Sources and Credits

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

On the Government of God

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 Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Introduction to the Letters of Sidonius

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 Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

The Letters of Sidonius

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 Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

The Life of Saint Severinus

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 Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Licence: Public domain.

Letter to Petronius on Easter

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 Greek or Latin text is shown beside it yet, and no modern English version has been made. Note from the source file.   This text was translated by Michael Deckers, 2006, who kindly placed it in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

The Rule of Saint Benedict

English translation by Leonard J. Doyle, from St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries , translated from the Latin by Leonard J. Doyle (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, St. John’s Abbey, 1948); public domain, as prepared by Andrew Dunning for Project Gutenberg (ebook 50040), which treats it as public domain in the United States because the 1948 copyright was not renewed. SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1948 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths

English translation by Charles C. Mierow, from The Origin and Deeds of the Goths ( Getica ), in English version by Charles C. Mierow (doctoral thesis, Princeton University, 1908; later published as The Gothic History of Jordanes , Princeton University Press, 1915); public domain, as prepared by Ted Garvin, SuperCrispy, David King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team for Project Gutenberg (ebook 14809). SermonIndex has only divided it into chapters and short sections; the wording is the translator’s own. Footnotes and the editor’s introduction are left out. No original-language text is shown beside it, and no modern English version has been made. Licence. The translation was published in 1908 and is in the public domain. Licence: Public domain.