Lectio Ecclesiae

The books

The series

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Lectio Ecclesiae Latin Readers

The Latin readers of the past, the books with which schools and seminaries once taught the language of the Church, edited for readers of the natural method. Every long vowel is marked, and the notes in the margin are entirely in Latin.

Cover of Selectae e Veteri Testamento HistoriaeAvailable nowSelectae e Veteri Testamento Historiae · Pars primaA Latin Reader of Old Testament StoriesCover of Selectae e Veteri Testamento HistoriaeAvailable nowSelectae e Veteri Testamento Historiae · Pars secundaA Latin Reader of Old Testament Stories and the Life of ChristCover of Selecta Martyrum ActaComing soonSelecta Martyrum Acta · Pars primaA Latin Reader of the Acts of the Early MartyrsCover of Selectae Sanctorum VitaeComing soonSelectae Sanctorum VitaeA Latin Reader of the Lives of the Apostles and the Desert Fathers

Lectio Ecclesiae Greek Readers

The Greek of the early Church in the same form: the Fathers' own words, complete, with every harder word explained in the margin in Greek. For readers who have finished a first year of New Testament or Koine Greek.

Cover of The Life of Saint AntonyAvailable nowThe Life of Saint AntonyA Greek Reader of Athanasius, with Notes in Greek

Lectio Ecclesiae Church Fathers in Latin and English

Complete works of the Fathers in their own Latin, with a classic English translation beside it section by section, and the translators' notes.

Cover of Vita sancti MartiniComing soonVita sancti MartiniThe Life of St Martin, with the Letters and the DialoguesCover of De sacramentis · De mysteriis · De paenitentiaComing soonDe sacramentis · De mysteriis · De paenitentiaOn the Sacraments, On the Mysteries, On Repentance