Seven collections tracing the visible and written memory of the Church — icons, councils, Fathers, manuscripts, cosmology, spiritual warfare, and the false doctrines that forced orthodoxy to speak with precision. Each entry is source-traceable and theologically grounded.
c. 318 ADAthanasius of Alexandria
The Logos assumes a human body to reverse the corruption of death and restore the image of God in humanity. The foundational text of Nicene Christology.
c. 180 ADIrenaeus of Lyon
A five-volume systematic refutation of Gnosticism and the earliest comprehensive account of the Church's rule of faith. The prototype of orthodox theology.
325 / 381 ADCouncil of Nicaea / Constantinople
The most precisely worded theological sentence in Christian history — forged under pressure, tested by exile, and verified by martyrdom. Every word load-bearing.
c. 426 ADAugustine of Hippo
Written after the sack of Rome, this twenty-two-book masterwork distinguishes the City of Man from the City of God — and lays the philosophical foundation of Western Christian civilization.
c. 398 ADJohn Chrysostom
The eucharistic rite still prayed by Orthodox Christians worldwide. Chrysostom's liturgy is the living voice of the early Church — theology enacted, not merely recited.
c. 500 ADPseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
The foundational Christian map of the angelic orders — nine ranks, three triads, and a cosmos structured by participation in divine light. The architecture of the unseen realm.
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