Category
page 15th-century Christian texts
The City of God
book by Augustine of Hippo
Athanasian Creed
Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology
Chalcedonian Definition
Christian statement of faith, dividing some dissenting Eastern churches (Oriental Orthodoxy) from Roman Catholicism (and Protestantism) and Eastern Orthodoxy
Syriac Infancy Gospel
New Testament apocryphal writing concerning the infancy of Jesus
Sayings of the Desert Fathers
stories attributed to early Christian hermits and monks
Leo's Tome
a letter sent by Pope Leo I to Flavian of Constantinople
History of Joseph the Carpenter
compilation of traditions concerning the family of Jesus; probably composed in Byzantine Egypt in Greek in the late 6th – early 7th century; survives in Coptic and Arabic; supports the perpetual virginity of Mary
De doctrina Christiana
theological text written by Saint Augustine of Hippo (4 books)
Psychomachia
thumb|British Library, Add MS 24199, part 1, 10th century
thumb|Psychomachia, as the "battle between good and evil", on a Romanesque capital, Monastery of Sant Cugat, Catalonia, Spain
The Psychomachia (Battle of Spirits or Soul War) is a Latin poem by Prudentius (348 CE - after 405 CE). Its precise date of composition is unknown. In roughly a thousand lines, the poet describes the conflict of vices and virtues as a battle in the style of Virgil's Aeneid. Christian faith is attacked by and defeats pagan idolatry to be cheered by a thousand Christian martyrs.
On the Trinity
book written by Augustine of Hippo
Lausiac History
5th-century Christian texts
Cena Cypriani
short story by Johannes Hymmonides
Acts of Peter and Paul
pseudepigraphical 4th century Christian text
Acts of Barnabas
New Testament apocrypha, which claims to be written by the biblical apostle Barnabas
Doctrine of Addai
Syriac Christian apocrypha
Commonitory
The ''''' or Commonitory''''' is a 5th-century Christian treatise written after the council of Ephesus under the pseudonym "" and attributed to Vincent of Lérins. It is known for Vincent's famous maxim: "Moreover, in the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all."
De Coelesti Hierarchia
work by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Acts of Timothy
Christian writings regarding the apostle Timothy
Enchiridion of Augustine
book by Augustinus van Hippo