minor writers

Fragments of letters from a bishop of Jerusalem who gathered one of the ancient world's great libraries.

Fragments from a bishop who was also a mathematician, on number and its properties.

An early attempt to fix the date of Easter by careful astronomical reckoning.

A further fragment from the debate with Paul of Samosata at Antioch.

Additional fragments belonging to the synod's letter about the teaching of Paul of Samosata.

Surviving pieces of a recorded debate on how the Word is united to the man Jesus.

The synod's circular letter reporting its decision concerning the bishop of Antioch.

A brief outline of Acts chapter by chapter, from the scholar who saved Origen's library.

A bishop writes to his people from prison, describing the courage of his fellow sufferers.

A letter from imprisoned bishops asking a colleague not to ordain outside his own province.

A surviving comment on 1 Corinthians from a teacher once called the younger Origen.

An ancient notice describing the writings and reputation of Pierius of Alexandria.

Fragments from a lost seven-book outline of Christian doctrine written at Alexandria.

A letter of counsel to a Christian serving at the imperial court, on integrity in high office.

Shorter remains of early teachers such as Anatolius, Theognostus, Malchion, and Phileas, saved from a lost literature.