Doctors of the Church

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Doctors of the Church

A "Doctor of the Church" is an individual singled out for the extraordinary advantages the Church has received from his teachings. To receive such a title, a person must have exhibited "eminens doctrina, insignis vitae sanctitas, et Ecclesiae declaratio" (i.e. eminent learning, a high degree of sanctity, and proclamation by the Church) and not be a marytr or Confessor (someone who died or suffered for the Faith, respectively).

Early on, this proclamation was given to SS. Gregory the Great, Ambrose, Augustine, and Jerome in the West (the "Four Great Latin Doctors"), and to SS. John Chrysostom, Basil, Gregory Nanzianzus, and, later, Athanasius in the East (the "Four Great Greek Doctors"). The Feasts of these Saints were made obligatory in their respective Churches (a collective Feast for the first three of the Greek Doctors was later instituted in the East).

Though Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) wrote that declarations of "Doctor" should be made by the Pope or by a general Council, decrees are, in practice, made by the Pope after the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints (formerly the Congregation of Sacred Rites) examines the writings of the proposed Doctor. Such decrees aren't infallible, and they don't indicate that the Doctors never erred in their works, but they show the great esteem in which the Church holds those who hold the title, and allow for special Masses (In Medio Ecclesiae) to be offered by the Universal Church in their honor.

There are thirty-six Doctors of the Church. They are listed here below, in order of the dates of their receiving the title. Click on the book icons next to their names to be shown lists of their works, as taken from Wikipedia, the Catholic Encyclopedia, and other sources. Check the Catholic library here and the relevant pages at the Catholic Encyclopedia offsite to find some of these works:

	1.	St. Gregory the Great, Doctor of the Unity of the Church, 540-604
	2.	St. Ambrose, Patron of the Veneration of Mary, 340-397
	3.	St. Augustine, Doctor of Grace, 354-430
	4.	St. Jerome, Father of Biblical Science, 347-420
	5.	St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor, 1225-1274
	6.	St. John Chrysostom, Golden Mouthed, 347-407
	7.	St. Basil the Great, Father of Eastern Monasticism, 330-379
	8.	St. Gregory of Nanzianzus, Theologian, 329-389
	9.	St. Athanasius, Father of Orthodoxy, 298-373
	10.	St. Bonaventure, Seraphic Doctor, 1221-1274
	11.	St. Anselm, Magnificent Doctor, 1033/34-1109
	12.	St. Isidore of Seville, Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages, 560-636
	13.	St. Peter Chrysologus, 406-450
	14.	St. Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church's Unity, 400-461
	15.	St. Peter Damian, Monitor to the Popes, 1007-1072
	16.	St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Mellifluous Doctor, 1090-1153
	17.	St. Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor of the Divinity of Christ, 300-367
	18.	St. Alphonsus Liguori, Most Zealous Doctor, 1696-1787
	19.	St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of Charity, 1567-1622
	20.	St. Cyril of Alexandria, Doctor of the Incarnation, 376-444
	21.	St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Doctor of Catechesis, 315-386
	22.	St. John Damascene, Doctor of Christian Art, 676-749
	23.	St. Bede the Venerable, Doctor of the English, 672-735
	24.	St. Ephrem, Harp of the Holy Ghost, 306-373
	25.	St. Peter Canisius, Doctor of the Catechism, 1521-1597
	26.	St. John of the Cross, Mystical Doctor, 1542-1591
	27.	St. Robert Bellarmine, Patron of Catechists, 1542-1621
	28.	St. Albertus Magnus, Universal Doctor, 1193-1280
	29.	St. Anthony of Padua, Evangelical Doctor, 1195-1231
	30.	St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Apostolic Doctor, 1559-1619
	31.	St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of Prayer, 1515-1582
	32.	St. Catherine of Siena, Mystic of the Incarnate Word, 1347-1380
	33.	St. Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of Merciful Love, 1873-1897
	34.	St. John of Avila, Apostle of Andalusia, 1500-1569
	35.	St. Hildegard of Bingen, Sybil of the Rhine, 1098-1179
	36.	St. Gregory of Narek, Armenian Mystic, 951-1003/11
	37.	St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Doctor of Unity, ca. 130 - ca. 202

Their Works:

St. Gregory the Great

Commentary on Job
Liber regulae pastoralis (Book of Pastoral Rule)
Dialogues
Sermons
In librum primum regum exposito (Commentary on I Kings)
854 letters

St. Ambrose

De fide ad Gratianum Augustum (On Faith, to Gratian Augustus)
De Officiis Ministrorum (On the Offices of Ministers, an ecclesiastical handbook modeled on Cicero's De Officiis.[43])
De Spiritu Sancto (On the Holy Ghost)
De incarnationis Dominicae sacramento (On the Sacrament of the Incarnation of the Lord)
De mysteriis (On the Mysteries)
Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam (Commentary on the Gospel according to Luke)
De bono mortis (Death as a Good)
De fuga saeculi (Flight From the World)
De institutione virginis et sanctae Mariae virginitate perpetua ad Eusebium (On the Birth of the Virgin and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary)
De Nabuthae (On Naboth)
De paenitentia (On Repentance)
De paradiso (On Paradise)
De sacramentis (On the Sacraments)
De viduis (On Widows)
De virginibus (On Virgins)
De virginitate (On Virginity)
Exhortatio virginitatis (Exhortation to Virginity)
De sacramento regenerationis sive de philosophia (On the Sacrament of Rebirth, or, On Philosophy [fragments])
The Hexaemeron (Six Days of Creation)
De Helia et ieiunio (On Elijah and Fasting)
De Iacob et vita beata (On Jacob and the Happy Life)
De Abraham; De Cain et Abel
De Ioseph (Joseph)
De Isaac vel anima (On Isaac, or The Soul)
De Noe (Noah)
De interpellatione Iob et David (On the Prayer of Job and David)
De patriarchis (On the Patriarchs)
De Tobia (Tobit)
Explanatio psalmorum (Explanation of the Psalms)
Explanatio symboli (Commentary on the Symbol).
De obitu Theodosii; De obitu Valentiniani; De excessu fratris Satyri (funeral orations)
91 letters
A collection of hymns on the Creation of the Universe.
Fragments of sermons
Ambrosiaster or the "pseudo-Ambrose," commentary on St. Paul's Epistles attributed to Ambrose.

St. Augustine

On the Beautiful and the Fitting (Latin: De Pulchra et Apto, 380)
On Christian Doctrine (Latin: De doctrina Christiana, 397–426)
Confessions (Confessiones, 397–398)
The City of God (De civitate Dei, begun c. 413–426)
On the Trinity (De trinitate, 400–416)
On Free Choice of the Will (De libero arbitrio)
Enchiridion (Enchiridion ad Laurentium, seu de fide, spe et caritate)
Retractationes (Retractations): At the end of his life (c. 426–428)
The Literal Meaning of Genesis (De Genesi ad litteram)
On the Catechising of the Uninstructed (De catechizandis rudibus)
On Faith and the Creed (De fide et symbolo)
Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen (De fide rerum invisibilium)
On the Profit of Believing (De utilitate credendi)
On the Creed: A Sermon to Catechumens (De symbolo ad catechumenos)
On Continence (De continentia)
On the teacher (De magistro, a dialogue between Augustine and his son Adeodatus)
On the Good of Marriage (De bono coniugali)
On Holy Virginity (De sancta virginitate)
On the Good of Widowhood (De bono viduitatis)
On Lying (De mendacio)
To Consentius: Against Lying (Contra mendacium [ad Consentium])
To Quodvultdeus, On Heresies (De haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum)
On the Work of Monks (De opere monachorum)
On Patience (De patientia)
On Care to be Had For the Dead (De cura pro mortuis gerenda)
On the Morals of the Catholic Church and on the Morals of the Manichaeans (De moribus ecclesiae catholicae et de moribus Manichaeorum)
On Two Souls, Against the Manichaeans (De duabus animabus [contra Manichaeos])
Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus the Manichaean ([Acta] contra Fortunatum [Manichaeum])
Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental (Contra epistulam Manichaei quam vocant fundamenti)
Reply to Faustus the Manichaean (Contra Faustum [Manichaeum])
Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichaeans (De natura boni contra Manichaeos)
On Baptism, Against the Donatists (De baptismo [contra Donatistas])
The Correction of the Donatists (De correctione Donatistarum)
On Merits and Remission of Sin, and Infant Baptism (De peccatorum meritis et remissione et de baptismo parvulorum)
On the Spirit and the Letter (De spiritu et littera)
On Nature and Grace (De natura et gratia)
On Man's Perfection in Righteousness (De perfectione iustitiae hominis)
On the Proceedings of Pelagius (De gestis Pelagii)
On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin (De gratia Christi et de peccato originali)
On Marriage and Concupiscence (De nuptiis et concupiscientia)
On the Nature of the Soul and its Origin (De natura et origine animae)
Against Two Letters of the Pelagians (Contra duas epistulas Pelagianorum)
On Grace and Free Will (De gratia et libero arbitrio)
On Rebuke and Grace (De correptione et gratia)
On the Predestination of the Saints (De praedestinatione sanctorum)
On the Gift of Perseverance (De dono perseverantiae)
Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount (De sermone Domini in monte)
On the Harmony of the Evangelists (De consensu evangelistarum)
In evangelium Ioannis, 1050–1100 ca., Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
Treatises on the Gospel of John (In Iohannis evangelium tractatus)
Soliloquies (Soliloquiorum libri duo)
Enarrations, or Expositions, on the Psalms (Enarrationes in Psalmos)
On the Immortality of the Soul (De immortalitate animae)
Answer to the Letters of Petilian, Bishop of Cirta (Contra litteras Petiliani)
Against the Academics (Contra Academicos)
On eighty-three various questions (De diversis quaestionibus octaginta tribus, 396)
Sermons, among which a series on selected lessons of the New Testament
Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount
Homilies, among which a series on the First Epistle of John (In Epistolam Joannis Ad Parthos Tractatus Decem)
On Music (De musica)
On Order (De Ordine)

St. Jerome

Letters
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem
The Dialogue Against the Luciferians
The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk
The Life of S. Hilarion
The Life of Paulus the First Hermit
Against Jovinianus
Against Vigilantius
Against the Pelagians
Prefaces
De Viris Illustribus (Illustrious Men)
Apology for himself against the Books of Rufinus

St. Thomas Aquinas

De fallaciis ad quosdam nobiles artistas
Commentary on the Prophet Jeremiah (Expositio in Jeremiam prophetam)
De propositionibus modalibus
On the Principles of Nature (De principiis naturae ad fratrem Sylvestrum)
On Being and Essence (De ente et essentia, ad fratres socios)
Contra impugnantes Dei cultum et religionem
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (Scriptum super libros Sententiarum)
Two Sermons from MS Florence [Principium (?)]
Disputed Questions on Truth (Quaestiones disputatae de Veritate)
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew (Expositio in evangelicum s. Mattaei)
Literal Commentary on Job (Expositio in Job ad litteram)
Commentary on Boethius's Book De hebdomadibus (Expositio in librum Boethii De hebdomadibus)
Commentary on Boethius's Book On the Trinity (Expositio super librum Boethii De Trinitate)
De articulis fidei et Ecclesiae sacramentis, ad archiepiscopum Panormitanum
De emptione et venditione ad tempus
Summa contra Gentiles (Tractatus de fide catholica, contra Gentiles [contra errores infidelium])
Against the Errors of the Greeks, to Pope Urban IV (Contra errores Graecorum, ad Urbanum IV Pontificem Maximum)
Sermon on the Holy Eucharist preached in Consistory before Pope Urban IV and the Cardinals
Officium de festo Corporis Christi, ad mandatum Urbani Papae IV
On the Reasons of the Faith against the Saracens, Greeks and Armenians, to the Cantor of Antioch (De rationibus fidei contra Saracenos, Gracos et Armenos, ad Cantorem Antiochiae)
Catena Aurea ("The Golden Chain"):Glossa (expositio) continua in Mattheum, Marcum, Lucam, Joannem
Summa Theologica
Responsio ad fr. Joannem Vercellensem, Generalem Magistrum Ordinis Praedicatorum, de articulis CVIII ex opere Petri de Tarentasia
Disputed Questions on the Soul (Quaestiones disputatae de Anima)
On Kingship, to the King of Cyprus (De regno [De regimine principum), ad regem Cypri)
Expositio in Dionysium De divinis nominibus
Expositio super primam decretalem "De fide catholica et sancta Trinitate" et super secundam "Damnamus autem"
Disputed Questions on the Power of God (Quaestiones disputatae de potentia Dei)
Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (In libros posteriorum Analyticorum expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's De anima [On the Soul] (In libros De anima expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's On Sense and What Is Sensed (In librum De sensu et sensato expositio)
Commentary of Aristotle's Memory and Recollection (In librum De memoria et reminiscentia expositio)
De substantiis seperatis, seu de angelorum natura, ad fr. Reginaldum, socium suum carissimum
De secreto
Disputed Questions on Spiritual Creatures (Quaestiones disputatae de spiritualibus creaturis)
De perfectione vitae spiritualis
Commentary on the Book Of Causes (Super librum De causis expositio)
On the Unity of the Intellect against the Averroists (De unitate intellectus, contra Averroistas)
De perfectione vitae spiritualis
Contra pestiferam doctrinam retrahentium pueros a religionis ingressu
Sermons from MSS Madrid and Sevilla
Two sermons from MS Paris
Sermon on Christ the King from MS Soissons
Commentary on the Eight Books of Physics (In octo libros Physicorum expositio)
De regimine Judaeorum, ad Ducissam Brabantiae
De aeternitate mundi, contra murmurantes
Responsio ad fr. Joannem Vercellensem, Generalem Magistrum Ordinis Praedicatorum, de articulis XLII
De motu cordis, ad Magistrum Philippum
De mixtione elementorum, ad Magistrum Philippum
Responsio ad lectorem Venetum de articulis XXXVI [two versions]
Commentary on the Prophet Isaiah (Expositio in Isaiam prophetam)
Four Exordia (Prothemata) of sermons from MS Angers
De forma absolutionis, ad Generalem Magistrum Ordinis
De occultis operationibus naturae, ad quendam militem ultramontanum
De sortibus ad Dominum Jacobum de ... (?)
Quaestiones disputatae de unione Verbi incarnati
Disputed Questions on Evil (Quaestiones disputatae de malo)
Disputed Questions on the Virtues (Quaestiones disputatae de virtutibus)
Commentary on the Gospel of John (Expositio in evangelium Joannis)
Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology (In libros Meteorologicorum expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's On Interpretation (In libros Peri Hermeneias expositio)
Commentary on the Twelve Books of Metaphysics (In duodecim libros Metaphysicorum expositio)
Commentary on the Ten Books of [Nicomachean] Ethics (In decem libros Ethicorum expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's Politics (In libros Politicorum expositio)
Quaestiones de quodlibet I-XII
Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul (Expositio in s. Pauli Epistolas)
Commentary on the Psalms of David (In Psalmos Davidis expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens and Earth (In libros De caelo et mundo expositio)
Commentary on Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption (In libros De generatione et corruptione expositio)
Lenten Sermon-Cycle delivered at Naples (57 vernacular sermons, e.g., On the Two Laws of Charity and the Ten Commandments [De duobos praeceptis caritatis et decem legis praeceptis];Devotissima expositio super symbolum apostolorum; Expositio devotissima orationis dominicae)
Devotissima expositio super salutatione angelica
Compendium of Theology (Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Reginaldum socium suum carissimum)
To Bernard, Abbot of Monte Cassino (Ad Bernardum, abbatem Cassinensem)
De iudiciis astrorum, ad quendam militem ultramontanum
De modo studendi
Commentary on the Song of Songs (Expositio in Canticum Canticorum)
Commentary on the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Expositio in Threnos Jeremiae prophetae)
Hymn: "Adoro te"
Hymn: "Concede mihi misericors Deus"
Hymn: "Tantum Ergo" from Pange Lingua, a Mediaeval Hymn
Quaestio disputata utrum anima coniuncta cognoscat seipsam per essentiam
Disputed Questions on the Immortality of the Soul (Quaestiones disputatae de immortalitate animae)
Responsio ad lectorem Bisuntinum de articulis VI
Three sermons from MS Paris
Three sermons from MS Venice
De demonstratione (disputed)
De instantibus (disputed)
De natura accidentium (disputed)
De natura generis (disputed)
De natura materiae et dimensionibus interminalis (disputed)
De quatuor oppositis (disputed)
De natura verbi intellectus (disputed)
De principio individuationis (disputed)
Sermon: Beata Virgo nec originale nec mortale nec veniale peccatum incurrit (disputed)

St. John Chrysostom

Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew
Homilies on Acts
Homilies on Romans
Homilies on First Corinthians
Homilies on Second Corinthians
Homilies on Ephesians
Homilies on Philippians
Homilies on Colossians
Homilies on First Thessalonians
Homilies on Second Thessalonians
Homilies on First Timothy
Homilies on Second Timothy
Homilies on Titus
Homilies on Philemon
Commentary on Galatians
Homilies on the Gospel of John
Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews
Homilies on the Statues
No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
Two Letters to Theodore After His Fall
Letter to a Young Widow
Homily on St. Ignatius
Homily on St. Babylas
Homily Concerning "Lowliness of Mind"
Instructions to Catechumens
Three Homilies on the Power of Satan
Homily on the Passage "Father, if it be possible . . ."
Homily on the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof
Homily on the Passage "If your enemy hunger, feed him."
Homily Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren
First Homily on Eutropius
Second Homily on Eutropius (After His Captivity)
Four Letters to Olympias
Letter to Some Priests of Antioch
Correspondence with Pope Innocent I
On the Priesthood

St. Basil the Great

De Spiritu Sancto
Nine Homilies of Hexaemeron
Lettersady

St. Gregory of Nanziansuz

Orations
Letters

St. Athanasius

Against the Heathen
On the Incarnation of the Word
Deposition of Arius
Statement of Faith
On Luke 10:22 (Matthew 11:27)
Circular Letter
Apologia Contra Arianos
De Decretis
De Sententia Dionysii
Vita S. Antoni (Life of St. Anthony)
Ad Episcopus Aegypti et Libyae
Apologia ad Constantium
Apologia de Fuga
Historia Arianorum
Four Discourses Against the Arians
De Synodis
Tomus ad Antiochenos
Ad Afros Epistola Synodica
Historia Acephala
Letters

St. Bonaventure

Bonaventure Texts in Translation Series, St. Bonaventure, NY, Franciscan Institute Publications (15 volumes):
- On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology, Translation, Introduction and Commentary by Zachary Hayes, OFM, vol. 1, 1996.
- Journey of the Soul into God - Itinerarium Mentis in Deum translation and Introduction by Zachary Hayes, OFM, and Philotheus Boehner, OFM, vol. 2, 2002. ISBN 978-1-57659-044-7
- Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity, translated by Zachary Hayes, vol. 3, 1979. ISBN 978-1-57659-045-4.
- Disputed Questions on the Knowledge of Christ, translated by Zachary Hayes, vol. 4, 1992.
- Writings Concerning the Franciscan Order, translated by Dominic V. Monti, OFM, vol. 5, 1994.
- Collations on the Ten Commandments, translated by Paul Spaeth, vol. 6, 1995.
- Commentary on Ecclesiastes, translated by Campion Murray and Robert J. Karris, vol. 7, 2005.
- Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, translated by Robert J. Karris (3 vols), vol. 8, 2001-4.
- Breviloquium, translated by Dominic V. Monti, OFM, vol. 9, 2005.
- Writings on the Spiritual Life, [includes translations of The Threefold Way, On the Perfection of Life, On Governing the Soul, and The Soliloquium: A Dialogue on the Four Spiritual Exercises, the prologue to the Commentary on Book II of the Sentences of Peter Lombard and three short sermons: On the Way of Life, On Holy Saturday, and On the Monday after Palm Sunday, vol. 10, 2006.]
- Commentary on the Gospel of John, translated by Robert J. Karris, vol. 11, 2007.
- The Sunday sermons of St. Bonaventure, edited and translated by Timothy J. Johnson, vol. 12, 2008.
- Disputed questions on evangelical perfection, edited and translated by Thomas Reist and Robert J. Karris, vol. 13, 2008.
- Collations on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, introduced and translated by Zachary Hayes, vol. 14, 2008.
- Defense of the mendicants, translated by Jose de Vinck and Robert J. Karris, vol. 15, 2010.

The Life of Christ translated and edited by William Henry Hutchings, 1881.
The Journey of the Mind into God (Itinerarium mentis in Deum), Indianapolis: Hackett, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8722-0200-9
On the Reduction of the Arts to Theology (De Reductione Artium ad Theologiam), translated by Zachary Hayes, (Saint Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute, 1996. ISBN 978-1-57659-043-0
Bringing forth Christ: five feasts of the child Jesus, translated by Eric Doyle, Oxford: SLG Press, 1984.
The soul's journey into God; The tree of life; The life of St. Francis. Ewert Cousins, translator (The Classics of Western Spirituality ed.). Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press. 1978. ISBN 0-8091-2121-2.
The Mystical Vine: a Treatise on the Passion of Our Lord, translated by a friar of SSF, London: Mowbray, 1955.
Life of St Francis of Assisi, TAN Books, 2010. ISBN 978-0-89555-151-1

St. Anselm

De Grammatico
De Veritate
De Libertate Arbitrii
De Casu Diaboli
De Fide Trinitatis, also known as De Incarnatione Verbi
Cur Deus Homo
De Conceptu Virginali et de Originali Peccato ("On the Virgin Conception and Original Sin")
De Processione Spiritus Sancti
De Sacrificio Azymi et Fermentati
De Sacramentis Ecclesiae
De Concordia
Monologion, also known as "Monologium," "Monologue," "A Monologue on the Reason for Faith" (Monoloquium de Ratione Fidei) and "An Example of Meditation on the Reason for Faith" (Exemplum Meditandi de Ratione Fidei)
Proslogion, also known as "Proslogium," "Discourse," "Faith Seeking Understanding" (Fides Quaerens Intellectum) and "An Address on God's Existence" (Alloquium de Dei Existentia)
Responsio or apology (Liber Apologeticus)

St. Isidore of Seville

Etymologiae
De fide catholica contra Iudaeos
Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, a history of the Gothic, Vandal and Suebi kings. The longer edition, issued in 624, includes the Laus Spaniae and the Laus Gothorum.
Chronica Majora, a universal history
De differentiis verborum, a brief theological treatise on the doctrine of the Trinity, the nature of Christ, of Paradise, angels, and men
On the Nature of Things, a book of astronomy and natural history dedicated to the Visigothic king Sisebut
Questions on the Old Testament
a mystical treatise on the allegorical meanings of numbers
a number of brief letters
Sententiae libri tres Codex Sang. 228; 9th century
De viris illustribus
De ecclesiasticis officiis
De summo bono

St. Peter Chrysologus

Homilies
Letter to Eutyches

St. Leo the Great

ca. 100 letters
ca. 150 sermons
Tome

St. Peter Damian

De Divina Omnipotentia
Dominus vobiscum (The Book of "The Lord be with You").
Life of Romauld
The Eremitical Order
Officium Beatae Virginis
Liber Gomorrhianus

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae (The steps of humility and pride)
Apologia ad Guillelmum Sancti Theoderici Abbatem (Apology to William of St. Thierry)
De conversione ad clericos sermo seu liber (On the conversion of clerics)
De gratia et libero arbitrio (On grace and free choice)
De diligendo Dei (On loving God).
Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae (In Praise of the new knighthood)
De praecepto et dispensatione libri (Book of precepts and dispensations)
De consideratione (On consideration)
Liber De vita et rebus gestis Sancti Malachiae Hiberniae Episcopi (The life and death of Saint Malachy, bishop of Ireland)
De moribus et officio episcoporum
Sermons, including Sermones super Cantica Canticorum (Sermons on the Song of Songs)
Letters

St. Hilary of Poitiers

Commentarius in Evangelium Matthaei
Tractatus super Psalmos
Tractatus mysteriorum
De Trinitate
De synodis
Liber II ad Constantium imperatorem
Liber in Constantium inperatorem
Contra Arianos vel Auxentium Mediolanensem liber
various documents relating to the Arian controversy in Fragmenta historica
Hymns

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Quanno Nascetti Ninno, a Christmas hymn translated into Italian by Pope Pius IX as Tu scendi dalle stelle ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest")
The Moral Theology
The Glories of Mary
Marian Devotion
Prayers to the Divine Mother
Spiritual Songs
The True Spouse of Jesus Chris
Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection
The Way of Salvation and of Perfection
The Way of the Cross
The History of Heresies
Preparation for Death
The Incarnation, Birth and Infancy of Jesus Christ
The Holy Eucharist
Victories of the Martyrs

St. Francis de Sales

Introduction to the Devout Life
Treatise on the Love of God
Letters of Spiritual Direction

St. Cyril of Alexandria

Becoming Temples of God
Second Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius
Third Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius (containing the twelve anathemas)
Formula of Reunion: In Brief (A summation of the reunion between Cyril and John of Antioch)
The "Formula of Reunion" between Cyril and John of Antioch
Five tomes against Nestorius (Adversus Nestorii blasphemias)
That Christ is One (Quod unus sit Christus)
Scholia on the incarnation of the Only-Begotten (Scholia de incarnatione Unigeniti)
Against Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia (fragments)
Against the synousiasts (fragments)
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Commentaries on the Old Testament
Thesaurus
Discourse Against Arians
Commentary on St. John's Gospel,
Dialogues on the Trinity
Against Julian the Apostate
Cyrilli Alexandrini liber Thesaurus adversus hereticos a Georgio Trapesuntio traductus

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lectures
Mystagogic Catecheses
Letter to Constantius

St. John Damascene

three Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Image
Fountain of Knowledge, also known as The Fountain of Wisdom, consisting of Philosophical Chapters, Concerninc Heresy, and An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
Against the Jacobites
Against the Nestorians
Dialogue against the Manichees
Elementary Introduction into Dogmas
Letter on the Thrice-Holy Hymn
On Right Thinking
On the Faith, Against the Nestorians
On the Two Wills in Christ (Against the Monothelites)
Sacred Parallels (dubious)
Octoechos (the Church's liturgical book of eight tones)
On Dragons and Ghosts

St. Bede the Venerable

St. Ephrem

Over 400 hymns
Homilies
Commentary on Genesis and Exodus
Biblical commentary on the Diatessaron
Refutations against Bardaisan, Mani, Marcion
The Life of Saint Mary the Harlot (disputed)
The Book of the Cave of Treasure

St. Peter Canisius

Summa doctrinae christianae
Catechismus minor (A Smaller Catechism)
Parvus catechismus catholicorum (A Little Catechism for Catholics)

St. John of the Cross

Spiritual Canticle
Dark Night of the Soul
Ascent of Mount Carmel
Living Flame of Love
Sayings of Light and Love ( Dichos de Luz y Amor)

St. Robert Bellarmine

Disputationes de controversiis christianae fidei (also called Controversiae)
Catechism (Dottrina cristiana)
The Mind's Ascent to God (De ascensione mentis in Deum per scalas rerum creatorum opusculum)
The Art of Dying Well
The Seven Words on the Cross

St. Albertus Magnus

St. Anthony of Padua

Sermons for Feast Days (Sermones in Festivitates)

St. Lawrence of Brindisi

Mariale
Lutheranismi hypotyposis
Explanatio in Genesim
Quadragesimale primum
Quadragesimale secundum
Quadragesimale tertium
Quadragesimale quartum
Adventus
Dominicalia
Sanctorale
Sermones de tempore

St. Teresa of Avila

Autobiography
The Way of Perfection (El Camino de Perfección)
Meditations on Song of Songs
The Interior Castle (El Castillo Interior )
Relationships (Relaciones), an extension of the autobiography
Concepts of Love (Conceptos del Amor )
Exclamaciones
342 letters and 87 fragments of others

St. Catherine of Siena

The Dialogue of Divine Providenc
More than 300 letters
26 prayers

St. Therese of Lisieux

The Story of a Soul (L'histoire d'une âme)

St. John of Avila

Audi, filia
82 sermons and spiritual conferences
Biblical commentaries
257 letters
several treatises on reform and other minor treatises

St. Hildegard of Bingen

Scivias (Know the Ways)
Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of Life's Merits or Book of the Rewards of Life);
Liber Divinorum Operum (Book of Divine Works, also known as De operatione Dei, "On God's Activity")
Sixty-nine musical compositions
Ordo Virtutum (Play of the Virtues), a morality play
Physica
Causae et Curae
400 letters

St. Gregory of Narek

Book of Lamentations
Commentary on the Song of Songs
Hymns
Panegyrics on various holy figures
Homilies
Chants
Prayers

St. Irenaeus of Lyon

Adversus haereses
The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching

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