5th Century

Authors

Late ancient ecclesiastical writer associated with biographical and bibliographical accounts of Christian authors.

Monastic writer whose Institutes and Conferences transmit ascetic teaching and eastern monastic practice.

Bishop of Rome whose sermons and letters address Christology, pastoral authority, and ecclesial order.

Moses of Chorene is represented by works on Christian doctrine, Scripture, and ecclesial life.

Church historian whose continuation of Eusebius records fourth- and fifth-century ecclesiastical affairs.

Church historian whose work narrates late antique ecclesiastical history and monastic developments.

Bishop and theologian whose works include ecclesiastical history, letters, and doctrinal dialogues.

Monastic theologian known for the Commonitory and its account of catholic doctrinal continuity.

Christological debate, monastic theology, and pastoral authority in John Cassian, Leo the Great, Theodoret, and Vincent of Lerins.