This famous commentary from St. Thomas Aquinas is now more accessible than ever! The Catena Aurea (or, Golden Chain) is a compilation of Patristic commentary on the Gospels and contains passages from over eighty Church Fathers. In this masterpiece, Aquinas seamlessly weaves together extracts from various Fathers to provide a complete commentary on all four Gospels.

T. W. Allies was one of the nineteenth centuries most prolific English theologians whose works on Church history, the early Church Fathers, doctrine, and theology have had an enduring impact on the Catholic Church. The sixteen volumes in The Works of T. W. Allies (16 vols.) include all of Allies most prodigious works—the eight-volume Formation of Christendom, Per Crucem ad Lucem, and A Life's Decision—plus more! Covering everything from the development of the early church and doctrines to a full biography of T. W. Allies, this collection provides extensive commentary and elucidation.

The Bampton Lectures were inaugurated at the University of Oxford in 1780 at the behest of William Bampton. Bampton, who left Oxford a generous bequest of land and estates, stipulated that the university in turn establish an annual series of eight lectures to be delivered in the University Church.

The Logos 5 Anglican Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic Anglican libraries of Logos 5. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with practical commentary sets and even includes a few key texts to get you started with basic Greek and Hebrew study.

In his Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Augustine of Hippo provides a vivid and compelling exploration of the Psalms, with the beautiful humanity that characterizes his work. This six volume collection was translated by E. B. Pusey, H. Walford, and Charles Marriott, and it provides notes throughout each volume.

Along with Athanasius and Justin Martyr, Tertullian was one of the early church’s greatest theologians and apologists. In Apologetic and Practical Treatises, Tertullian provides an array of essays defending and explaining Christian practices, such as prayer, baptism, and repentance. Defending Christian abstention, other essays explain Christian perspectives on topics such as idolatry, Rome’s public shows, and other pagan practices. This volume also includes personal letters that bring further clarity to the challenges second-century Christians faced.

The Verbum 5 Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Verbum 5. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with study Bible notes, Bible dictionaries, devotionals, and a few key commentaries. The Verbum 5 Starter Legacy Library provides essential resources for anyone just getting started with serious Bible study.

With the Classic Studies on Logic collection, you’ll get a wealth of information in five volumes on the art of reasoning. Learn how to distinguish between valid and invalid deductions. Critically reason through the arguments of others. Strengthen your skills in debate. More than just an academic exercise, studying logic will help you share and defend your beliefs.

The Select Sermons, Homilies, and Treatises of St. Augustine contains an array of resources from one of the church’s most influential theologians. Each volume in this collection intends to edify the church by providing instructional commentary on Scripture and essays on various aspects of Christian discipleship and morality. Four volumes of homilies and sermons cover large sections of Scripture, including a complete treatment of John’s Gospel and his first epistle, large sections of the Synoptic Gospels, and eight of Paul’s epistles. A volume of treatises on various aspects of Christian discipleship and morality rounds out the collection, including Augustine’s classic exposition, Enchiridion, on Paul’s well-known phrase, “faith, hope, and love”.

The strife and dissension surrounding the seventeenth-century English Civil War left many clergy and theologians tracing their way back to the roots of their faith. Many prioritized debating theological minutiae over caring for parishioners’ spiritual health; others sought to refocus on practical care William Beveridge, bishop of St. Asaph, was one such frustrated churchman, looking for stability and truth in a world of tumult. His desire to see the Church of England restored to the early church’s spirit and structure is evident in many of his works. The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology’s 12-volume Theological Works of William Beveridge includes his monumental description and defense of the early church’s form and function, Codex Canonum Ecclesiae Primitivae, The Church Catechism Explained, his brief volume on prayer and communion, as well as his sermons on the true nature of the Church.

The Works of Thomas Wilson collection compiles Wilson’s extensive and elaborate life works. It is filled with a nearly 1,000-page biography, 99 sermons, and some of his most prominent works, like Sacra Privata, Maxims of Piety and Morality, and Parochialia. Wilson discusses the importance of repentance, the Lord’s Supper, the resurrection of Christ, and more.

Charles I appointed William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. Thirteen years later, Parliament would execute Laud for treason. Throughout his career, Laud was known as a ceaseless worker who kept few friends. He endeared himself to few people, but his intelligence and administrative aptitude saw him meritoriously rise in the Church. He did not have the same trouble gaining enemies as he did friends—his devotion to the monarchy did little to improve his popularity. He was also devoted to tradition and strict liturgy and because of this, he was frequently criticized and under suspicion for being a papist. However, he was a principled man who would not bend his beliefs under pressure. His unbending personality eventually led to his execution in the heat of the English Civil War.

Craft meaningful sermons with insights from the best preachers in history. This extensive collection assembles classic sermons from the fourth to the twentieth century, on both practical topics and doctrinal issues. Dozens of notable preachers are represented, from John Wycliffe to John Henry Newman, and George Whitefield to Dwight Moody. Delve into the messages they shared with the congregations they loved and discover priceless examples of preaching as an art.

The Logos 6 Orthodox Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Logos 6. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with study Bible notes, Bible dictionaries, devotionals, and a few key commentaries. The Logos 6 Starter Legacy Library provides essential resources for anyone just getting started with serious Bible study.

The story of St. Ephrem’s life is enigmatic, but even though he is surrounded by mystery, his poetic writings are well attested. They tell us a great deal about Ephrem and his theological positions. Though St. Ephrem never attained prominence in West, his influence in the Eastern Church is substantial to this day. Originally composed in Syriac, the "rhythms"included in The Select Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian explore the birth and death of Christ, as well as apologetic themes and the nature of faith. Theologically rich and creative in expression, this collection of works help us see more clearly into Ephrem’s life while gaining a better grasp of his theology. With the Logos editions, these valuable volumes are enhanced by amazing functionality and features. Scripture and ancient-text citations link directly to English translations and original-language texts, and important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform...

John Chrysostom (c. AD 347–407) was the archbishop of Constantinople and an early church father. He is honored as a saint in the Orthodox, Eastern, and Roman Catholic churches, and is also a Doctor of the Church. A great orator, his homilies were not written, but spoken to the people, often transcribed by listeners for wider distribution. His style was direct and personal, often targeting Christian involvement in the materialism and paganism surrounding the early church. His homilies contain practical examples and analogies meant to reach laypeople, As well as more complex theological substance that helped to formulate Christian thinking as we know it today. John Chrysostom has been praised as one of the greatest preachers in the early church, and his homilies and discourses remain a lasting legacy for all Christians.

St. Athanasius is one of the church’s greatest theologians and apologists. The Select Works of St. Athanasius collection presents two of Athanasius’ most important apologetic works, a series of pastoral letters written on a year-by-year cycle for the Easter season, and a host of personal letters and theological essays written near the end of his life. Whether you are a theologian examining Athanasian texts or a historian looking for links between Athanasius’ remarkable life and his penetrating thought, this collection has plenty to keep you interested.

Athanasius of Alexandria stands as a pillar of the Christian faith—a hero of Christianity during a time of widespread heresy and political fear. From a time even before Arianism spread until the end of his days, Athanasius fought tooth-and-nail to preserve the teachings of the Trinity and the Incarnation. As Arianism grew, he found himself among a minority of those defending these doctrines, causing him to be publicly anathematized in his own hometown and exiled on six separate occasions. Athanasius’ involvement at the Council of Nicaea and his writings on the Trinity—particularly on the nature of Christ—eventually won the day. In the light of Athanasius’ arguments and historical references, “the world was thunderstruck with astonishment at suddenly finding itself Arian,” Jerome explained. This collection provides scholarly translations of his writings, biographies of his life and his trials, and dissertations on the historical difficulties of the subject.

The Logos 6 Orthodox Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Logos 6. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with practical commentary sets and even includes a few key texts to get you started with basic Greek and Hebrew study.

This collection of six volumes is a masterful and invaluable introduction to the history, theology, piety, and worship of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Rev. John Mason Neale, himself sympathetic to the Oxford movement, does a wonderful job of not only introducing the Orthodox Church to the English-speaking world (at a time when it was little more than a mystery of the East), but also going deeper into the mystical theology, worship, and peculiarities of the Eastern Church as compared with the West.

The Verbum 5 Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Verbum 5. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with practical commentary sets and even includes a few key texts to get you started with basic Greek and Hebrew study.

Known as the “star of preachers,” Lancelot Andrewes was one of the foremost scholars and theologians during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England. So great was his command of language that he was appointed head of the committee that created the Authorized Version (or King James Version) of the Bible. After Andrewes’ death, King Charles I ordered that his sermons be collected and published. T. S. Eliot converted to Anglicanism (from Unitarianism) after reading these collected sermons. According to Eliot, “they rank with the finest English prose of their time, of any time.”

George Bull’s theological work was often controversial, and Bull pushed his readers to deeply consider the idea and manifestation of the Trinity. Of his four major theological works, written in Latin, three discuss the Trinity in depth. They provide a probing look into the disciplines and practices of the early Church Fathers, and examine the idea of divine justification in a new light. Here, in The Works of George Bull collection, are both the Latin and English versions of this esteemed Anglican theologian’s works, a perfect addition to any study on the Trinity or the seventeenth-century Anglican church.

The Verbum 6 Legacy Libraries reintroduce the classic libraries of Verbum 6. This library is offered without features and datasets, making it the perfect standalone collection of resources to help grow your library with practical commentary sets and even includes a few key texts to get you started with basic Greek and Hebrew study.

Archbishop of Constantinople and influential early Church Father John Chrysostom was known for his eloquent preaching. His homilies were not written, but spoken to the people, often transcribed by listeners for wider distribution. Direct and personal in style, his teaching often targeted Christian involvement in the materialism and paganism surrounding the early church. This volume contains John Chrysostom’s 32 homilies on Paul’s letter to the Romans.

St. Cyril’s life of some seventy years, placed in the very center of the fourth century, epitomizes much that was characteristic of both Jerusalem and the century. Bishop of Jerusalem for nearly forty years, he experienced three expulsions from his see, these due as much to politico-ecclesiastical rivalry as to his participation in the contemporary theological controversies, in which Cyril played an important and still disputed role. This volume contains Cyril’s 23 Catechetical Lectures. They are written in an informal tone in contrast to the rigid and scientific tone similar lectures often took. They resonate with pastoral love and warmth and are filled with scripture. Cyril’s lectures are an excellent model of early Christian instruction and liturgy.

Unlock the heritage of the Wesleyan tradition with a personal library of both classic and modern Methodist, Holiness, Wesleyan, and Nazarene writers and theologians. With resources focusing on four main areas of study: biblical studies, theology, preaching and ministry, and classic works, the Methodist & Wesleyan Library Builder personalizes your library at an enormous discount. From John Wesley to Thomas C. Oden and Joel B. Green to Adam Clarke, this library is sure to meet the needs of any pastor, student, or layperson ready to learn, pray, worship, and teach the Word.

Drawing on a rich heritage of spiritual insight from his father and grandfather before him, William Daniel Conybeare continues the Conybeare tradition by offering an inquisitive look into Scripture and the writings of the early Church Fathers presenting a sound exegesis and interpretation of the works. His thorough and analytical approach, pursued through a series of thought-provoking lectures and addresses given during his tenure at the University of Oxford and as a guest lecturer at Bristol College are now collected in The Works of W. D. Conybeare.

Herbert Thorndike was a reputable seventeenth-century scholar who passionately engaged with the controversial theological issues of his time. Based on the first six General Councils of the Church, his earliest published works defended episcopacy against Presbyterianism, engaged the rights of the church, and built a case for the return to Christian unity.

Far from being the “dark ages” once disparaged by the rationalists of the Enlightenment, modern scholarship has revealed the Middle Ages as a period of profound intellectual, artistic and spiritual vitality. The culture of the West revolved around Christianity, and the intellectual life culminated not in abstract theology, but in the sermon. It was in pursuit of better preaching that the scholars of the Middle Ages organized the Bible by chapter and verse, why they compiled countless lexicons and concordances, why they wrote their summae and their commentaries, and ultimately why they built the university system. The preaching of the Middle Ages was both exegetical and pastoral. Its purpose was to bring the Word of God to life and through it to convert the people. They believed that preaching was a grace and that the Holy Spirit spoke through the preacher, interpreting Scripture. Preaching and Spirituality were therefore intimately connected.