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The *Veteres Litaniae Anglicanae* is an anonymous collection of Latin litanies from pre-Conquest England, preserved in a single manuscript. Its compilation reflects loca…

The Notitia ex Cave is a biographical notice on Vigilius of Thapsus, a North African bishop active around 484 CE, extracted from William Cave's Scriptorum Ecclesiasticor…

The Viginti Unius Sententiarum is a brief collection of twenty-one theological sentences traditionally attributed to Augustine of Hippo, though this attribution is insec…

The Vita Sulpicii Bituricensis is a hagiographic account of Sulpicius, a 6th-century bishop of Bourges (ca. 584–591), emphasizing his asceticism and pastoral care. Compo…

The Vita Germani Parisiensis Episcopi is a hagiographic account of Germanus, bishop of Paris (c. 555–576), composed shortly after his death, likely in the late 6th or ea…

The Vita Sancti Desiderii is a hagiographic life of Saint Desiderius, bishop of Langres, composed by his successor Warnaharius. It follows conventional hagiographic topo…

The Vita Sancti Marii, attributed to Dynamus Patricius, is a hagiographic account of Saint Marius, a figure associated with early Merovingian monasticism. The sole witne…

The Vita Sancti Maximi, attributed to Dynamus Patricius, is a hagiographic account of Maximus, a fifth-century Gallic saint. The work survives in a single twelfth-centur…

Trifolius Presbyter's letter *Ad Beatum Faustum Senatorem Contra Joannem Scytham Monachum* is a Latin polemic from the early 6th century, written ca. 519–520. It address…

Ad Justinum Manichaeum Contra Duo Principia Manichaeorum is a Latin polemical treatise attributed to Victorinus Afrus, a North African Christian writer. The work refutes…

The 'Ad Synodum in Palatio Habitam Oratio de Pace' is a Latin speech attributed to Emperor Constantine I, urging unity among bishops at a synod held in the imperial pala…

The Adversus Quinque Haereses is a Latin polemical treatise attributed to Augustine of Hippo, though its authenticity is disputed. The work attacks five named heresies—t…

The Alia Regula Monachorum is a monastic rule of uncertain authorship, traditionally attributed to an anonymous author (Auctor Incertus). Preserved in the Patrologia Lat…

Hilary of Poitiers' 'Apologetica ad reprehensores libri de Synodis responsa' is a defense of his earlier treatise on synods, arguing from Scripture and tradition for the…

The Apologia Altera Prophetae David is a polemical treatise by Ambrose of Milan, defending the character of King David against contemporary critics. Written in Latin dur…

The Apologia Prophetae David Ad Theodosium Augustum is a polemical treatise by Ambrose of Milan, composed in 384 CE shortly after the discovery of the relics of Protasiu…

The Breviatio Canonum is a concise compilation of canon law attributed to Fulgentius Ferrandus, a deacon of Carthage active in the mid-6th century. It gathers canons fro…

The Canones Alii Sancti Patricio Ascripti are a supplementary set of canons traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick, likely compiled in early medieval Ireland between…

The Canones Alli Sancto Patricio Ascripti (Additional Canons Ascribed to Saint Patrick) is a set of Latin canon-law texts attributed pseudepigraphically to the fifth-cen…

The Canones Gelasio Ascripti are a collection of canon-law texts spuriously attributed to Pope Gelasius I (492–496). Modern scholarship dates the final form of the Decre…

The 'Canones Poenitentiales [Incertus] — Hieronymus' is a set of penitential canons spuriously attributed to Jerome (d. 420). It prescribes graded tariffs for sins, refl…

The so-called Eighth Council of Carthage, purportedly held around 257 CE, is a brief canon-law text surviving only in later canonical collections. Its title links it to…

The Carthaginiensis Synodus is a compilation of canons from early North African councils (c. 345–525 AD), transmitted in Latin manuscripts of the Collectio Hispana and t…

The Concilium Antissiodorense, attributed to Bishop Aunarius of Auxerre (died 605), is a set of canons surviving only in later canonical collections such as the Collecti…

The First Council of Orange (Concilium Arausicanum I) was a synod held in the early 5th century, traditionally dated to 441 CE, though the exact year remains uncertain.…

The Second Council of Orange (Concilium Arausicanum II), held in 529 under Bishop Caesarius of Arles, produced 25 canons on grace and free will that directly countered s…

The Concilium Iconiense contra Cataphrygas is a Latin canon-law text attributed to Cyprian of Carthage, recording a council at Iconium (modern Konya, Turkey) that condem…

The Concilium Romanum I of AD 494, convened under Pope Gelasius I, is a synod whose acta survive only in later canonical collections such as the Dionysiana and Hispana.…

The decrees traditionally attributed to a Roman synod under Pope Gelasius I (492–496) survive in early medieval canonical collections such as the Collectio Dionysiana an…

The Second Roman Council (AD 495), convened under Pope Gelasius I, is a synod of the Roman church that addressed the aftermath of the Acacian schism. Its surviving acta…

The Contra Arianos Fragmentum is a Latin polemical fragment surviving in a single 9th-century manuscript from Corbie, likely copied from a lost earlier exemplar. It atta…

Fulgentius of Ruspe's Contra Arianos Liber Unus is a Latin polemical treatise defending Nicene Trinitarian doctrine against Arian objections current under Vandal rule in…

Contra Cresconium is a Latin polemical work by Augustine of Hippo, written around 406–407 CE in response to a defense of Donatism by the layman Cresconius. Structured in…

The Contra Felicianum Arianum De Unitate Trinitatis is a polemical treatise defending Nicene Trinitarian orthodoxy against Arian arguments, traditionally attributed to A…

Contra Felicianum et Arianum de Unitate Trinitatis Optatum Liber is a Latin polemical treatise attributed to Vigilius of Thapsus, a Nicene bishop in Vandal North Africa.…

Contra Fulgentium Donatistam is an anonymous Latin polemic against the Donatist Fulgentius, likely composed in the 5th or 6th century. The work employs sharp rhetorical…

Contra Gaudentium Donatistarum Episcopum is a late polemical work by Augustine of Hippo, written around 420 CE, near the end of the Donatist controversy. The treatise re…

Contra Haeresim Nestorianam Nestorii Blasphemiarum Capitula XII is an anonymous Latin polemic responding to Nestorius's twelve anathemas (c. 430). Surviving only in Lati…

Cerealis, bishop of Castellum in Mauretania, composed this Latin polemic against the Arian bishop Maximinus, defending Nicene orthodoxy through scriptural and logical ar…

Contra Mocianum Scholasticum is a Latin polemical treatise by Facundus, bishop of Hermiane in Africa, written circa 546–548 during the Three Chapters controversy. The wo…

Augustine's 'Contra Priscillianistas et Origenistas ad Orosium' (c. 415) is a polemical treatise responding to a memorandum from the Spanish priest Orosius. The work add…

De canone SS. scripturarum (On the Canon of the Holy Scriptures) is a Latin work of uncertain authorship, traditionally attributed to an anonymous writer (Incertus). It…

De Canonibus Observandis is a collection of canons by Caesarius of Arles (c. 470–542), designed for diocesan governance in early 6th-century Gaul. It compiles conciliar…

The decretals attributed to Pope Eutychianus (r. 275–283) are spurious 9th-century compositions forming part of the Pseudo-Isidorian forgeries. They claim to regulate th…

The De Decretis Melchiadi Papae Attributis is a decretal falsely attributed to Pope Miltiades (Melchiades, r. 311–314), but it is a product of the Pseudo-Isidorian forge…

The work is a decretal letter attributed to Pope Caius (283–296) that addresses a single decree concerning the attribution of a person named Gaius. It survives only in l…

De fide Contra Manicheos is a Latin polemical treatise by Evodius, bishop of Uzalis, defending Nicene orthodoxy against Manichaean dualism. Evodius argues for a single d…

De Fide Orthodoxa Contra Arianos is a Latin polemical treatise attributed to Ambrose of Milan, traditionally dated to the 380s during the height of the Arian controversy…

De Situ Hierusolimitanae Urbis Atque Ipsius Judaeae is a late antique Latin itinerary describing Jerusalem and Judea, traditionally attributed to Eucherius of Lyon but n…

The Decreta Decem Juxta Gratianum et Ivonem — SS Iulius I is a spurious collection of ten decrees attributed to Pope Julius I (337–352), but actually compiled in the lat…

The Decreta Ex Gratiano Desumpta is a medieval compilation of canons extracted from Gratian's Decretum (ca. 1140), spuriously attributed to Pope Lucius I (r. 253–254). I…

The Decretoriae Sententiae attributed to Pope Stephen I (r. ca. 254–257) is a pseudonymous collection of decretal sentences surviving only in later canonical collections…

The Decretorum Damaso I Papae Ascriptorum Censura is a modern critical edition of canon-law texts spuriously attributed to Pope Damasus I (366–384). Surviving only in la…

The Decretum De Ecclesia Toletana is a royal decree attributed to the Visigothic king Gondemarus, addressing bishops of the Carthaginian province concerning the Church o…

The Decretum De Libris Recipiendis Et Non Recipiendis is a canonical list of biblical books traditionally attributed to the 5th-century Christian poet Coelius Sedulius.…

The Decretum De Rebus Dei Et Ecclesiae Non Abstrahendis is a medieval canon-law text attributed to a King Ethelbertus of the English, though no such ruler is historicall…

The Decretum Synodi (Concilium Romanum III) is a set of canons traditionally attributed to a Roman council of 1078 under Pope Gregory VII, though the manuscript evidence…

The Ecclesiasticae Praeceptiones, specifically the Decretio De Servis Et Asilis attributed to King Chlotarius II of the Franks (dated to AD 595), is a Merovingian-era ca…

The Edictum De Confirmatione Concilii Toletani, issued by King Recared I (r. 586–601), confirms the decrees of the Third Council of Toledo (589), which marked the Visigo…

The Edictum De Synodo Parisiensi (615) is a Merovingian royal capitulary issued by King Chlotarius II in connection with the Council of Paris. It confirms and enforces c…

Faustinus's 'In Codicem Canonum Et Constitutorum Ecclesiae Romanae Recepta' is a late 4th- or early 5th-century Latin compilation of canons and constitutions received by…

The Libellus Adversus eos qui contra Synodum Scribere Praesumpserunt is a polemical tract by Magnus Felix Ennodius, a deacon and later bishop of Pavia, defending the Rom…

The Liber Apologeticus, written by Paulus Orosius around 415–417 CE, is a polemical treatise defending orthodox teachings on free will and grace during the Pelagian cont…

Phoebaudus of Agen's Liber Contra Arianos is a Latin polemical treatise composed ca. 357–360, during the Homoian controversy following the Council of Sirmium. Written in…

The 'Nestorii Tractatus Contra Haeresim Pelagii Seu Coelestii' is a polemical treatise by Marius Mercator, a Latin writer contemporary with Nestorius, attacking the Pela…

The Oratio Synodi Sardicensis ad Constantium Imperatorem is a petitionary address from the Synod of Serdica (343 CE) to Emperor Constantius II, preserved in Latin within…

The 'Ordo Monasticus' is an anonymous Latin monastic rule of uncertain date, possibly from the early medieval period. It survives in a single witness (ogl-pl) without cr…

The 'Ordo Monasticus in veteri Scotiae monasterio de Kil-ros' is a modern editorial title for a monastic rule or foundation narrative attributed, without contemporary ev…

The Praeceptio Altera Missa Ad Synodum is a liturgical formulary for a synodal mass traditionally attributed to Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths (c. 454–526). It surviv…

The Regula ad Monachos, attributed to Caesarius of Arles (c. 470–542), is a brief monastic rule composed in Latin, likely between 500 and 530. It survives in early medie…

The Regula Ad Monachos, attributed to Saints Paul and Stephen as abbots, is a composite monastic rule in the Latin tradition, likely compiled from earlier sources. It su…

The Regula ad Monachos of Aurelianus, bishop of Arles (c. 546–551), is a short monastic rule composed in Latin for a male community in 6th-century Gaul. It survives in a…

The Regula ad Monachos of Ferreolus, bishop of Uzès (c. 530–581), is a mid-6th-century Latin monastic rule composed in Gaul. It survives in a single manuscript tradition…

The Regula ad Virgines is a monastic rule composed by Aurelianus, bishop of Arles (c. 546–551), for a women’s community dedicated to St. Mary. It survives in a single ma…

The Regula Consensoria Monachorum is a short, anonymous Latin monastic rule from the early medieval period, likely composed between the 6th and 9th centuries. Its title…

The Regula Monachorum is a monastic rule attributed to Isidore of Seville, composed in the early 7th century within the Visigothic monastic tradition. It draws on earlie…

The Regula Monachorum Cujusdam Patris — Auctor Incertus is an anonymous Latin monastic rule addressed to monks, emphasizing humility, obedience, and manual labor. It sur…

The Regula Monasterii Tarnatensis is a Latin monastic rule of uncertain authorship, traditionally linked to the monastery of Tarnatum (modern Tarnant, France). Likely co…

The Regula Secunda is a Latin monastic rule traditionally attributed to Augustine of Hippo, surviving in a single manuscript tradition often appended to the Praeceptum.…

The Regulae Clericis Traditae Fragmentum is a fragmentary Latin rule for clerics attributed to Augustine of Hippo (354–430). Its prescriptive and pastoral register align…

The 'Selecta Theodosii De Religione Decreta' is a later Latin excerpt of religious decrees issued by Emperor Theodosius I (r. 379–395), drawn from the Theodosian Code (4…

The 'Synodo Ecclesiasticae Vir Spectabilis Anagnosticus Regis — Theodoricus Rex Gothorum' is a Latin canon-law text purporting to be a royal address by the Ostrogothic k…

This synodal letter, attributed to Cyprian of Carthage and the council held under Pope Cornelius (251–253), addresses the readmission of Christians who lapsed during the…