianunity.va
Ambulate in DilectionePaul VI · 7 December 1965 · vatican.va
In Spiritu SanctoPaul VI · 8 December 1965 · vatican.va
Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and the Archbishop of CanterburyPaul VI and Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury · 24 March 1966 · vatican.va
Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras IPaul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I · 28 October 1967 · christianunity.va
Canadian Bishops’ Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae (the Winnipeg Statement)The Catholic bishops of Canada · 27 September 1968 · isidore.co
Homily at the Opening of the Second General Assembly of the Bishops of Latin AmericaPaul VI · 24 August 1968 · vatican.va
Human Life in Our DayThe Catholic bishops of the United States · 15 November 1968 · ewtn.com
Humanae vitaePope Paul VI · 25 July 1968 · vatican.va
Statement by the President on the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Lyndon B. Johnson · 4 April 1968 · presidency.ucsb.edu
Declaration of 21 November 1974Marcel Lefebvre · 21 November 1974 · fsspx.uk
Why Lausanne?Billy Graham · July 1974 · lausanne.org
Address to the Third International Congress of the Catholic Charismatic RenewalPaul VI · 19 May 1975 · vatican.va
Homilies of Archbishop Óscar RomeroÓscar Romero · 1977–1980 · romerotrust.org.uk
Homily for the Inauguration of His PontificateJohn Paul II · 22 October 1978 · vatican.va
Letter to the People of PolandJohn Paul II · 23 October 1978 · vatican.va
Homily at Victory Square, WarsawJohn Paul II · 2 June 1979 · vatican.va
Fidei DepositumJohn Paul II · 11 October 1992 · vatican.va
Ordinatio sacerdotalisJohn Paul II · 22 May 1994 · vatican.va
Apostolic Letter for the Fourth Centenary of the Union of BrestJohn Paul II · 12 November 1995 · vatican.va
Laetamur MagnopereJohn Paul II · 15 August 1997 · vatican.va
Address to an International Symposium on John HusPope John Paul II · 17 December 1999 · vatican.va
Welcome Address to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew IJohn Paul II · 29 June 2004 · vatican.va
Address to the Roman Curia Offering Christmas GreetingsBenedict XVI · 22 December 2005 · vatican.va
Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of IrelandPope Benedict XVI · 19 March 2010 · vatican.va
Greeting on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Opening of the Second Vatican CouncilBartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch · 11 October 2012 · archivioradiovaticana.va
Message to Anba Tawadros, Pope-Elect of AlexandriaBenedict XVI · 5 November 2012 · vatican.va
Message to Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the EastBenedict XVI · 27 May 2012 · vatican.va
Address to the Moderator and Representatives of the Church of ScotlandPope Francis · 16 February 2015 · vatican.va
Letter to the People of GodPope Francis · 20 August 2018 · vatican.va
Address to His Holiness Tawadros II on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Meeting of Paul VI and Shenouda IIIPope Francis · 11 May 2023 · vatican.va
Joint Statement on the “Doctrine of Discovery”Dicastery for Culture and Education and Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development · 30 March 2023 · press.vatican.va
Address on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Mutual Lifting of the Anathemas of 1054Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch · 7 December 2025 · ec-patr.org
In unitate fideiPope Leo XIV · 23 November 2025 · vatican.va

Treatises and other writingsTheological, pastoral and polemical works.

In Defence of Flaccus (Pro Flacco)Cicero · 59 BC · perseus.tufts.edu
On the Life of MosesPhilo of Alexandria · first half of the 1st century AD · archive.org
On the Embassy to GaiusPhilo of Alexandria · c. AD 41 · en.wikisource.org
The Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)Between about AD 50 and 150; most often placed near AD 100 · newadvent.org
Natural HistoryPliny the Elder · AD 77 · perseus.tufts.edu
Against ApionFlavius Josephus · c. AD 94–100 · lexundria.com
First ApologyJustin Martyr · c. AD 150–155 · newadvent.org
Second ApologyJustin Martyr · c. AD 150–161 · newadvent.org
The Protoevangelium of Jamessecond half of the second century · newadvent.org
Dialogue with TryphoJustin Martyr · c. AD 155–165 · newadvent.org
Against HeresiesIrenaeus of Lyons · c. AD 180 · newadvent.org
ApologyTertullian · c. AD 197 · newadvent.org
Prescription against HereticsTertullian · c. AD 200 · newadvent.org
The Acts of ThomasThird century AD · newadvent.org
The Book of the Laws of the CountriesA pupil of Bardaisan named Philip · Early third century · newadvent.org
On the SoulTertullian · Early third century · newadvent.org
Against MarcionTertullian · c. AD 207–212 · newadvent.org
Against PraxeasTertullian · c. AD 210–218 · newadvent.org
On First PrinciplesOrigen · c. AD 220–230 · newadvent.org
Against CelsusOrigen · c. AD 248 · newadvent.org
On the LapsedCyprian of Carthage · AD 251 · newadvent.org
On the Unity of the ChurchCyprian of Carthage · AD 251, with a later revision of chapter 4 · newadvent.org
Onomasticon (On the Place Names in Holy Scripture)Eusebius of Caesarea · Early fourth century AD · tertullian.org
Defence of the Nicene Definition (De Decretis)Athanasius of Alexandria · Between AD 346 and 356 · newadvent.org
Catechetical LecturesCyril of Jerusalem · c. AD 350 · newadvent.org
Defence before Constantius (Apologia ad Constantium)Athanasius of Alexandria · AD 356–357 · newadvent.org
On the Councils (De Synodis)Hilary of Poitiers · Early AD 359 · newadvent.org
On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia (De Synodis)Athanasius of Alexandria · AD 359, with additions after 361 · newadvent.org
OrationsGregory of Nazianzus · c. AD 362–383 · newadvent.org
Against the DonatistsOptatus of Milevis · c. AD 364–375 · tertullian.org
HexaemeronBasil of Caesarea · c. AD 364–378 · newadvent.org
PanarionEpiphanius of Salamis · c. AD 374–377 · archive.org
On Not Three Gods, to AblabiusGregory of Nyssa · Last quarter of the fourth century · newadvent.org
On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)Basil of Caesarea · c. AD 375 · newadvent.org
Dialogue against the LuciferiansJerome · c. AD 379 · newadvent.org
Against Helvidius: On the Perpetual Virginity of Blessed MaryJerome · c. AD 383 · newadvent.org
Homilies on the StatuesJohn Chrysostom · AD 387 · newadvent.org
On the Lord’s Sermon on the MountAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 393–394 · newadvent.org
On the Death of Theodosius (De obitu Theodosii)Ambrose of Milan · AD 395 · archive.org
On Christian DoctrineAugustine of Hippo · Begun c. AD 396–397, finished c. 426–427 · newadvent.org
ConfessionsAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 397–400 · newadvent.org
The Harmony of the GospelsAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 400 · newadvent.org
The Rule of Pachomius, in Jerome’s Latin translationPachomius and his successors; translated and prefaced by Jerome · Rules of the fourth century; Latin translation c. AD 404 · documentacatholicaomnia.eu
Commentary on DanielJerome · c. AD 407 · tertullian.org
The City of GodAugustine of Hippo · AD 413–426 · newadvent.org
On Nature and GraceAugustine of Hippo · AD 415 · newadvent.org
On the Proceedings of PelagiusAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 417 · newadvent.org
On the Grace of Christ and on Original SinAugustine of Hippo · AD 418 · newadvent.org
RetractationsAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 426–427 · augustinus.it
On the Gift of PerseveranceAugustine of Hippo · c. AD 428–429 · newadvent.org
Five Tomes Against NestoriusCyril of Alexandria · c. AD 430 · tertullian.org
ConfessionPatrick · Fifth century, in Patrick's old age · confessio.ie
Christian TopographyCosmas Indicopleustes · c. AD 547 · tertullian.org
Description of Hagia SophiaPaul the Silentiary · c. AD 563 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Pastoral RuleGregory the Great · c. AD 590–591 · newadvent.org
Christmas Sermon of 634Sophronius of Jerusalem · 25 December AD 634 · journals.ub.uni-koeln.de
Three Treatises on the Divine ImagesJohn of Damascus · c. AD 730 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Libri Carolini (Opus Caroli regis contra synodum)Written in the name of Charlemagne · c. AD 790–793 · archive.org
AdmonitionsWritten in the name of Stephen I of Hungary · before 1031 · archive.org
ProslogionAnselm of Canterbury · c. 1077–1078 · ccel.org
On Behalf of the FoolGaunilo of Marmoutier · Soon after the Proslogion · ccel.org
Cur Deus HomoAnselm of Canterbury · c. 1094–1098 · ccel.org
Sic et NonPeter Abelard · c. 1120–1135 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
On Loving GodBernard of Clairvaux · Second quarter of the twelfth century · ccel.org
The Four Books of SentencesPeter Lombard · c. 1155–1158 · tha.de
WritingsFrancis of Assisi · c. 1209–1226 · archive.org
Dialogue on MiraclesCaesarius of Heisterbach · c. 1219–1223 · archive.org
Summa TheologiaeThomas Aquinas · c. 1265–1273 · newadvent.org
OrdinatioJohn Duns Scotus · Early fourteenth century · aristotelophile.com
Triads in Defence of the Holy HesychastsGregory Palamas · c. 1338–1341 · azbyka.ru
The Hagioretic TomeGregory Palamas, with the signatures of the monks of Mount Athos · c. 1340 · archive.org
General Prologue to the Wycliffite Biblelate fourteenth century · bible-researcher.com
The Imitation of Christ (De imitatione Christi)Thomas à Kempis (attributed) · Early fifteenth century; a copy with a note dated 1425 is reported · gutenberg.org
Discourse on the Forgery of the Alleged Donation of ConstantineLorenzo Valla · AD 1440 · history.hanover.edu
Account of the Antiquities of the IndiansRamón Pané · c. 1498 · archive.org
ParaclesisErasmus of Rotterdam · 1516 · history.hanover.edu
Sample Sermons for Parish PriestsJohann Tetzel · c. 1517 · archive.org
The Ninety-Five ThesesMartin Luther · 1517 · projectwittenberg.org
The Babylonian Captivity of the ChurchMartin Luther · 1520 · archive.org
The Freedom of a ChristianMartin Luther · 1520 · projectwittenberg.org
To the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin Luther · 1520 · projectwittenberg.org
ArchetelesHuldrych Zwingli · 22–23 August 1522 · archive.org
Concerning Choice and Liberty Respecting FoodHuldrych Zwingli · 16 April 1522 · archive.org
Prefaces to the Books of the BibleMartin Luther · 1522–1545 · archive.org
Sermon to the Princes (Exposition of the Second Chapter of Daniel)Thomas Müntzer · 13 July 1524 · germanhistorydocs.org
Admonition to Peace: A Reply to the Twelve Articles of the Peasants in SwabiaMartin Luther · April–May 1525 · archive.org
Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of PeasantsMartin Luther · May 1525 · archive.org
The Obedience of a Christian ManWilliam Tyndale · 1528 · archive.org
A Dialogue Concerning HeresiesThomas More · Revised edition dated 1530 · thomasmorestudies.org
An Open Letter on TranslatingMartin Luther · 8 September 1530 · projectwittenberg.org
Apology of the Augsburg ConfessionPhilip Melanchthon · Drafted 1530; printed 1531 · bookofconcord.org
The Confutation of the Augsburg ConfessionTheologians commissioned by Charles V · 1530 · bookofconcord.org
Institutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin · First edition 1536; final Latin edition 1559 · ccel.org
Preface to the Complete Edition of the Latin WritingsMartin Luther · 1545 · projectwittenberg.org
The Spiritual ExercisesIgnatius of Loyola · Composed over many years; approved by Paul III on 31 July 1548 · ccel.org
Here Is Contained a Dispute or Controversy (the Valladolid disputation)Bartolomé de Las Casas, with a summary by Domingo de Soto · Printed 1552; the assembly was called in 1550 · archive.org
Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and LukeJohn Calvin · 1555 · ccel.org
Preface to the Commentary on the PsalmsJohn Calvin · 22 July 1557 · ccel.org
The First Book of DisciplineJohn Knox and five other ministers · 1560 · gutenberg.org
The Life of Teresa of JesusTeresa of Ávila · c. 1562–1565 · ccel.org
Commentary on the Heidelberg CatechismZacharias Ursinus · Lectures of the 1560s and 1570s; edition of David Pareus, 1591 · archive.org
The Interior CastleTeresa of Ávila · 1577 · ccel.org
The Dark Night of the SoulJohn of the Cross · Late sixteenth century; the text gives no date · ccel.org
The Execution of Justice in EnglandAttributed to William Cecil, Lord Burghley · 17 December 1583 · archive.org
A True, Sincere and Modest Defence of English CatholicsWilliam Allen · 1584 · archive.org
Public Disputations, with the dedication by his childrenJacobus Arminius · disputations of 1603–1609, published after his death · ccel.org
Elements of Geometry (Jihe yuanben): the prefaces of Xu Guangqi and Matteo RicciXu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci · 1607 · zh.wikisource.org
Declaration of SentimentsJacobus Arminius · 30 October 1608 · ccel.org
The Character of the Beast, or The False Constitution of the ChurchJohn Smyth · 1609 · archive.org
A Short Declaration of the Mistery of IniquityThomas Helwys · 1612 · archive.org
The Last Book of John Smyth, Called the Retractation of His Errors and the Confirmation of the TruthJohn Smyth · c. 1612, printed after his death · archive.org
Of Religious Communion, Private and PublicJohn Robinson · 1614 · archive.org
A Model of Christian CharityJohn Winthrop · 1630 · history.hanover.edu
AugustinusCornelius Jansen · Printed 1640; the author died in 1638 · archive.org
Lex, Rex, or The Law and the PrinceSamuel Rutherford · 1644 · constitution.org
A Declaration from the Harmless and Innocent People of God, Called QuakersGeorge Fox and other Friends · January 1661 (dated 1660 in the reckoning of the time) · archive.org
Women’s Speaking Justified, Proved and Allowed of by the ScripturesMargaret Fell · 1666 · digital.library.upenn.edu
Pia DesideriaPhilipp Jakob Spener · 1675 · deutschestextarchiv.de
A Letter Concerning TolerationJohn Locke · 1689 · en.wikisource.org
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodJonathan Edwards · Preached 8 July 1741 · ccel.org
Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New-EnglandCharles Chauncy · 1743 · archive.org
Observations upon the Conduct and Behaviour of a Certain Sect, Usually Distinguished by the Name of MethodistsAnonymous; attributed in library catalogues to Edmund Gibson, bishop of London · 1744 · archive.org
Thoughts upon SlaveryJohn Wesley · 1774 · archive.org
Philokalia of the Holy Neptic FathersCompiled by Macarius of Corinth and Nicodemus the Hagiorite · Venice, 1782 · archive.org
Sermons on Several SubjectsBeilby Porteus · 1783 and later editions · archive.org
Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious AssessmentsJames Madison · about 20 June 1785 · founders.archives.gov
Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave-TradeRaymund Harris · 1788 · archive.org
An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians, to Use Means for the Conversion of the HeathensWilliam Carey · 1792 · gutenberg.org
Dobrotolubiye (Slavonic Philokalia)Moscow, May 1793 · archive.org
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real ChristianityWilliam Wilberforce · 1797 · gutenberg.org
On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured DespisersFriedrich Schleiermacher · first edition 1799; revised 1806 and 1821 · ccel.org
Form of Agreement of the Serampore MissionariesWilliam Carey, Joshua Marshman, William Ward and their colleagues · 7 October 1805 · archive.org
A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached January 1, 1808Absalom Jones · 1808 · anglicanhistory.org
The Christian FaithFriedrich Schleiermacher · first edition 1821–22; second edition 1830–31 · archive.org
Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of HeavenInnocent Veniaminov · written on Unalaska between 1824 and 1834 · azbyka.ru
Doctrine and CovenantsThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Sections cited here: 1830–1847 · churchofjesuschrist.org
The Book of Mormon (first edition, 1830)Published by Joseph Smith · 1830 · josephsmithpapers.org
National ApostasyJohn Keble · 14 July 1833 · anglicanhistory.org
Tracts for the TimesJohn Henry Newman, John Keble, Edward Pusey and others · 1833–1841 · anglicanhistory.org
Lectures on Revivals of ReligionCharles G. Finney · 1835 · ccel.org
Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ, about the Year 1843William Miller · 1836 · archive.org
Apology and DefenceWilliam Miller · 1 August 1845 · archive.org
Early Writings of Mrs. WhiteEllen G. White · First part published 1851; collected 1882 · archive.org
Taiping Precepts and OdesPublished under Hong Xiuquan · 1852–1853 · archive.org
Female Ministry; or, Woman’s Right to Preach the GospelCatherine Booth · 1859, revised later · purl.dlib.indiana.edu
China’s Spiritual Need and ClaimsJames Hudson Taylor · 1865; seventh edition 1887 · archive.org
A Charge Delivered on the Banks of the River Niger in West AfricaSamuel Ajayi Crowther · 1866 · archive.org
The Church-Idea: An Essay towards UnityWilliam Reed Huntington · 1870 · archive.org
The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil AllegianceHenry Edward Manning · 1875 · archive.org
In Darkest England and the Way OutWilliam Booth · 1890 · gutenberg.org
Six Temples at Thebes, 1896W. M. Flinders Petrie · 1897 · archive.org
Hesychasm (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910)Adrian Fortescue · 1910 · newadvent.org
The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth1910–1915 · archive.org
Allocution Nostis profectoPope Benedict XV · 6 December 1915 · vatican.va
Statement on Church Union Drawn Up at Tranquebar, 1–2 May 1919Thirty-three ministers of the Anglican and South India United Churches · 1–2 May 1919 · archive.org
Shall the Fundamentalists Win?Harry Emerson Fosdick · 21 May 1922 · archive.org
Christianity and LiberalismJ. Gresham Machen · 1923 · archive.org
Addresses of 11 and 13 February 1929Pope Pius XI · 11 and 13 February 1929 · vatican.va
Nachfolge (The Cost of Discipleship)Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 1937 · dietrich-bonhoeffer.net
Von der DummheitDietrich Bonhoeffer · c. 1943 · de.wikisource.org
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern FundamentalismCarl F. H. Henry · 1947 · archive.org
A Memorial Submitted to the Lambeth Conference 1948 on DeaconessesThe Anglican Group for the Ordination of Women to the Historic Ministry of the Church · April 1948 · anglicanhistory.org
Nouveaux écrits gnostiques découverts en ÉgypteHenri-Charles Puech and Jean Doresse · 1948 · persee.fr
The Reunion of the Church: A Defence of the South India SchemeLesslie Newbigin · 1948 · archive.org
We, Because of FaithWang Mingdao · June 1955 · archive.org
Biblical Authority in EvangelismBilly Graham · 15 October 1956 · christianitytoday.com
Why ‘Christianity Today’?The editors of Christianity Today · 15 October 1956 · christianitytoday.com
Homily at the Canonization of the Martyrs of UgandaPope Paul VI · 18 October 1964 · vatican.va
Joint Catholic–Orthodox Declaration of 7 December 1965Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I · 7 December 1965 · vatican.va
Homily at the Canonization of Forty Martyrs of England and WalesPope Paul VI · 25 October 1970 · vatican.va
Notes for a Theology of LiberationGustavo Gutiérrez · 1970 · web.archive.org
Evangelism and the WorldRené Padilla · July 1974 · lausanne.org
Le Renouveau charismatique: orientations théologiques et pastorales (Malines Document 1)An international team of theologians and lay leaders convened by Cardinal L. J. Suenens · Malines, 21–26 May 1974 · stucom.nl
The Lausanne Covenant: An Exposition and CommentaryJohn Stott · Preface dated September 1974 · lausanne.org
Redemptor HominisJohn Paul II · 4 March 1979 · vatican.va
Homily at the Canonization of the Korean MartyrsJohn Paul II · 6 May 1984 · vatican.va
Libertatis Nuntius: Instruction on Certain Aspects of the “Theology of Liberation”Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 6 August 1984 · vatican.va
Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1984Desmond Tutu · 11 December 1984 · nobelprize.org
The Kairos Document (Challenge to the Church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa)The Kairos theologians · Preface dated 25 September 1985 · sahistory.org.za
Libertatis Conscientia: Instruction on Christian Freedom and LiberationCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 22 March 1986 · vatican.va
Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 31 October 1992Pope John Paul II · 31 October 1992 · vatican.va
Catechism of the Catholic Church1992 · vatican.va
Homily at the Shrine of the Holy Uganda Martyrs of NamugongoPope John Paul II · 7 February 1993 · vatican.va
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationThe Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church · Text completed 1997; confirmed 31 October 1999 · christianunity.va
Presbyterians and Latter-day SaintsOffice of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) · c. 1997–1998 · pcusa.org
Action of the Council of the Lutheran World Federation on the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationCouncil of the Lutheran World Federation · 16 June 1998 · archive.wfn.org
Response of the Catholic Church to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity · 25 June 1998 · christianunity.va
Angelus Address of 31 October 1999Pope John Paul II · 31 October 1999 · vatican.va
Ecclesia in AmericaJohn Paul II · 22 January 1999 · vatican.va
Official Common Statement by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church, with its AnnexThe Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church · 31 October 1999 · christianunity.va
Homily at the Canonization of Juan Diego CuauhtlatoatzinJohn Paul II · 31 July 2002 · vatican.va
The Filioque: A Church-Dividing Issue?North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation · 25 October 2003 · usccb.org
The World Methodist Council Statement of Association with the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationWorld Methodist Council · 23 July 2006 · christianunity.va
General Audience of 7 March 2007: Saint Clement, Bishop of RomePope Benedict XVI · 7 March 2007 · vatican.va
Resolution on the Ottoman Genocides (2007)International Association of Genocide Scholars · 2007 · genocidescholars.org
Briefing paper on the ARCIC report Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ (GS 1818)Faith and Order Advisory Group of the Church of England · February 2011 · churchofengland.org
Evangelii gaudiumPope Francis · 24 November 2013 · vatican.va
First Greeting and Blessing Urbi et Orbi of Pope FrancisPope Francis · 13 March 2013 · vatican.va
From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran–Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017Lutheran–Roman Catholic Commission on Unity · 2013 · christianunity.va
General Audience of 27 February 2013Pope Benedict XVI · 27 February 2013 · vatican.va
Homily at the Mass for the Martyrs of UgandaPope Francis · 28 November 2015 · vatican.va
Homily at the Common Ecumenical Prayer in the Lutheran Cathedral of LundPope Francis · 31 October 2016 · vatican.va
Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All RussiaPope Francis and Patriarch Kirill · 12 February 2016 · vatican.va
Joint Statement on the Occasion of the Joint Catholic–Lutheran Commemoration of the ReformationPope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation · 31 October 2016 · vatican.va
Resolution 16.17: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationAnglican Consultative Council · April 2016 · iarccum.org
Association of the World Communion of Reformed Churches with the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationWorld Communion of Reformed Churches · 2017 · wcrc.eu
Common Statement on “Sacramental Life”Joint Committee for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East · 24 November 2017 · christianunity.va
Ask The UMC: Does the UMC Accept the Baptism of Other Denominations?The United Methodist Church · Dated 19 September 2019 on the page; read in October 2026 · umc.org
Homily at the Canonization of John Henry Newman and Four OthersPope Francis · 13 October 2019 · vatican.va
The Events of 1915 and the Turkish-Armenian Controversy over History: An OverviewMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye · Web page, current in 2026 · mfa.gov.tr
Address at the Ecumenical Prayer Service near the Archaeological Excavations of the Ancient Basilica of Saint NeophytosPope Leo XIV · 28 November 2025 · vatican.va
Address of Pope Leo XIV to the College of CardinalsPope Leo XIV · 10 May 2025 · vatican.va
First Blessing Urbi et Orbi of Pope Leo XIVPope Leo XIV · 8 May 2025 · vatican.va
Homily at the Mass for the Beginning of the PontificatePope Leo XIV · 18 May 2025 · vatican.va
Joint Declaration of Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew IPope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I · 29 November 2025 · press.vatican.va
The Orthodox FaithThomas Hopko, for the Orthodox Church in America · oca.org

CouncilsActs, canons and decrees of councils and synods.

The Judgment of Eighty-Seven Bishops on the Baptism of Heretics1 September AD 256 · newadvent.org
The Council of Arles (314)The bishops assembled at Arles · AD 314 · fourthcentury.com
The Council of Nicaea (325), canons and synodal letterThe Council of Nicaea · AD 325 · ccel.org
Canons and Letters of the Council of Constantinople (381)The Council of Constantinople · AD 381–382 · ccel.org
Canons of the Council of Carthage (397), with the Summary of Hippo (393)Councils of the African bishops · AD 393–397 · archive.org
Synodicon OrientaleThe synods of the Church of the East · Acts of AD 410–775, collected after 775 · archive.org
Canons of the Council of Carthage (418)The Council of Carthage · 1 May 418 · newadvent.org
Acts and Documents of the Council of Ephesus (431)The Council of Ephesus · AD 430–433 · ccel.org
Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus (449)The Second Council of Ephesus · August AD 449; Syriac manuscript dated AD 535 · archive.org
Acts and Canons of the Council of ChalcedonThe Council of Chalcedon · October–November AD 451 · ccel.org
Acts, Sentence and Capitula of the Second Council of ConstantinopleThe Second Council of Constantinople · AD 553 · ccel.org
Acts of the Third Council of ToledoThe Third Council of Toledo · 8 May AD 589 · benedictus.mgh.de
Acts of the Third Council of ConstantinopleThe Third Council of Constantinople · November AD 680 – September 681 · ccel.org
Canons of the Council in TrulloThe Council in Trullo (Quinisext Council) · AD 692 · ccel.org
Definition of the Council of HieriaThe Council of Hieria · AD 754 · ccel.org
Acts of the Second Council of NicaeaThe Second Council of Nicaea · Autumn AD 787 · ccel.org
Capitulary of the Synod of FrankfurtThe Synod of Frankfurt under Charlemagne · June AD 794 · archive.org
Acts of the Council of Constantinople (869–870)The Council of Constantinople of 869–870 · October AD 869 – February 870 · papalencyclicals.net
Acts of the Council of Constantinople (879–880)The Council of Constantinople of 879–880 · November AD 879 – March 880 · archive.org
Edict (Semeioma) of the Synod of ConstantinopleMichael Cerularius and the synod of Constantinople · July AD 1054 · archive.org
Canons of the First Lateran CouncilThe First Lateran Council · March 1123 · papalencyclicals.net
Canons of the Third Lateran CouncilThe Third Lateran Council · March 1179 · papalencyclicals.net
Constitutions of the Fourth Lateran CouncilThe Fourth Lateran Council · November 1215 · papalencyclicals.net
Brief Record of the Second Council of LyonAD 1274 · archive.org
Constitutions of the Second Council of LyonThe Second Council of Lyon · May–July 1274; promulgated 1 November 1274 · papalencyclicals.net
Tomos of the Synod of Blachernae (1285)Gregory II of Cyprus, patriarch of Constantinople, and his synod · AD 1285 · archive.org
The Synodal Tome of 1341The synod of Constantinople under Patriarch John · August 1341 · archive.org
The Synodal Tome of 1351The synod of Constantinople under Patriarch Kallistos · 1351 · archive.org
Conclusions of Wycliffe Condemned at LondonThe council held by the archbishop of Canterbury at the Blackfriars, London · 1382 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Decrees of the Council of PisaThe Council of Pisa · 1409 · gutenberg.org
Decrees of the Council of ConstanceThe Council of Constance · 1414–1418 · papalencyclicals.net
Reports on the Conclusion of the Compacts at JihlavaLegates of the Council of Basel and an anonymous reporter · 5 July 1436 · archive.org
Decrees of the Council of Ferrara and FlorenceThe Council of Ferrara–Florence under Pope Eugene IV · 1438–1445 · papalencyclicals.net
Fifth Lateran Council, Session 11: On the Abrogation of the Pragmatic SanctionLeo X, with the approval of the Fifth Lateran Council · 19 December 1516 · papalencyclicals.net
Acts of the First Zurich DisputationErhard Hegenwald · 1523 · archive.org
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of TrentThe Council of Trent · 1545–1563 · papalencyclicals.net
Synodal Charter of Constantinople Confirming the Patriarchate of MoscowPatriarch Jeremias II and the council of Constantinople · May 1590 · azbyka.ru
Articles Concerning Union with the Roman Church (Articles of Brest)Michael Rohoza, metropolitan of Kiev, and the bishops of his province · 1 June 1595 (old calendar) · web.archive.org
Acts and Decrees of the Synod of DiamperSynod convened by Aleixo de Menezes, archbishop of Goa · June 1599; printed 1606 · archive.org
Report of the British Delegates to the Synod of Dort on the English Bible of 1611The delegates of Great Britain at the Synod of Dort · 20 November 1618 · archive.org
The Canons of the Synod of DortNational Synod of the Reformed Churches of the United Netherlands · promulgated 6 May 1619 · ccel.org
Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandGeneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland · acts of 1643 and 1647 cited · british-history.ac.uk
Minutes of the Sessions of the Westminster Assembly of DivinesScribes of the Westminster Assembly · 1644–1649 · archive.org
Acts of the Moscow Council of 1666–1667May 1667 · archive.org
Acts of the Synod of Jerusalem (1672)The Synod of Jerusalem under Dositheus II · March 1672 · archive.org
Report of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1863)General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Meeting opened 20 May 1863; printed 26 May 1863 · documents.adventistarchives.org
Dei FiliusThe First Vatican Council · 24 April 1870 · ccel.org
Pastor AeternusThe First Vatican Council · 18 July 1870 · papalencyclicals.net
Declaration of the House of Bishops on Christian UnityThe House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States · 1886 · bcponline.org
Resolutions and Reports of the Lambeth Conference of 1888The Lambeth Conference of 1888 · July 1888 · anglicancommunion.org
World Missionary Conference, 1910: Reports of the Commissions and Records of the Conference1910 · archive.org
Determinations of the Local Council of the Orthodox Church of Russia, 1917–19181917–1918 · azbyka.ru
An Appeal to All Christian PeopleThe Lambeth Conference of 1920 · 1920 · anglicancommunion.org
Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1930Lambeth Conference · 1930 · anglicancommunion.org
Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1948Lambeth Conference · 1948 · anglicancommunion.org
The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: The Official ReportWorld Council of Churches · Assembly of 22 August – 4 September 1948; report published 1949 · archive.org
The Church, the Churches and the World Council of Churches (the Toronto Statement)Central Committee of the World Council of Churches · July 1950 · oikoumene.org
Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1958Lambeth Conference · 1958 · anglicancommunion.org
The Cottesloe DeclarationCottesloe Consultation of the World Council of Churches and its South African member churches · 1960 · kerkargief.co.za
Sacrosanctum ConciliumThe Second Vatican Council · 4 December 1963 · vatican.va
Lumen GentiumThe Second Vatican Council · 21 November 1964 · vatican.va
Unitatis RedintegratioThe Second Vatican Council · 21 November 1964 · vatican.va
Dei VerbumThe Second Vatican Council · 18 November 1965 · vatican.va
Dignitatis HumanaeThe Second Vatican Council · 7 December 1965 · vatican.va
Gaudium et SpesThe Second Vatican Council · 7 December 1965 · vatican.va
Nostra AetateThe Second Vatican Council · 28 October 1965 · vatican.va
Final Documents of MedellínSecond General Conference of the Latin American Bishops · 1968 · web.archive.org
Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1968Lambeth Conference · 1968 · anglicancommunion.org
Act of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on Lifting the Anathemas on the Old Rites30 May – 2 June 1971 · azbyka.ru
Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1978Lambeth Conference · 1978 · anglicancommunion.org
Authority in the Church IIAnglican–Roman Catholic International Commission · 1981 · anglicancommunion.org
Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: The Dublin Agreed Statement 1984Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission · 1984 · anglicancommunion.org
Apartheid as Heresy (resolution of the 30th General Council)The United Church of Canada · 16 August 1984 · generalcouncil.ca
The Rustenburg DeclarationNational Conference of Church Leaders in South Africa · November 1990 · kerkargief.co.za
Decision of the Holy Synod of 1 June 2016 on the Pan-Orthodox CouncilHoly Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church · 1 June 2016 · web.archive.org
Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox ChurchThe Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church · Pentecost 2016 · holycouncil.org
Message of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox ChurchThe Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church · June 2016 · holycouncil.org
Minutes of the Session of the Holy Synod on the Holy and Great Council, 10 June 2016Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church · 10 June 2016 · web.archive.org
Official Documents of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox ChurchThe Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church · June 2016 · holycouncil.org
On the situation caused by the refusal of several Local Orthodox Churches to participate in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox ChurchHoly Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church · 13 June 2016 · mospat.ru
Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian WorldThe Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church · June 2016 · holycouncil.org
Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox ChurchesInternational Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 6 February 2016 · christianunity.va
Statement of the Secretariat of the Antiochian Holy Synod, 6 June 2016Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East · 6 June 2016 · antiochpatriarchate.org
Communiqué of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 11 October 2018Chief Secretariat of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate · 11 October 2018 · ec-patr.org
Communiqué on the Completion of the Unifying Council in Kyiv, 15 December 2018Chief Secretariat of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate · 15 December 2018 · ec-patr.org
Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian ChurchHoly Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church · 15 October 2018 · mospat.ru
Communiqué of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, May 2019Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church · May 2019 · web.archive.org
The Church of Greece on the Question of the Autocephaly of the Church of UkraineHoly Synod of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece · 12 October 2019 · web.archive.org
WCC shares overview of June central committee meeting 2021World Council of Churches · 2021 · oikoumene.org
Resolutions of the Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of 27 May 2022Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church · 27 May 2022 · news.church.ua
Call to All Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and OrderSixth World Conference on Faith and Order, World Council of Churches · 24–28 October 2025 · oikoumene.org

Creeds and confessionsFormal statements of belief.

The Creed of NicaeaThe Council of Nicaea · AD 325 · ccel.org
The Niceno-Constantinopolitan CreedAttributed to the Council of Constantinople · AD 381 · ccel.org
The Definition of ChalcedonThe Council of Chalcedon · AD 451 · ccel.org
Formula of Hormisdas (the libellus signed by John of Constantinople)Signed at Constantinople, 28 March AD 519 · archive.org
The Four Articles of PragueThe burgomasters, councillors and community of Prague · July 1420 · archive.org
The Sixty-seven ArticlesHuldrych Zwingli · January 1523 · archive.org
The Schleitheim Confession (Brotherly Union)Swiss Brethren assembled at Schleitheim; drafted by Michael Sattler · 24 February 1527 · web.archive.org
The Marburg ArticlesDrafted by Martin Luther; signed by ten theologians · October 1529 · germanhistorydocs.org
The Augsburg ConfessionDrafted by Philip Melanchthon · 1530 · bookofconcord.org
Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the PopePhilip Melanchthon; subscribed by the theologians assembled at Smalcald · February 1537 · bookofconcord.org
The Scots ConfessionJohn Knox and other ministers of the Scottish reformed church · August 1560 · ccel.org
The Heidelberg CatechismTheologians and ministers of the Palatinate, by order of the elector Frederick III · 1563 · ccel.org
The Thirty-Nine Articles of ReligionChurch of England · 1563, ratified 1571 · churchofengland.org
The Tridentine Profession of FaithPius IV · 13 November 1564 · ccel.org
The Formula of ConcordSigned by Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz and four other Lutheran theologians · 1577 · bookofconcord.org
The Book of ConcordThe Lutheran princes and estates of the Holy Roman Empire · 1580 · bookofconcord.org
The Five Articles of the Remonstrants (The Remonstrance)The Remonstrant ministers of Holland · 1610 · ccel.org
A Declaration of Faith of English People Remaining at Amsterdam in HollandThomas Helwys and his congregation · 1611 · archive.org
The Eastern Confession of the Christian FaithPublished under the name of Cyril Lucaris · Dated at Constantinople, January 1631 · archive.org
The Westminster Confession of FaithWestminster Assembly of Divines · printed 1647 · ccel.org
The Westminster Shorter CatechismWestminster Assembly of Divines · 1647 · ccel.org
The Confession of DositheusDositheus II of Jerusalem and the Synod of Jerusalem · March 1672 · archive.org
Declaration of UtrechtThe Old Catholic bishops of the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland · 24 September 1889 · utrechter-union.org
The Theological Declaration of BarmenConfessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church · 31 May 1934 · ekd.de
The Stuttgart Declaration of GuiltCouncil of the Evangelical Church in Germany · 18–19 October 1945 · ekd.de
The Christian Manifesto: Direction of Endeavor for Chinese Christianity in the Construction of New ChinaWu Yaozong and other Chinese Protestant leaders, forty in all · July 1950 · archive.org
Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda IIIPaul VI and Shenouda III · 10 May 1973 · vatican.va
The Lausanne CovenantInternational Congress on World Evangelization, Lausanne · July 1974 · lausanne.org
The Belhar ConfessionDutch Reformed Mission Church in South Africa · Drafted 1982, adopted 1986 · rca.org
First Agreed Statement of the Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox ChurchesJoint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 20–24 June 1989 · dss-syriacpatriarchate.org
The Manila ManifestoSecond International Congress on World Evangelization, Manila · July 1989 · lausanne.org
Second Agreed Statement of the Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox ChurchesJoint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 28 September 1990 · dss-syriacpatriarchate.org
Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the EastPope John Paul II and Mar Dinkha IV · 11 November 1994 · vatican.va
The Cape Town CommitmentThird Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, Cape Town · October 2010 · lausanne.org
Profession of Faith of the Assyrian Church of the EastAssyrian Church of the East · Text as published online; page copyright 2012–2022 · maryosipparish.org
28 Fundamental BeliefsGeneral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · 2020 edition · adventist.org
The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the WorldThe First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 5 April 2020 · churchofjesuschrist.org

Laws, edicts and treatiesActs of rulers and states.

Mishnahc. AD 200 · sefaria.org
Jerusalem Talmudc. AD 350–425 · sefaria.org
The Theodosian CodeCompiled by order of Theodosius II · Compiled AD 429–438 · droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
The Rule of Saint BenedictBenedict of Nursia · c. AD 530–550 · ccel.org
Novels (New Constitutions)Justinian I · AD 535–565 · droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
The Donation of Constantine (Constitutum Constantini)Unknown forger, writing in the name of the emperor Constantine · Second half of the eighth century or first half of the ninth · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Admonitio generalis (General Admonition)Issued in the name of Charlemagne · 23 March AD 789 · archive.org
Foundation Charter of ClunyWilliam I of Aquitaine · 11 September AD 910 (or 909) · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Privilegium OttonianumOtto I · 13 February AD 962 · dmgh.de
Typikon of John Tzimiskes (the Tragos)Issued in the name of John I Tzimiskes · AD 971–972 · archive.org
Typikon for the Great LavraAthanasius the Athonite · AD 973–975 · archive.org
Laws of King Stephen IIssued in the name of Stephen I of Hungary · first half of the eleventh century · archive.org
Dagome iudexSummarized by Cardinal Deusdedit · summary of c. AD 1087 of a document issued under Pope John XV (985–996) · archive.org
The Statutes of the RealmThe Parliament of England · Acts and charters of 1101–1713; cited here for 1533–1552 · archive.org
Privileges of Paschal II for Henry VPaschal II · February and April 1111 · avalon.law.yale.edu
The Charter of CharityTwelfth century, in several stages; date debated · klastervyssibrod.cz
The Concordat of WormsCallixtus II and Henry V · 23 September 1122 · avalon.law.yale.edu
Decretum (Concordia discordantium canonum)Gratian · c. 1140 · geschichte.digitale-sammlungen.de
Privilege for Scholars (Authentica Habita)Frederick I Barbarossa · November 1158 · archive.org
The Constitutions of ClarendonIssued in the name of Henry II · January 1164 · avalon.law.yale.edu
Ad abolendamLucius III · 1184 · archive.org
Privilege for the Scholars of ParisPhilip II Augustus · 1200 · archive.org
Statutes for the Masters and Scholars of ParisRobert of Courçon · August 1215 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Rule of the Friars Minor (Regula bullata)Francis of Assisi; confirmed by Honorius III in the bull Solet annuere · 29 November 1223 · archive.org
Treaty of Paris (1229)Issued in the name of Raymond VII, count of Toulouse · 12 April 1229 · archive.org
Parens scientiarumGregory IX · 13 April 1231 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)Compiled by Raymond of Penyafort for Gregory IX · 1234 · tha.de
Ad extirpandaInnocent IV · 15 May 1252 · archive.org
Clericis laicosBoniface VIII · 25 February 1296 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
Unam sanctamBoniface VIII · 18 November 1302 · archive.org
Canonization Process of Thomas Aquinas at Naples21 July – 18 September 1319 · archive.org
Benedictus DeusPope Benedict XII · 1336 · papalencyclicals.net
Unigenitus Dei FiliusPope Clement VI · 27 January 1343 · archive.org
Statute on the Burning of Heretics (De heretico comburendo)Parliament of England · 1401 · archive.org
Record of the Trial of Condemnation of Joan of ArcThe court of Pierre Cauchon, bishop of Beauvais · 1431, put into its Latin form afterwards · gutenberg.org
Record of the Nullification Trial of Joan of ArcThe papal judges delegate, Jean Juvénal des Ursins, Guillaume Chartier, Richard de Longueil and Jean Bréhal · Inquiries of 1452; trial of 1455–1456 · gutenberg.org
The Helmasperger Notarial InstrumentUlrich Helmasperger, notary · 6 November 1455 · gutenberg-digital.p.sub.uni-goettingen.de
ExecrabilisPope Pius II · January 1460 · gutenberg.org
Grave nimisPope Sixtus IV · 4 September 1483 · patristica.net
Instructions of Seville for the Inquisitors (1484)Tomás de Torquemada and the inquisitors and lawyers assembled at Seville · 29 November 1484 · archive.org
Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Castile and AragonFerdinand and Isabella · 31 March 1492 · archive.org
Inter CaeteraPope Alexander VI · 4 May 1493 · papalencyclicals.net
The RequerimientoIssued in the name of King Ferdinand and Queen Juana of Castile · c. 1513 · ecda.northeastern.edu
Instructio summaria (Summary Instruction for the Indulgence Commissaries)Issued in the name of Albert of Brandenburg, archbishop of Mainz · c. 1517 · archive.org
Records of the Zurich Council on the Reformation, 1519–15331519–1533 · archive.org
Exsurge DominePope Leo X · 15 June 1520 · papalencyclicals.net
Decet Romanum PontificemPope Leo X · 3 January 1521 · papalencyclicals.net
Declaration on Luther, 19 April 1521Emperor Charles V · 19 April 1521 · archive.org
Edict of WormsIssued in the name of Emperor Charles V · May 1521 · archive.org
Confession of Thomas Müntzer (1525)Thomas Müntzer, as recorded by his interrogators · 16 May 1525 · digital.pitts.emory.edu
The Twelve Articles of the PeasantsEarly 1525 · germanhistorydocs.org
Recess of the Diet of Speyer (1526)27 August 1526 · archive.org
Proposition and Majority Resolution of the Diet of Speyer (1529)15 March and 7 April 1529 · archive.org
Protestation and Appeal of the Evangelical Estates at Speyer (1529)19–25 April 1529 · archive.org
Sublimis DeusPaul III · 2 June 1537 · papalencyclicals.net
Regimini militantis EcclesiaePaul III · 27 September 1540 · archive.org
The Ecclesiastical Ordinances of GenevaDrafted by John Calvin and a committee of the Council; enacted by the councils of Geneva · Adopted 20 November 1541 · archive.org
The New Laws of the IndiesCharles V · Barcelona, 20 November 1542; additions at Valladolid, 4 June 1543 · archive.org
Act for the Reviving of Three Statutes for the Punishment of HeresiesParliament of England · 1554, in force from 20 January 1555 · archive.org
Mary’s Second Act of RepealParliament of England · 1554 · archive.org
The Religious Peace of AugsburgThe imperial diet, in the name of King Ferdinand · 25 September 1555 · lwl.org
Act of Supremacy (1559)Parliament of England · 1559 · archive.org
Act of Uniformity (1559)Parliament of England · 1559 · archive.org
Acts of the Scottish Parliament of August 1560Parliament of Scotland · August 1560; ratified December 1567 · rps.ac.uk
Preface of the Elector Frederick III to the Heidelberg CatechismFrederick III, Elector Palatine · 19 January 1563 · archive.org
Regnans in excelsisPope Pius V · 25 February 1570 · papalencyclicals.net
Act against the Bringing In and Putting in Execution of Bulls from the See of RomeParliament of England · 1571 · archive.org
Act to Retain the Queen’s Majesty’s Subjects in their Due ObedienceParliament of England · 1581 · archive.org
Act against Jesuits and SeminaristsParliament of England · 1585 · archive.org
Edicts of Toyotomi Hideyoshi on Christianity (1587)Toyotomi Hideyoshi · 18th and 19th days of the sixth month of Tenshō 15 (1587) · afe.easia.columbia.edu
Charter on the Establishment of the Patriarchate of MoscowTsar Fyodor Ivanovich, Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople, Patriarch Job of Moscow and the council of Russian and Greek clergy · May 1589 · azbyka.ru
Magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimisPope Clement VIII · 23 December 1595 · archive.org
The Edict of NantesHenry IV of France · April–May 1598 · fr.wikisource.org
The Rules to be Observed in the Translation of the Biblec. 1604 · archive.org
The Letter of Majesty of Rudolf II for BohemiaRudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia · July 1609 · germanhistorydocs.org
Proclamation against Christianity (1614)Tokugawa Ieyasu · 27 January 1614 (twelfth month of Keichō 18) · archive.org
The Trial of Galileo (documents of the Holy Office and the Congregation of the Index, 1616–1633)Roman Inquisition and Congregation of the Index · 1616–1634 · archive.org
The Mayflower CompactThe settlers of New Plymouth · 11 November 1620 (Old Style) · avalon.law.yale.edu
The Edict of RestitutionFerdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor · 6 March 1629 · germanhistorydocs.org
Ordinance for the Calling of an Assembly of Learned and Godly DivinesLords and Commons of the Parliament of England · 12 June 1643 · british-history.ac.uk
The Solemn League and Covenant1643 · constitution.org
Decree of Propaganda Fide on Questions from the China Mission (1645)Congregation de Propaganda Fide · 1645 · archive.org
The Treaty of Münster (Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis)24 October 1648 · avalon.law.yale.edu
The Treaty of Osnabrück (Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis)14/24 October 1648 · germanhistorydocs.org
Zelo domus DeiPope Innocent X · 26 November 1648 · la.wikisource.org
Cum occasionePope Innocent X · 31 May 1653 · archive.org
Ad sanctam beati Petri sedemPope Alexander VII · 16 October 1656 · archive.org
Decree of the Holy Office on Questions from the China Mission (1656)Congregation of the Holy Office · 1656 · archive.org
The Edict of Fontainebleau (Revocation of the Edict of Nantes)Louis XIV of France · October 1685 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Edict of PotsdamFrederick William, Elector of Brandenburg · 29 October 1685 (Julian calendar; 8 November in the Gregorian) · germanhistorydocs.org
The Toleration Act (1 William and Mary, chapter 18)Parliament of England · Royal assent 24 May 1689 · british-history.ac.uk
Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1690Parliament of Scotland · 1690 · legislation.gov.uk
The Kangxi Emperor’s Edict of TolerationBoard of Rites, at the order of the Kangxi emperor · 20 March 1692 (decision of the Board of Rites) · archive.org
Vineam Domini SabaothPope Clement XI · 16 July 1705 · archive.org
UnigenitusPope Clement XI · 8 September 1713 · papalencyclicals.net
The Kangxi Emperor’s Comment on the Papal DecreeThe Kangxi emperor · 1721 · sourcebooks.fordham.edu
The Spiritual RegulationIssued in the name of Peter I of Russia · Manifesto of 25 January 1721 (Old Style); printed September 1721 · archive.org
Statutes of the Congregation at Herrnhut (the Brotherly Agreement)Nikolaus von Zinzendorf and the congregation at Herrnhut · 12 May 1727 · archive.org
Ex quo singulariPope Benedict XIV · 11 July 1742 · archive.org
The Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United SocietiesJohn Wesley and Charles Wesley · 1 May 1743 · archive.org
Dominus ac RedemptorPope Clement XIV · 21 July 1773 · jesuitportal.bc.edu
An Act for Establishing Religious FreedomGeneral Assembly of Virginia, from a bill drafted by Thomas Jefferson · January 1786 (bill reported 1779) · encyclopediavirginia.org
Constitution of the United Statessigned 17 September 1787 · archives.gov
Bill of Rights (Amendments to the United States Constitution)proposed 25 September 1789, ratified 15 December 1791 · archives.gov
The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France, 1789–1901Frank Maloy Anderson (editor and translator) · documents of 1789–1810 cited; collection published 1904 · archive.org
Civil Constitution of the ClergyNational Constituent Assembly of France · 12 July 1790 · archive.org
Concordat of 1801Pope Pius VII and the French Republic · done at Paris, 26 Messidor Year IX (15 July 1801); promulgated 8 April 1802 · archive.org
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave TradeParliament of the United Kingdom · 25 March 1807 · teachinglegalhistory.unl.edu
Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarumPope Pius VII · 7 August 1814 · vatican.va
The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church · 1817 · web.archive.org
An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British ColoniesParliament of the United Kingdom · 28 August 1833 · legislation.gov.uk
Mandement Giving Judgment on the Apparition at the Grotto of LourdesBertrand-Sévère Laurence, bishop of Tarbes · 18 January 1862 · archive.org
Decree on Freedom of Conscience and on Church and Religious SocietiesCouncil of People’s Commissars of the Russian Soviet Republic · 20 January (2 February) 1918 · 1000dokumente.de
The World’s Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution CaseJuly 1925 · archive.org
Proposed Scheme of UnionJoint Committee of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon, the South India United Church and the South India Provincial Synod of the Wesleyan Methodist Church · 1929 · archive.org
The Lateran Pacts: Treaty, Financial Convention and Concordat between the Holy See and ItalyThe Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy · 11 February 1929 · vatican.va
Concordat between the Holy See and the German ReichThe Holy See and the German Reich · 20 July 1933 · vatican.va
Plane compertum estCongregation de Propaganda Fide · 8 December 1939 · vatican.va
Judgment of the Federal Court of Justice in the case against Huppenkothen and Thorbeck, 19 June 1956 (1 StR 50/56)Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice of Germany) · 19 June 1956 · opinioiuris.de
Walker v. City of Birmingham, 388 U.S. 307Supreme Court of the United States · 12 June 1967 · law.cornell.edu
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, 394 U.S. 147Supreme Court of the United States · 10 March 1969 · law.cornell.edu
Response to a Dubium on the Validity of Baptism Conferred by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 5 June 2001 · vatican.va
Declaratio of 11 February 2013Pope Benedict XVI · Dated 10 February 2013; read on 11 February 2013 · vatican.va
Erinnerung und Gedenken an den Völkermord an den Armeniern und anderen christlichen Minderheiten in den Jahren 1915 und 1916German Bundestag (motion of the CDU/CSU, SPD and Green parliamentary groups) · 31 May 2016 · dserver.bundestag.de
House Resolution 296, 116th CongressUnited States House of Representatives · 29 October 2019 · congress.gov
Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos for the Bestowal of the Ecclesiastical Status of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in UkraineEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate · 6 January 2019 · ec-patr.org
Vos estis lux mundiPope Francis · 7 May 2019; updated text 25 March 2023 · vatican.va

Liturgies and rulesTexts that order worship and common life.

The Psalms of Solomonc. 63–40 BC · en.wikisource.org
Nisibene HymnsEphrem the Syrian · Mid fourth century, before AD 373 · newadvent.org
Synodikon of OrthodoxyAD 843, with later additions · web.archive.org
The Book of Common Prayer (1549)Church of England · 1549 · archive.org
The Book of Common Prayer (1552)Church of England · 1552 · archive.org
The Order of Service for the Inauguration of Church Union in South IndiaChurch of South India · 1947 · anglicanhistory.org
Memorial of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya: Ecumenical Prayer, St Peter’s Basilica, 15 February 2024Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity · 15 February 2024 · christianunity.va
Common Worship: The CalendarThe Church of England · churchofengland.org
Coptic Synaxariumcopticchurch.net
The Ethiopian Synaxariumarchive.org