Readings in World Christian History: Earliest Christianity To 1453, Vol. 1 Book

	Introduction	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Note on Texts and Translations	xi
Part 1	To 300 C.E.
	Early Christian Communities
1.	Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Magnesians	3
2.	The Gospel of Thomas	5
3.	Didache	12
4.	Hippolytus of Rome, Apostolic Tradition	17
	Christianity and Society before Constantine
5.	Correspondence of Pliny and Trajan	23
6.	The Martyrs of Lyons (Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne, ca. 177)	24
7.	The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity	30
8.	Justin Martyr, Second Apology	37
9.	Certificate of Sacrifice	43
10.	Tertullian of Carthage, On the Apparel of Women	44
11.	Acts of Paul and Thecla	48
	Theological Currents in the Second and Third Centuries
12.	The Second Treatise of the Great Seth	53
13.	Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies	58
14.	The Muratorian Fragment	66
15.	Origen of Alexandria, On First Principles	68
16.	Cyprian of Carthage, Letter 55	76
17.	Bardaisan of Edessa, The Book of the Laws of Countries	82
Part 2	300-600 C.E.
	The Opening of the Constantinian Era: Conversion and Controversy
18.	Eusebius of Caesarea, Life of Constantine	87
19.	Letters of Arius and Alexander of Alexandria	98
20.	The Nicene Creed and the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed	101
21.	Auxentius of Durostorum, Letter on the Life and Work of Ulfila, Apostle of the Goths	102
22.	The Emperor Julian, Rescript on Christian Teachers (Letter 36)	105
23.	The Christianization of Ethiopia and Georgia: Rufinus of Aquileia, Ecclesiastical History	107
24.	The Martyrdom of Martha, Daughter of Posi, Who Was a Daughter of the Covenant	110
25.	Ephrem the Syrian, Hymn 1	113
26.	Basil of Caesarea, Letter 150	117
27.	Gregory of Nyssa, Ad Graecos	119
28.	The Christianization of Armenia: Agathangelos, History of the Armenians	122
	Varieties of Ascetic Life for Men and Women
29.	Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Anthony of Egypt	131
30.	Basil of Caesarea, Longer Rule	144
31.	Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Macrina	147
32.	Lives of Ascetics: Palladius, Lausiac History	155
33.	Egeria, Diary of a Pilgrimage	159
	Christology and Diverging Identities in the East
34.	Letters of Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius of Constantinople	165
35.	Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon	175
36.	Zacharias the Scholastic, Life of Severus of Antioch	176
37.	John of Ephesus, Life of Susan	183
38.	The Evangelization of Nubia: John of Ephesus, Ecclesiastical History	188
39.	Christians in India: Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography	192
	The Coming of Age of Latin Christianity
40.	Augustine of Hippo, City of God	195
41.	Pelagius, To Demetrias	206
42.	Augustine of Hippo, On Nature and Grace	210
43.	Ambrose of Milan, Letters 2 and 3	213
44.	Patrick, Confession	221
Part 3	600-1000 C.E.
	Early Medieval Christianity in Asia
45.	Apology of Patriarch Timothy of Baghdad before the Caliph Mahdi	231
46.	Inscription of the Monument of the Church of the East at Xian	243
47.	Chinese Christian Sutras	247
	Early Medieval Christianity in the West
48.	Acts of the Third Council of Toledo	253
49.	Columbanus, Letter 2	255
50.	Bede, Ecclesiastical History	258
51.	Rudolph of Fulda, Life of Leoba	264
52.	The Heliand	271
53.	Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, Dulcitius	280
54.	Adso of Montier-en-Der, Letter on the Origin and Time of the Antichrist	285
	The Byzantine Commonwealth
55.	John of Damascus, On the Divine Images	289
56.	Letters of Patriarch Photius of Constantinople and Pope Nicholas I on Disputed Issues	297
57.	Life of Constantine [Cyril]	302
58.	The Christianization of Russia: Russian Primary Chronicle	310
Part 4	1000-1453 C.E.
	Reform, Crusade, Reconquest
59.	Pope Gregory VII, Letter to Hermann of Metz	319
60.	Guibert of Nogent, The Deeds of God through the Franks	324
61.	Ibn al-Athir on the Fall of Jerusalem, 1099	334
62.	Nicetas Choniates on the Sack of Constantinople, 1204	335
63.	James I of Aragon on the Fall of Valencia, 1238	336
	Spirituality and Theology in the Latin West in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
64.	Anselm of Canterbury, Cur Deus Homo	339
65.	Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God	347
66.	Thomas of Celano, First Life of Francis of Assisi	354
67.	Thomas Aquinas on the Existence of God	359
68.	Letters and Visions of Hadewijch of Brabant	362
	Asian and African Christianity in the Late Middle Ages
69.	The Lives of Mar Yahbh-Allaha and Rabban Sawma	373
70.	The War Chronicle of Amda Tseyon	384
71.	Kebra Nagast	388
	Latin and Byzantine Christianity in the Late Middle Ages
72.	Documents by or about Boniface VIII: Unam Sanctam; Account of Events at Anagni, 1303	397
73.	Gregory Palamas, Triads	402
74.	Geert Grote, Letter 29	410
75.	The Council of Constance, Haec sancta and Frequens	414
76.	The Council of Florence on Church Union: Laetentur caeli	415
	Index	418