Free Christianity Ebooks and Etexts
Summary: This page presents a curated collection of free Christian ebooks and etexts, featuring early church writings, patristic literature, biblical studies, sermons, theological works, and historical texts. It includes writings from Augustine, Clement, Origen, Tertullian, and other foundational thinkers, along with classic translations and scholarly commentaries. Designed for students, researchers, and general readers, the collection offers insight into Christian history, doctrine, spirituality, and the development of early theology.
About Christianity
Christianity (from the Ancient Greek translation Χριστός, Christos of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Mašíaḥ, meaning "the anointed one" and the Latin suffixes ian and -itas) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with approximately 2.2 billion adherents, known as Christians. Most Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God, fully divine and fully human, and the savior of humanity prophesied in the Old Testament. Consequentially, Christians refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah.
The foundations of Christian theology are expressed in ecumenical creeds that are accepted by followers of the Christian faith. These professions state that Jesus suffered, died, was buried, and was resurrected from the dead in order to grant eternal life to those who believe in him and trust in him for the remission of their sins. The creeds further maintain that Jesus bodily ascended into heaven, where he reigns with God the Father. Most denominations teach that Jesus will return to judge all humans, living and dead, and to grant eternal life to his followers. He is considered the model of a virtuous life. His ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection are often referred to as the gospel, meaning "Good News" (a loan translation of the Greek: εὐαγγέλιον euangélion). The term gospel also refers to written accounts of Jesus's life and teaching, four of which—the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—are considered canonical and are included in the Christian Bible.
Christianity began as a Jewish sect in the mid-1st century. Originating in the Levant region of the Middle East, it quickly spread to Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and Egypt. It grew in size and influence over a few centuries, and by the end of the 4th century had become the official state church of the Roman Empire, replacing other forms of religion practiced under Roman rule. During the Middle Ages, most of the remainder of Europe was Christianized, with Christians also being a sometimes large religious minority in the Middle East, North Africa, Ethiopia and parts of India Following the Age of Discovery, Christianity spread to the Americas, Australasia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world through missionary work and colonization.Christianity has played a prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization.
Worldwide, the three largest groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the various denominations of Protestantism. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox patriarchates split from one another in the schism of the 11th century, and Protestantism came into existence during the Reformation of the 16th century, splitting from the Roman Catholic Church. 1*
E-texts Christianity
The Church in Rome in the First Century by George Edmundson
The Commonitory of Vincent of L rins by Vincent of L rins, trans. by C. A. Heurtley
The Octavius of Minucius Felix by Marcus Minucius Felix
Who is the Rich Man that Shall be Saved? by Clement of Alexandria, trans. by William Wilson
Early Christian Fathers, ed. by Cyril C. Richardson
The Wisdom of the Desert by James Owen Hannay
A Plea for the Christians by Athenagoras of Athens, trans. by Benjamin Plummer Pratten
Confessions by Saint Augustine, trans. by Edward Bouverie Pusey
Gutenberg text; unofficial until 30 Jun 2002
The City of God by Saint Augustine
The Instructor (Paedagogus) by Clement of Alexandria
Exhortation to the Heathen (Protrepticus) by Clement of Alexandria
The Stromata, or Miscellanies by Clement of Alexandria
The Instructions of Commodianus in Favour of Christian Discipline. Against the Gods of the Heathens by Commodianus
Dionysius the Areopagite on the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology by Pseudo-Dionysius, ed. by C. E. Rolt
On Contempt for the World by Eucherius of Lyons, trans. by Henry Vaughan
The Refutation of All Heresies (extant portions) by Hippolytus, trans. by J. H, MacMahon - HTML with commentary at CCEL
The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching by Irenaeus, trans. by J. Armitage Robinson
De Principiis by Origen
Against Celsus (8 books; commentary appears between Book IV and Book V) by Origen
Address of Tatian to the Greeks (with fragments, and notes) by Tatian, trans. by Jonathan Edwards Ryland
Ad Martyras by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
Against Marcion by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
Against Hermogenes by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
Against the Valentinians by Tertullian
Against Praxeas by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
A Treatise on the Soul by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
On the Resurrection of the Flesh by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
To Scapula by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On the Pallium by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
The Shows, or De Spectaculis by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
To His Wife (Ad Uxorem) by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
The Soul's Testimony by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On the Veiling of Virgins by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Modesty by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Monogamy by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Idolatry by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On the Apparel of Women by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Prayer by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Exhortation to Chastity by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
On Fasting by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
Of Patience by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
Addresses by Henry Drummond (Gutenberg text)
Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907) by John Henry Newman
Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumbardt Reader by Johann Christoph Blumhardt and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, ed. by Vernard Eller
A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies, ed. by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy
The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1951), ed. by Samuel Macauley Jackson
HTML at newmanreader.org An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - HTML at Psych Web
Christianity and Civilization (slightly revised version of 1940 lecture) by Arnold Toynbee
Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers by Vernard Eller
Sojourners (partial serial archives)
An Humble, Earnest, and Affectionate Address to the Clergy by William Law
Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain up to the Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom by Stephen McKenna
History of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff
The Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries by Thomas Martin Lindsay
Church History by Eusebius of Caesarea
Breaking Crucible: and Other Translations of German Hymns
Christain Classics Etheral Library
Forgery in Christianity by Joseph Wheless
Televangelism: Power and Politics on God's Frontier (based on the 1988 edition) by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Anson Shupe
The Betrayal of the Church: Apostasy and Renewal in the Mainline Denominations (1986) by Edmund W. Robb and Julia Robb
An Account of the Work of God in Newfoundland by Laurence Coughlan
The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (based on the Everyman's Library edition) by Bede
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, trans. by A. M. Sellar
The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1971) by Peter Linehan
Foxe's Book of martyrs, abridged from Milner's edition by Theodore Alois Buckley (London [etc] G. Routledge and sons, [1880]), by John Foxe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A Theological Pilgrimage by John Rodman Williams
Cassiodorus by James J. O'Donnell
The Confession of Saint Patrick by Saint Patrick, trans. by Ludwig Bieler
The Bible
Gutenberg text (66-book canon)
The Bible (King James version) (New York: American Bible Society, 1999)
The Greatest English Classic: A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and Its Influence on Life and Literature by Cleland Boyd McAfee
New American Bible (1991 or later edition, with notes), trans. by Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The New Topical Textbook by R. A. Torrey
Commenting and Commentaries by C. H. Spurgeon
Is it God's Word? by Joseph Wheless (text files at infidels.org)
God's Fire: Moses and the Management of Exodus by Alfred De Grazia
Evolution: Guilty as Charged by Frederick C. Kubicek
The Scripture Alphabet of Animals by Harriet N. Cook
Living in Love: Secrets From Bible Marriages by Richard L. Strauss
Biblical Theocracy by Stephen Palmquist (HTML in Hong Kong)
An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek by Henry Barclay Swete
The Septuagint Version of the Old Testament with an English Translation, trans. by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton
Old Testament Life and Literature by Gerald A. Larue
The Metsudah Chumash / Rashi (English only), trans. by Avorohom Davis, contrib. by Rashi
Vedibarta Bam: And You Shall Speak of Them by Moshe Bogomilsky
In the Garden of the Torah by Menahem Mendel Schneerson
Sermons the Year 'Round: Ninety Sermons Covering All Sidrot, Holidays, and Special Occasions by Bernard L. Berzon
The Scottish Psalter and Scripture Paraphrases
Pseudepigrapha: An Account of Certain Apocryphal Sacred Writings of the Jews and Early Christians by William John Deane
Explanatory Notes Upon the Bible by John Wesley
The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought by Vernard Eller
A Commentary on Acts of the Apostles by J. W. McGarvey
The Most Revealing Book of the Bible: Making Sense Out of Revelation by Vernard Eller
BT Christian Doctrinal Theology
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman - HTML at newmanreader.org
Lectures on Systematic Theology (London: William Tegg and Co., 1851) by Charles Finney, ed. by George Redford
Two Essays on Biblical and Ecclesiastical Miracles (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907) by John Henry Newman
God, the Invisible King by H. G. Wells
The Work of the Holy Spirit by Abraham Kuyper
God in History: A Discourse Delivered before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston on Sunday Evening, March 29, 1863 by James Warley Miles
The Two Covenants and the Second Blessing by Andrew Murray
On the Flesh of Christ by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
The Sufferings of Christ (1852) by George Griffin
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim
The Life of Christ by Frederic William Farrar - text at Wiretap The Desire of Ages by Ellen Gould White
The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer, trans. by William Montgomery
The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan
The Story of Jesus (1938 edition) by Gottfried de Purucker
The Crucifixion of Christ: A Fact, Not Fiction by John Gilchrist
The Centrality of the Cross by Jessie Penn-Lewis
The Spirituality of Fatima and Medjugorje by Edward Carter
Hardness of Heart: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Doctrine of Sin (1955) by Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier
Pneumatologia: A Treatise of the Soul of Man by John Flavel
Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
A Popular Treatise on Regeneration by John Winebrenner (HTML at mun.ca)
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Loraine Boettner
How Shall We Know Christ at His Coming? by Max Heindel
An Appeal to All that Doubt, or Disbelieve the Truths of the Gospel by William Law
An Answer to the Jews by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
The Apology by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall
The Seven Books of Arnobius Against the Heathen by Arnobius of Sicca, trans. by Hamilton Bryce and Hugh Campbell
The Prescription Against Heretics by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes
The Arians of the Fourth Century (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
Christian Practical Theology
The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas by Max Heindel
Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer by Alexander Whyte
Purpose in Prayer by Edward M. Bounds
Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer by S. B. Shaw
Prayers Stirryng the Mynd Unto Heavenlye Medytacions (delisted; Brown has withdrawn free access) by Katherine Parr
The Hymns of Wesley and Watts by Bernard Lord Manning
The Hymns of Methodism in Their Literary Relations by Henry Bett
Olney Hymns by John Newton
Hymns of the Eastern Church by John Mason Neale
The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church by Vernard Eller
The Black Bearded Barbarian: The Life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa by Marian Keith (Gutenberg text)
Surprising Accounts of the Revival of Religion, in the United States of America, in Different Parts of the World, and Among Different Denominations of Christians, ed. by William W. Woodward
Proclaim Good Tidings: Evangelism for the Faith Community by Vernard Eller
A Choice Drop of Honey From the Rock Christ by Thomas Wilcox
The God of All Comfort by Hannah Whitall Smith
Precious Jewel Person: Reflections on the Spirituality of Everyday Life by Barbara Ritter Garrison
A Collection of Letters on the Most Interesting and Important Subjects, and on Several Occasions by William Law
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy
The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises, ed. by Edmund Garratt Gardner
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis, trans. by William Benham - HTML at Bartleby - Gutenberg text
The Shewings of Julian of Norwich by Julian of Norwich, ed. by Georgia Ronan Crampton.
Revelations of Divine Love (language somewhat modernized) by Julian of Norwich, ed. by Grace Warrack.
Comfort for Christians by Arthur W. Pink
The Christian's Great Interest by William Guthrie
Black Samson by Levi O. Keidel
Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean Pierre de Caussade, ed. by J. Ramiere
The Cloud of Unknowing, ed. by Patrick J. Gallacher
Christian Denominations
Christian Union: A Historical Study by James Harvey Garrison
The General Menaion, or, The book of Services Common to the Festivals of Our Lord Jesus of the Holy Virgin and of the Different Orders of Saints (1997) by Orthodox Church, trans. by Nicolas Orloff
A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk on Occasion of Mr. Gladston's Recent Expostulation by John Henry Newman
The Catholic Encylopedia (based on the 1913 edition)
Tracts Theological and Ecclesiastical (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
Cardinal Newman and the Encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis: An Essay (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by Edward Thomas O'Dwyer
The Episcopate in the Kingdom of Leon in the Twelfth Century by Richard A. Fletcher
God in La Mancha: Religious Reform and the People of Cuenca, 1500-1650 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) by Sarah Tilghman Nalle
The Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia by Paul H. Freedman
Of God and His Creatures (annotated, abridged translation of the Summa Contra Gentiles) by Saint Thomas Aquinas, ed. by Joseph Rickaby, trans. by Joseph Rickaby
Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas - HTML at CCEL - HTML at New Advent
Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching Considered (1901 ed.) by John Henry Newman - volume 1: HTML at newmanreader.org - volume II, part 1: HTML at newmanreader.org
Catholic Biblical Apologetics by Robert J. Schihl and Paul D. Flanagan
Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906) by John Henry Newman
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England, Addressed to the Brothers of the Oratory in the Summer of 1851 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
Sermon Notes of John Henry Cardinal Newman, 1849-1878 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913) by John Henry Newman, ed. by Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory (HTML at newmanreader.org)
Sermons Preached on Various Occasions (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Chiniquy
Black International by Joseph McCabe
On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine by John Henry Newman
An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead
Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales (HTML at CCEL)
Treatise on the Love of God by Saint Francis de Sales
Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907) by John Henry Newman, ed. by W. P. Neville
The Priest, the Woman, and the Confessional (Chicago: A. Craig & Co., 1880) by Charles Chiniquy
Ransoming Captives in Crusader Spain: The Order of Merced on the Christian-Islamic Frontier by James William Brodman
The Golden Legends or Lives of the Saints by Jacobus de Voragine, ed. by F. S. Ellis, trans. by William Caxton
In God's Garden: Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Amy Steedman
Christian Martyrs in Muslim Spain (1988) by Kenneth Baxter Wolf
The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography by Hippolyte Delehaye, trans. by Virginia Mary Crawford - HTML at Fordham
Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, ed. by Francis Aida Gasquet, trans. by Samuel John Eales
For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka by William T. Kane (Gutenberg text)
St. Thomas Aquinas (1958 edition) by Jacques Maritain, trans. by Joseph W. Evans and Peter O'Reilly
The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin by Saint Catherine of Siena
God's Troubadour: The Story of St. Francis of Assisi by Sophie Jewett
St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton
Saint James's Catapult: The Life and Times of Diego Gelm rez of Santiago de Compostela by Richard A. Fletcher
Addresses to Cardinal Newman, With His Replies, Etc., 1879-81 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905) by John Henry Newman, ed. by W. P. Neville
Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the English Church, With a Brief Autobiography (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903) by John Henry Newman, ed. by Anne Mozley
Apologia Pro Vita Sua ("the two versions of 1864 and 1865". London: Oxford University Press, 1913) by John Henry Newman, ed. by Wilfrid Ward
Essays, Critical and Historical (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907) by John Henry Newman
volume II: HTML at newmanreader.org
Cardinal Newman (London: Methuen and Co., 1891) by Richard Holt Hutton
The Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman, Based on His Private Journals and Correspondence (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912) by Wilfrid Ward
The History of Protestantism by James Aitken Wylie - HTML at doctrine.org
Kierkegaard and Radical Discipleship: A New Perspective by Vernard Eller
Writings of the Rev. John Bradford by John Bradford
The Via Media of the Anglican Church, Illustrated in Lectures, Letters and Tracts (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
volume II: HTML at newmanreader.org
The Elizabethan Homilies 1623, ed. by Ian Lancashire
Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses by Hugh Latimer
Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford, Between A.D. 1826 and 1843 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909) by John Henry Newman
Selection Adapted to the Seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year From the Parochial & Plain Sermons of John Henry Newman by John Henry Newman, ed. by W. J. Copeland
Parochical and Plain Sermons (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908) by John Henry Newman
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 2: HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 3: HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 4: HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 5: HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 6: HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 7; HTML at newmanreader.org
Parochical and Plain Sermons - volume 8: HTML at newmanreader.org
Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902) by John Henry Newman
William Laud by Arthur Christopher Benson (Golden Gale archive format)
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