Ancient Christian Writers

The Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation (abbreviated as ACW) is a book series with English translations of works by early Christian writers. The translations are made from Latin and Greek.^[1] The series was founded by Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe, the first volume being published in 1946.

Editors and publishers

Editors

• Vols. 1–27: Johannes Quasten and Joseph C. Plumpe
• Vols. 28–33: Johannes Quasten and Walter J. Burghardt [de]
• Vols. 34–46: Johannes Quasten, Walter J. Burghardt, and Thomas Comerford Lawler
• Vols. 47–53: Walter J. Burghardt and Thomas Comerford Lawler
• Vols. 54–55: Walter J. Burghardt, Thomas Comerford Lawler, and John J. Dillon
• Vols. 56–57: Walter J. Burghardt, John J. Dillon, and Dennis D. McManus
• Vols. 58–60: Walter J. Burghardt and John J. Dillon (editorial board), Dennis D. McManus (managing editor)
• Vols. 61–62: John Dillon (editorial board) and Dennis D. McManus (managing editor)
• Vol. 63: Boniface Ramsey, John Dillon, Jeremy Driscoll, Thomas Macy Finn, Thomas L. Knoebel, Joseph Lienhard, John A. McGuckin (advisory board)

Publishers

• Newman Press (earlier volumes; later an imprint of Paulist Press)
• Paulist Press (later volumes)

List of volumes

1. (1946) The Epistles of
   ISBN 9780809100385
2. (1946)
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3. (1946) St. Augustine.
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4. (1947)
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5. (1948) St. Augustine.
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6. (1948) The
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7. (1949)
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8. (1949) Arnobius of Sicca. The Case Against the Pagans. Vol. 2: Books IV—VII, index (translated and annotated by George E. McCracken)
   ISBN 9780809102495
9. (1950) St. Augustine. The Greatness of the Soul. The Teacher (translated and annotated by Joseph M. Colleran, CSsR)
   ISBN 9780809100606
10. (1950)
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11. (1950)
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12. (1950) St. Augustine. Against the Academics (translated and annotated by John J. O’Meara)
    ISBN 9780809102525
13. (1951)
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14. (1952)
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15. (1952) St. Augustine. Sermons for Christmas and Epiphany [Sermons 51, 140, 184—204 Ben.] (translated and annotated by Thomas Comerford Lawler)
    ISBN 9780809101375
16. (1952)
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17. (1953) The works of
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18. (1954)
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19. (1954)
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20. (1955)
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21. (1955)
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22. (1955) St. Augustine.
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23. (1956)
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24. (1956) Tertullian. The treatise against Hermogenes (translated and annotated by
    ISBN 9780809101481
25. (1957)
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26. (1957) Origen. The Song of Songs: commentary and homilies (translated and annotated by R.P. Lawson)
    ISBN 9780809102617
27. (1958)
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28. (1959) Tertullian. Treatises on penance: On penitence and On purity (translated and annotated by William P. Le Saint, SJ)
    ISBN 9780809101504
29. (1960) St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. I: Psalms 1–29 (translated and annotated by Dame Scholastica Hebgin and Dame Felicitas Corrigan)
    ISBN 9780809101047
30. (1961) St. Augustine, On the Psalms. Vol. II: Psalms 30–37 (translated and annotated by Dame Scholastica Hebgin and Dame Felicitas Corrigan)
    ISBN 9780809101054
31. (1963)
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32. (1963) Prosper of Aquitaine. Defense of St. Augustine (translated and annotated by P. De Letter, SJ)
    ISBN 9780809102631
33. (1963) The letters of
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34. (1965)
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35. (1966) Letters of
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36. (1967) Letters of St. Paulinus of Nola. Vol. 2: Letters 23–51 (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
    ISBN 9780809100897
37. (1970)
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38. (1970)
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39. (1974) The
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40. (1975) The Poems of St. Paulinus of Nola (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
    ISBN 9780809101979
41. (1982) St. Augustine.
    ISBN 9780809103263
42. (1982) St. Augustine. The Literal Meaning of Genesis. Vol. 2: Books 7–12 (translated and annotated by John Hammond Taylor, SJ)
    ISBN 9780809103270
43. (1984) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 1: Letters 1–27 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
    ISBN 9780809103416
44. (1984) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 2: Letters 28–54 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
    ISBN 9780809103423
45. (1985) Palladius. Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom (translated and annotated by Robert T. Meyer)
    ISBN 9780809103584
46. (1986) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 3: Letters 55–66 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
    ISBN 9780809103690
47. (1989) The Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage. Vol. 4: Letters 67–82 (translated and annotated by G.W. Clarke)
    ISBN 9780809103706
48. (1988) St. Augustine. On Faith and Works (translated and annotated by Gregory J. Lombardo, CSC, STD)
    ISBN 9780809104062
49. (1988)
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50. (1989) Sermons of
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51. (1990)
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52. (1991) Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 2: Psalms 51–100 [52(51)–101(100)] (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
    ISBN 9780809104444
53. (1991) Cassiodorus. Explanation of the Psalms. Vol. 3: Psalms 101–150 [102(101)–150] (translated and annotated by P.G. Walsh)
    ISBN 9780809104451
54. (1992) Origen. Treatise on the Passover and Dialogue of Origen with Heraclides and his Fellow Bishops on the Father, the Son, and the Soul (translated and annotated by Robert J. Daly, SJ)
    ISBN 9780809104529
55. (1992) St. Irenaeus of Lyons.
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56. (1997)
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57. (1997)
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58. (2000) John Cassian. The Institutes (translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey, OP)
    ISBN 9780809105229
59. (2003)
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60. (2004)
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61. (2008)
    ISBN 9780809105816, 9781616439118
62. (2010) Origen. Homilies 1–14 on Ezekiel (translation and introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
    ISBN 9780809105670
63. (2010)
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64. (2012) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 3 (Matthew C Steenberg)
    ISBN 9780809105892
65. (2012) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Book 2 (Dominic J. Unger)
    ISBN 9780809105991
66. (2012) St. Jerome. Commentary on Ecclesiastes (Richard J. Goodrich)
    ISBN 9780809106011
67. (2013) Theodoret of Cyrus. A Cure for Pagan Maladies (translation and introduction by Thomas Halton)
    ISBN 9780809106066
68. (2015) St. Jerome. Commentary on Isaiah. Including St. Jerome's translation of Origen's Homilies 1-9 on Isaiah (translated and with an Introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
    ISBN 9780809106080
69. (2015)
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70. (2016)
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71. (2017) St. Jerome. Commentary on Ezekiel (translated with an introduction by Thomas P. Scheck)
    ISBN 9780809106318
72. (2017 or 2018?) St. Irenaeus of Lyons. Against the Heresies. Books 4–5. (Dominic J. Unger)
73. (2018) Isidore of Seville. Sententiae (translated and with notes by Thomas L. Knoebel)
    ISBN 9780809106363
74. (2020) The Teachings of the
    ISBN 9780809106455, 9781587687198
75. (2018)
    ISBN 9780809106462, 9781587687228
76. (2022)
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