Translations of Early Christian Writings Into English

To view a list of published volumes and collections which contain a significant number of early Christian writings, click here. This is not a complete list of collections of early Christian writings but focuses on some of the larger collections. To see more detailed lists, sorted by early Christian writing or writer, see the list below. The list below is intended to be a fairly complete list of translations of each of these early Christian writings or writers.

Individual Early Christian Writings or Writers

It is impossible to know the exact dates of composition of the following writings. An attempt has been made to put them in a roughly chronological order.

• Shepherd of Hermas (also called “Pastor of Hermas”)
• 1 Clement (also called “The First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians”)
• Letters of Ignatius of Antioch
• Polycarp to the Philippians
• Letter of Barnabas
• Didache (also called “Teaching of the Twelve Apostles”)
• Apology of Aristides
• An Anonymous Early Christian Sermon (also called “2 Clement”)
• Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Mathetes to Diognetus
• Revelation of Peter
• Justin’s First Apology
• Justin’s Second Apology
• Justin’s Dialogue With Trypho
• Justin’s Other Writings
• Martyrdom of Justin, Chariton, Charites, Pæon, and Liberianus
• Athenagoras of Athens
• Tatian of Syria
• The Diatessaron (an early harmony of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
• Octavius by Marcus Minucius Felix
• Melito of Sardis