A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A TABLE Of all the Ecclesiastical Writers Mentioned in this Volume.

Names of Authors.	Genuine Books still Extant.	Books lost.	Supposititious Books.
HERMAS.	A Discourse entituled, Pastor, divided into three Books.
St. CLEMENT.	Two Epistles to the Corin∣thians.		The Conferences of St. Peter and Appion. Recognitions. Apostolical Consti∣tutions. ...Clementines.
DENYS the Areopagite.			Books of the Cele∣stial and Ecclesiasti∣cal Hierarcy. A Discourse of the Names of God. A Discourse of Mystical Theology. Ten Letters.
St. IGNATIUS.	Epistles to the Smyrnaeans. to St. Polycarp. to the Ephesians. to the Magnesians. to the Philadelphians. to the Trallians. to the Romans. According to Vossius's and Usher's Editi∣ons.		Five spurious Greek Letters. to Maria Cassobolita. to the Tarsians. to the Antiochians. to Hero the Deacon. to the Philippians. Three in Latin, one to the V. M. the other two to St. John.
St. POLYCARP.	Epistle to the Philippians.	Some Letters to the Neighbour∣ing Churches.	A Letter to St. Denys the Areopagite. A Discourse of the U∣nion of St. John. * 1.1

PAPIAS.		Five Books entituled, Explicati∣ons of the Discourses of our Sa∣viour.
... QUADRATUS. ... ARISTIDES.		Two Apologies for the Chri∣ans.
... AGRIPPA. ... HEGESIPPUS.		A Discourse against Basilides. An Ecclesiastical History, divi∣ded into five Books.
JUSTIN Martyr.	Two Apologies. The Second Part of the Book of the Monarchy of God. A Conference with Trypho, the Jew. Two Orations against the Gen∣tiles, doubtful. A Letter to Diognetus, doubtful. * 1.2	A Discourse against Heresies, particularly against Marcion. Two Books against the Gentiles, one called The Psalmist. A Book of Collections concern∣ing the Soul. * 1.3	Letters to Zena and Se∣renus. * 1.4 A Confutation of some Arostotelian Opini∣ons. * 1.5 Questions and Answers to the Questions of the Orthodox. An Exposition of the Faith concerning the Trinity.
MELITO.		Two Books of Esther. One of the Lives of the Pro∣phets. One of the Church. Of the Lord's Day. Of the Nature of Man. Of the Creation. Of the Obedience of our Senses to the Faith. Of the Soul, the Body, and the Spirit. Of the Truth. Of Baptism. Of the Generation of J. C. Of Prophecy. Of Hospitality. A Book entituled, The Key. Of the Devil. Of the Revelations. Of God Incarnate. Collections out of the Scripture. An Apology for the Christian Religion.
TATIAN.	A Discourse against the Gen∣tiles.	A Gospel composed out of the four. A Discourse of Evangelical Per∣fection.
ATHENAGORAS.	Apology for the Christians. A Discourse of the Resurrecti∣on.		A Romance of True and Perfect Love, in French, said to have been Translated out of Greek. * 1.6

HERMIAS.	A Discourse to shew the Ridi∣culousness of the Opinions of the Pagan Philosophers.
THEOPHILUS.	Three Books to Autolycus.	A Discourse against Marcion. A Discourse against the Heresie of Hermogenes: And some other little things. * 1.7
APOLLINARIUS.		An Apology to the Emperor for the Christians. A Treatise against the Gentiles, divided into five Books. Two Books against the Jews. Discourses against the Monta∣nists.
DIONYSIUS Bi∣shop of Corinth.		Epistles to the Lacedaemonians. the Athenians. the Nicomedians. the Church of Gortynd. the Amastrians. the Gnossians. Soter, and to Chrystophora.

PINYTUS.		Letter to Dionysius Bishop of Co∣rinth.
PHILIP and MODESTUS.		Discourses against Marcion.
MUSANUS.		Discourse against Encratitae.
BARDESANES.		Discourse against Marcion. Of Fate.
St. IRENEUS.	Five Books against Heresies, ex∣tant only in Latin. A Letter to Victor in Eusebius.	Letters to Blastus. to Florinus. A Discourse of Knowledge. A Discourse against Marcion. Several Discourses of various Subjects.
VICTOR, POLYCRATES, THEOPHILUS, BACHYLLUS.		Letters and Discourses concern∣ing the Celebration of Easter.
HERACLITUS. MAXIMUS.		Commentaries upon St. Paul. A Discourse concerning the O∣riginal of Evil.
APPION, CANDIDUS.		Commentaries upon the Hexa∣meron.
SEXTUS.		A Discourse of the Resurrecti∣on.
JUDAS.		A Discourse upon Daniel's Weeks.
ARABIANUS.		Works unknown.
SERAPION.		Letters against the Montanists. to Domninus. Other Letters. A Discourse concerning the Go∣spel, falsly attributed to St. Peter.
RHODON.		A Discourse against Marcion. A Discourse upon the Hexame∣ron.
PANTAENUS.		Commentaries upon the Bible.
St. CLEMENT of Alexandria.	Exhortation to the Gentiles. Paedagogus, in three Books. Stromata, in eight Books. A Discourse concerning What rich man can be saved. * 1.8	Eight Books of Institutions. A little Book of Easter. A Discourse of Fasting. A Discourse of Slander. An Exhortation to Patience. * 1.9
MILTIADES.		A Discourse against the Monta∣nists. Against the Gentiles and Jews. An Apology for the Christian Religion.

APOLLONIUS, a Greek.		A Discourse against the Monta∣nists.
APOLLONIUS, a Roman.		An Apology for the Christian Religion.
ANONYMOUS Authors.		Discourses against the Heresies of Montanus and Artemo.
TERTULLIAN.	Of Penance. Of Baptism. Of Prayer. An Apology for the Christian Religion. Of 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••••••••••tation to Martyrdom. A Discourse to Scapula. Two Books to the Gentiles. Of Publick Shews. Of Idolatry. Of the Dresses of Women. Of Womens Habits. Of the Testimony of the Soul. Five Books against Marcion. Of Prescriptions. Of the Flesh of Jesus Christ. Of the Soul. Of a Soldier's Crown. A Book entituled, Scorpiacum. [Against the Gnosticks.] Against the Jews. Against Praxeas. Against Hermogenes. Against the Valentinians. Of the Philosophick Cloak. To his Wife two Books. Of Chastity. Of Fasting. Of single Marriages. An Exhortation to Chastity. Of Flight in Persecution. Of Veiling of Virgins.	A Discourse against Apollonius. Of Aaron's Robes. Of Cir•…•…. Of clean and unclean Beasts. Of Paradise. Of Fate. Of the Hope of the Righteous. Against Apelles. Of Baptism, Of Publick Shews, Of veiling of Virgins, in Gr. * 1.10	A Catalogue of Here∣sies at the end of his Prescriptions. A Letter of Jewish Meats. Of the Trinity. Several Poems.
CAIUS.		A Discourse against Proclus the Montanist. Another entituled, The little La∣byrinth. Of the Nature of the Universe.
HIPPOLYTUS.	A Paschal Cycle.	Commentaries upon the Psalms. Of the Witch of 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Commentaries upon St. John's Gospel, and the Apocalypse. Of Spiritual Gifts. Apostolical Tradition. Chronicles; or Chronological Accounts of Time. Against the Greeks, and Plato, concerning the Universe. Exhortation to Severina. A Demonstration of the Time of Easter, as it is in the Ta∣ble. Odes upon all the Scriptures. Of God, and the Resurrection of the Dead. Of Good, and whence cometh Evil. * 1.11 Against Heresies. Against the Marcionites. Several other Tracts.	Of the End of the World, and Anti-Christ. A Demonstration a∣gainst the Jews. A Discourse of Susanna.* 1.12 Collections against Ber•• and Helico, amongst the excerpta of Ana∣stasius. Homilies of the Trini∣ty and the Incarna∣tion. A short Account of the Lives of the XII. A∣postles. * 1.13

GEMINIANUS.		Works unknown.
ALEXANDER.		Epistles, to the Antinoitae. to the Antiochians. to Origen. to Demetrius, and others.
JULIUS AFRI∣CANUS.	Letter to Origen, concerning the the History of Susanna.	A Chronicon. Letter to Aristides of the Ge∣nealogy of J. C. a great part whereof is quoted by Euse∣bius.
MINUTIUS FELIX.	Octavius; A Dialogue against the Gentiles.
AMMONIUS.	Evangelical Harmony.	Several Treatises.	Of Fate; lost.
ORIGEN.	See the Catalogue of his Com∣ments upon the SS. in his Life. Against Celsus in Eight Books. Of Martyrdom. Of the History of Susanna, in a Letter to Africanus. His Principles, in Latin. Of Prayer.	His Principles in Four Books. Of the Resurrection. Stromata in Ten Books. Conference with Beryllus Bishop of Bostra. Dialogues concerning the Re∣surrection. Explication of the Hebrew Names of the Old Testa∣ment.	Against Marcus; Dia∣logue. Two Commentaries upon Job. Commentaries upon St. Mark. Several Homilies. The Lamentations of Origen.
BERYLLUS.		Conference, Letters, and other small things.
St. CYPRIAN.	LXXXIII. Letters. Of the Vanity of Idols. Testimonies against the Jews, to Quirinus, in Three Books. Of the Discipline and Habits of Virgins. Of the Lapsi. Of the Unity of the Church. Of Prayer. An Exhortation to Martyrdom. Of Mortality. To Demetrianus. Of Works of Mercy and Alms-Deeds. Of Patience. Of Envy. * 1.14		Against Publick Shews. Of Chastity. Homily against Nova∣tian. Homily against Game∣sters. Of the Celibacy of the Clergy. Of the XII. Abuses of the Age. A Panegyrick upon Martyrdom. Of double Martyrdom. A Discourse of the Car∣dinal Vertues by Ar∣naldus Bonaevallis. Ruffinus's Explication of the Creed. Of the Baptism of He∣reticks. Of Mount Sion, and Mount Sinai. The Supper. Of the Revelation of S. John Baptist's Head. Celsus's Preface. Two Books to Martyrs. St. Cyprian's Confession. A Kalender for Easter. The Secrets of St. Cy∣prian.

PONTIUS.	St. Cyprian's Life.
CORNELIUS.	Two Letters amongst St. Cypri∣an's, and a Fragment of ano∣ther in Eusebius.
NOVATIAN.	A Letter in St. Cyprian's Works. Of the Trinity. Of Jewish Meats.	Of the Passover. Of the Sabbath. Of Circumcision. Of the High Priest. Of Prayer. Of Resolution. Concerning Attalus.
St. MARTIALIS SIXTUS.			Two Letters. The Sentences of Six∣tus the Pythagorean.
GREGORY Thau∣maturgus.	A Speech to Origen. A Profession of Faith in Gregory Nyssen. A Canonical Epistle. A Paraphrase upon Ecclesiastes.		An Exposition of Faith published by Turrian. A Treatise of the Soul. Sermons,
DIONYSIUS of Alexandria.	Besides Fragments produced by Eusebius, we have a Letter to Basilides.	Two Letters to the Roman Con∣fessors. to Stephen. to Sixtus. to Philemon. to Dionysius. to Hierax. to the Church of Antioch a∣gainst Paulus Samosatenus. Paschal Letters. Discourses of Martyrdom. Of the Promises of God. Against the Sabellians. Of the Trinity to Dionysius. An Apology and Refutation of his former Opinions. Of Nature, and Temptations. Several other Letters mention∣ed by Eusebius.	A Discourse against O∣rigen, quoted by Ana∣stasius of Nice.

THEOGNOSTUS.		Institutions.
ATHENOGENES.		A Hymn.
DIONYSIUS Bi∣shop of Rome.		A Letter against the Sabelli∣ans.
MALCHION.			A Conference against Paulus Samosatenus.
ANATOLIUS.	A Discourse concerning Easter, in Latin.
VICTORINUS.	A Discourse upon the Revela∣tions. * 1.15	A Book against all Heresies. Commentaries upon Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Isaiah, Eze∣kiel, Ecclesiastes, and the Can∣ticles, [Habakkuk, St. Mat∣thew, and the Revelations. * 1.16
PIERIUS.		Homily upon Hosea. Twelve other Books.
METHODIUS.	The Banquet of the Virgins, and several Fragments.	Of the Resurrection. Of the Witch of Endor. Of Free-will. Commentaries upon Genesis, Canticles, and several other Books.	A Homily upon the Presenting of J. C. in the Temple. Another Sermon upon Palm-Sunday. A Latin Profession of Faith upon the Tri∣nity.
PAMPHILUS.		Letters.
LUCIAN.		A new Edition of the Version of the Bible. Small Tracts, and some Let∣ters.
ZENO Veronensis.			Homilies.
ARNOBIUS.	Seven Books against the Gen∣tiles.	Poems upon his Voyage.
LACTANTIUS.	Institutions in seven Books; An Abridgment of the first three Books. Of the Workmanship of God. Of the Anger of God. Of Persecution, or the Deaths of the Persecutors.	To Asclepiades. Eight Books of Letters.
COMMODIANUS.	Instructions to the Gentiles.
JULIUS FIRMICUS MATERNUS.	Of the Errour of Prophane Re∣ligions.

COUNCILS of the three first Centuries.

A Letter from the Council of Antioch concerning Paulus Samosatenus. Euseb. Lib. VII. Chap. 30.

Synodical Letters in P Victor's time concerning the Celebra∣tion of Easter. A Decree of a Council held un∣der Agrippinus, concerning the Baptism of Hereticks. A Decree of another under Dio∣nysius Bishop of Rome. A Decree of another held at An∣tioch in P. Stephen's time. A Decree of some Councils held in Asia, concerning Noëtus.

A Letter and a Profes∣sion of Faith of the Council of Antioch, set down by Turrian. Decretals of the An∣cient Popes before Siricius.

Notes

• * 1.1

  [Dr. Cave produces a Quotation out of Holloixius's Life of St. Polycarp, which says, This Book was concerning St. John's Death. They both mean the same Book, because they say from Halloixius, that it is extant in the Library of the Abby of Fleury. I believe it is false printed in Mr. Du Pin.]
• * 1.2

  [These are owned by Doctor Cave.]
• * 1.3

  [Besides these, Dr. Cave menti∣ons,

  • An Exposition of the Revelati∣ons.
  • A Commentary upon Hezame∣ren.
  • Letters, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
  • A Discourse upon the Resurre∣ction.
• * 1.4

  [Owned by Dr. Cave as Genuine.]
• * 1.5

  [Owned like∣wise by him.]
• * 1.6

  [Huetius in his Discourse of the Original of Romances, thinks that this Book might possibly have been composed by Philander, who imposed upon M. Fum••e, as if it had been really written by Athenagoras. This Dr. Cave says is very improbable: But if we consider how extremely particular this Author is in his Description of those Buildings he mentions, how very improbable it is that Athenagoras should have brought in his Melan∣genia, describing Jupiter Hammon's Temple more like an Architect than an Historian, we can hardly conceive it to have been written by a Greek. Besides, the Architecture it self is so very exact according to the Rules of the Five Orders, the Four Ancientest whereof were introduced first by the Greeks; that it is not likely that one of that Nation, who knew very well that Jupiter Hammon's Temple was never raised by Men that were ac∣quainted with their Models of Building, would ever have described it as Built after such a manner, if he he had thought fit to have described it at all. So that though we cannot certainly tell whether Philander, (who wrote Commentaries upon Vitruvius) was the Author of this Romance, or no; yet these Reasons seem to make it more than probable, that it was not written by Athenagoras, especially since a Greek Copy was never yet pro∣duced, and that none of the Ancients ever quoted it, either as his, or as belonging to any Body else. And I do not doubt, but Dr. Cave would have been of the same Opinion, if he had read the Book over himself.
• * 1.7

  [Since the first Edition of Mr. du Pin's Bibliotheque was published, Mr. Dodwell set out the Chronological Fragments of Bishop Pearson, with Additions of his own to the late Bishop of Chester's Discourses concerning the Succession of the first Bishops of Rome. In his Additions to the second Chapter of Bishop Pearson's first Discourse, he brings some Arguments to prove that this Theophilus, the Author of these Discourses to Autolycus, was not that Bishop of Antioch that was the sixth from St. Peter, as it has hitherto univer∣sally been believed. Theophilus speaks of the Persecution, as of a Calamity the Christi∣ans then groaned under, in two or three places, towards the End of the Third Book: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: daily, and until now. He says also, that it chiefly lay upon those that hastned after Vertue, and endeavoured to live a Holy Life, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. These Mr. Dodwell affirms to have been Proselytes and Cate∣chumens who endeavoured to live up to the Rules of their new Religion, and used great Philosophical strictnesses of Life, as Origen and his Disciples did, which is properly meant by the word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Persecution of Severus was raised particularly against New Converts, and those that endeavoured to instruct the Catechumens in the Christian Faith: for which reason, Origen was so severely enquired after; from hence it will ne∣cessarily follow, That Theophilus, who mentions the Persecution as a thing that had been of some Continuance, which did not begin till the Year CCIII. could not be that Bishop of Antioch that succeeded Maximinus, and preceded Heros.]
• * 1.8

  [Dr. Cave mentions a Hymn in Praise of our Saviour.
• * 1.9

  [And several other Discourses.]
• * 1.10

  [The Discourse de Coronâ Mili∣tis was translated likewise by himself into Greek.]
• * 1.11

  [What I said formerly concerning the Engastrimu∣thos will not hold; the LXX. Interpreters, from whom the Church has borrowed most of its Technical words, call the Witch of Endor by no other Name.]
• * 1.12

  [Not disowned by Do∣ctor Cave.]
• * 1.13

  [Ascribed by some to Hippolytus Jun. who lived about the year DCCCCXXXIII.
• * 1.14

  [Trithemius tells us, That St. Cy∣prian also enlarged Seneca's and Tyro's Characters, by ad∣ding of numbers of Technical words that belong'd to the Christian Religion; they are all printed by Gruter, and are commonly bound up with his Body of Inscriptions.]
• * 1.15

  [This is thought to be Spurious by most Men, or at least extreamly interpola∣ted.]
• * 1.16

  Dr. Cave has published the beginning of a Discourse of this Victorinus, Of the Fabrick of the World, which he thinks may be a Fragment of this Father's Commentaries upon Genesis or the Apocalypse.]