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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers are a set of books containing translations of early Christian writings into English.

The Volumes

It was translated in 1885 and these are the volumes:

Volume I. Prolegomena: St. Augustine's Life and Work, Confessions, Letters
Volume II. The City of God, Christian Doctrine
Volume III. On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises
Volume IV. The Anti-Manichaean Writings, The Anti-Donatist Writings
Volume V. Anti-Pelagian Writings
Volume VI. Sermon on the Mount, Harmony of the Gospels, Homilies on the Gospels
Volume VII. Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies
Volume VIII. Expositions on the Psalms

Volume IX. On the Priesthood, ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes
Volume X. Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew
Volume XI. Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans
Volume XII. Homilies on First and Second Corinthians
Volume XIII. Homilies on the Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
Volume XIV. Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

Volume I. Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine
Volume II. Socrates: Church History from A.D. 305-438; Sozomenus: Church History from A.D. 323-425
Volume III. Theodoret, Jerome and Gennadius, Rufinus and Jerome
Volume IV. Athanasius: Select Writings and Letters
Volume V. Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters
Volume VI. Jerome: Letters and Select Works
Volume VII. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen
Volume VIII. Basil: Letters and Select Works
Volume IX. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
Volume X. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters
Volume XI. Sulpicius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
Volume XII. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
Volume XIII. Gregory the Great II, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat
Volume XIV. The Seven Ecumenical Councils