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Where each text comes from, and the licence under which it may be reused.

Exhortation to Repentance

Authorship. These four short works were handed down with Cyprian’s writings but are not by him; they come from various unknown authors, mostly of the third century. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Of the Discipline and Advantage of Chastity

Authorship. These four short works were handed down with Cyprian’s writings but are not by him; they come from various unknown authors, mostly of the third century. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

On the Glory of Martyrdom

Authorship. These four short works were handed down with Cyprian’s writings but are not by him; they come from various unknown authors, mostly of the third century. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

On the Public Shows

Authorship. These four short works were handed down with Cyprian’s writings but are not by him; they come from various unknown authors, mostly of the third century. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

An Exhortation to the Priesthood

English translation by Alphonse Mingana, from Woodbrooke Studies: Christian documents in Syriac, Arabic and Garshūni , edited and translated by A. Mingana, with introductions by Rendel Harris, volume 1 (Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1927); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1927 volume at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. Rendel Harris’s introduction and the Garshūni text and facsimiles are also left out. Greek words that occur in the text are given in Latin letters. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1927 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Spurious Letters Ascribed to Ignatius

Authorship. These letters are not by Ignatius of Antioch. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

The Life of Polycarp, by Pseudo-Pionius

English translation by J. B. Lightfoot, from The Apostolic Fathers: St Ignatius and St Polycarp (1889); public domain. The text was transcribed for Roger Pearse’s collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts (tertullian.org/fathers). SermonIndex has removed the page numbers and the footnotes and divided the text into sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Greek words that occur in the text are given in Latin letters. Licence: Public domain.

The Doubtful Letters

Authorship. These letters were once printed with the works of Sulpicius Severus, but his authorship is doubtful and most scholars do not accept it. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Apocryphal Letters: Abgarus, Lentulus, Laodiceans, and Paul and Seneca

English translation by M. R. James, from The Apocryphal New Testament , being the apocryphal gospels, acts, epistles, and apocalypses, with other narratives and fragments, newly translated by Montague Rhodes James (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a scan of the 1924 edition at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. James’s notes at the foot of the pages and the page numbers are also left out; the short introductions that he prints before each work are kept. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1924 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

Fragments Attributed to Irenaeus

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Benjamin Plummer Pratten, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

Against All Heresies

Authorship. This list of heresies was printed with Tertullian’s works but is not by him; it is the work of an unknown Latin writer who drew on an older Greek treatise. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Apology (attributed to Melito)

English translation by William Cureton, from the Syriac, in Spicilegium Syriacum (1855); public domain. The text was transcribed for Roger Pearse’s collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts (tertullian.org/fathers). SermonIndex has removed the page numbers and the footnotes and divided the text into sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Licence: Public domain.

Dubious and Spurious Pieces Attributed to Hippolytus

Authorship. The pieces collected here were once ascribed to Hippolytus of Rome, but their authorship is dubious or plainly spurious. Source. English translation: an older public-domain translation as collected in the Writings-Database (HistoricalChristianFaith), mostly from the Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers and similar nineteenth-century editions. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Encomium on Elijah the Tishbite

English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge, in the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. 8 (1885–6); public domain. The text was transcribed for Roger Pearse’s collection Early Church Fathers – Additional Texts (tertullian.org/fathers). SermonIndex has removed the page numbers and the footnotes and divided the text into sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Licence: Public domain.

The Statutes of the Apostles

English translation by G. W. Horner, from The Statutes of the Apostles, or Canones Ecclesiastici , edited with translation and collation from Ethiopic and Arabic MSS., also a translation of the Saidic and collation of the Bohairic versions, by G. W. Horner (London: Williams & Norgate, 1904); public domain. The text was read by machine (Mistral OCR) from a Google Books scan of the 1904 edition, at the Internet Archive and has not been proofread against the printed book. SermonIndex has removed running heads and page numbers, joined words split across lines, and divided the text into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. The Ethiopic and Arabic texts, the introduction, the manuscript descriptions, the collations, the index and Horner’s notes are also left out; the line numbers printed in the margin are removed. No modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1904 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

The Decrees of Pope Fabian

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistle of Pope Anterus

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistle of Pope Urban I

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistles of Pope Callistus

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistles of Pope Fabian

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistles of Pope Pontianus

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.

The Epistles of Pope Zephyrinus

English translation from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe; New York, 1885–1896; public domain), translated by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond, as transcribed by volunteers of English Wikisource . SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. No Greek or Latin text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation is in the public domain (published before 1929). The Wikisource transcription is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence; we credit it here. Licence: Public domain.