Friday, February 22, 2019

Lost Christianities: 170 PDF Books on Early Christian Sects to Download


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Books Scanned from the Originals into PDF format

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Contents of Disk (created on a Windows computer):

History of the Donatists by David Benedict 1875

A Short history of the Donatists by J. Trevor 1741

Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity by George Fisher 1866

Dictionary of Christian Biography and Sects by Henry Wace 1911

The Origins of Christianity by Charles Biggs 1909

The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries by JB Lightfoot 1875

The Fragments of Heracleon the Gnostic

Buddhist and Christian Gospels - being Gospel parallels from Pali texts reprinted with additions 1914 by Albert Edmunds Volume 1

Buddhist and Christian Gospels - being Gospel parallels from Pali texts reprinted with additions 1914 by Albert Edmunds Volume 2

Origin and History of the Books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal by CE Stowe 1867

A Text-book of the History of Doctrines by Karl Hagenbach 1861 Volume 1

A Text-book of the History of Doctrines by Karl Hagenbach 1861 Volume 2

Lectures on the history of Christian dogmas (1858) Volume 1 by Dr. Augustus Neander

Lectures on the history of Christian dogmas (1858) Volume 2 by Dr. Augustus Neander

Tertullian against Marcion

The Gnostics and Their Remains by CW King 1887

The Belief of the First Three Centuries Concerning Christ's Mission to the underworld by F. Huidekoper 1854

The Life of Apollonius Tyanaeus, with a comparison between the Miracles of Scripture and those elsewhere related, as regards their respective object, nature, and evidence by John Henry Newman 1850


Apollonius of Tyana, and other essays by Thomas Whittaker 1906

A Sketch of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana of the first ten decades of our era by Daniel Tredwell 1886

Apollonius of Tyana, article in the Christian Examiner 1868

Apollonius of Tyana, the Pagan Christ of the 3rd Century by Albert Reville 1866

Apollonius of Tyana, the philosopher-reformer of the first century A.D., a Critical Study of the only existing record of his life, with some account of the war of opinion concerning him, and an introduction on the religious associations and brotherhoods of the times and the possible influence of Indian thought on Greece by GRS Mead 1901

Apollonius, who lived in the first century, also performed miracles, had disciples, died, and appeared after his death the same as Jesus.

Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Trinitarian Theology in the second, third, and succeeding centuries, and of the manner in which its doctrines gradually supplanted the unitarianism of the primitive church; compiled from the works of various theological and historical writers by James Forrest 1853

Arius the Libyan; a romance of the primitive church by Nathan Chapman Kouns 1914

Studies of Arianism by Henry Melville Gwatkin 1900

The Arians of the Fourth Century by John Henry Newman 1888

The Nestorian monument in China

Pagan Christs by John M Robertson



Nestorius and his Teaching by JF Bethune Baker 1908

Echoes from the Gnosis Volume 1 by GRS Mead 1907

Echoes from the Gnosis Volume 2 by GRS Mead 1907

A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer 1913

The Early Years of Christianity by Edmond Pressense 1871

Christianity in Early Britain by Hugh Williams 1912

The Environment of Early Christianity by Samuel Angus 1915

The Early Conflicts of Christianity by William Kip 1853

The History of Early Christianity by L. Pullan 1898

The Early Days of Christianity by FW Farrar 1885

Phases of Early Christianity, 6 Lectures by JE Carpenter 1916

The Logical Connections of Sabellianism in the Congregational Review 1867

Brief Analysis of the Sects, Heresies, and Writers of the First Three Centuries 1857

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 1

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 2

History of the Development of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ by I.A.Dorner 1870 Volume 3

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 1 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 2 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903

The Gospels as Historical Documents Volume 3 by Vincent Henry Stanton 1903
"There is other evidence which is, to my mind, even stronger. The Quartodecimans of Asia, in the middle of the second century and later, defended their practice in regard to the observance of Easter by claiming that in this they followed the example of John who had resided amongst them."

THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOLYTUS 1871 (contains Against the Heresy of one Noetus, Fragments of an Anonymous Work against the Heresy of Artemon ascribed by some to Cains...)

The Historical Proofs of Christianity in the Princeton Review 1881
"The Quartodeciman observance in Asia Minor is a topic closely connected with the foregoing. That was on the 14th of Nisan; but what did it commemorate? Many scholars have thought that it was the crucifixion of Jesus. If this be so, it is a direct argument for the interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, which would make the crucifixion on the morning of the day when the lamb was killed and eaten, and at the same time confirms the evangelist's accuracy on this point."

A manual of church history by Albert Henry Newman Volume 1

A manual of church history by Albert Henry Newman Volume 2
Volume 1 has Heretical Sects: Ebionites, Gnostics, Manicheans, Monarchians
Reactionary and Reforming Parties : Montanists Novatianists, Donatists

The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves



The Doctrine of the Incarnation (1896) Volume 1 by Robert Ottley

The Doctrine of the Incarnation (1896) Volume 2 by Robert Ottley
(Has chapters on Apollinarianism, Nestorianism and Eutychianism)

History of Dogmas by J Tixeront Volume 2, 1914
Articles on The Beginnings of Judaizing Gnosticism, The Nicolaitans, Cerinthus, Gnosticism, Marcionitism, Tatian and the Encratites, Montanism, Millenarianism etc

Patrology, the lives and works of the Fathers of the Church 1908 by Otto Bardenhewer

Manual of Patrology by Bernard Schmid 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 1 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 2 1899

A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought Volume 4 1899
(Has sections on Antinomianism, Arianism, Gnosticism, Sabellianism & more)

Historical Presentation of Augustinism and Pelagianism 1840

The Variations of Popery by Samuel Edgar 1848
(Discusses Pelagianism, Monotheletism, Arianism etc)

The Age of the Fathers Volume 1 By William Bright 1903

The Age of the Fathers Volume 2 By William Bright 1903

Pistis Sophia - the Gnostic Gospel 1896

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First 3 Centuries by Adolf von Harnack 1908 Volume 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First 3 Centuries by Adolf von Harnack 1908 Volume 1

The Church and its Corrupters in the Apostolic Age, Article in the The Church of England magazine 1839

Fraser's magazine - Criticism and the Gospel History 1864

Recent Statement on the Trinity as the Faith of the Early Christian Fathers - Article in the Unitarian Review 1881

A History of the Corruptions of Christianity 1871

Views of Sabellius, article in The Biblical Repository and Classical Review 1835

An Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age by Edward Burton 1829

Primitive Trinitarianism by Elijah Bailey 1826 (poor quality)

A Manual of Christian doctrine by John S Banks 1897

Principles of Sabellianism, article in The Unitarian Advocate and Religious Miscellany 1830

The Ancient Church by WD Killen 1883

The Theology of the Early Christian Church by James Bennett 1855

A Literary History of Early Christianity, Volume 1 by Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1893 (Ebionites, Gnostics, Monarchianism, Marcion etc)

A Literary History of Early Christianity, Volume 2 by Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1893

Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, Volume 1 by James Hastings 1916

Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, Volume 2 by James Hastings 1916

Burton and the Ebionites, article in The Unitarian Magazine 1834

The Book of Religions by John Hayward 1843

The Key of Truth, a Manual of the Paulician church of Armenia by FC Conybeare 1898

The Arian Controversy by Henry M Gwatkin 1908

Studies of Arianism by Henry M Gwatkin 1900

The Arian Movement in England by J Hay Colligan 1913

A History of the Christian Councils by Charles Joseph Hefele 1894

History of Congregationalism from about A. D. 250 to 1616 by G Punchard 1841

Phallicism Heathen and Christian, its connexion with the Rosicrucians and the Gnostics and its foundation in Buddhism by Hargrave Jennings 1884

The Ancient History of Universalism by Hosea Ballou 1842

Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman 1922

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 1 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 2 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 3 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Primitive Christianity its writings and teachings in their Historical Connections, Volume 4 by Otto Pfeiderer 1906

Early Christianity and Paganism by H Donald M Spence 1902

Early Christianity by SB Black 1914

Memorials of Early Christianity by James G Miall 1853

Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain 1908

The Beginnings of Christianity by George P Fisher 1877

Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Kirsopp Lake 1920

The Social Results of Early Christianity by Charles Schmidt 1885

Early Sources of English Unitarian Christianity by Gaston Bonet-Maury 1884

Early Christianity in Arabia by Thomas Wright 1855

The Dawn of Christianity by Alfred Martin 1914

A Study of Primitive Christianity by Lewis G Janes 1887

Early Christianity outside the Roman Empire by F Crawford Burkitt 1899

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement by Lyford Paterson Edwards 1919

The Apology and Acts of Apollonius and other Monuments of Early Christianity by FC Conybeare 1894

The Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism by Gerhard Uhlhorn 1908

Judaistic Christianity by Fenton John Anthony Hort 1894

The First Age of Christianity and the Church, Volume 1 by John Ignatius Von Dollinger 1877

The First Age of Christianity and the Church, Volume 2 by John Ignatius Von Dollinger 1877

A Study of the Classic Pagan References to Nascent Christianity by John Robert Brauer 1906

Christianity and Greek Philosophy by BF Cocker 1870

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by TR Glover 1910

The History of Teachings of the Early Church 1893

A Sketch of the History of the Apostolic Church by Oliver J Thatcher 1898

From the Gospel to the Creeds - Studies in the Early History of the Christian Church by William L Sullivan 1919



Montanism and the Primitive Church by John De Soyres 1878

Crises in the Early Church by John Alfred Faulkner 1912

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 1 by Adin Ballou 1870

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 2 by Adin Ballou 1870

Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions, Volume 3 by Adin Ballou 1870

Characteristics of the Early Church by JJ Burke 1899

Studies in Early Church History by Henry T Sell 1906

The Church in the Roman Empire Before AD 170 WM Ramsay 1897

Christian Life in the Primitive Church by Ernst von Dobschutz 1904

The Early Church from Ignatius to Augustine by George Hodges 1915

The Church of the Fathers by John Henry Newman 1840

The Apostolic Age - a Study of the Early Church and its Achievements by William B Hill 1922

History of the Christian Religion to the Year 200 by Charles B Waite 1881

The Pleroma, an Essay on the Origin of Christianity by Paul Carus 1909

The Post-Apostolic Age by Lucius Waterman 1898

History of the Church to A.D. 325 by HN Bate 1907

The Church of the Early Fathers by Alfred Plummer 1913

The Apostolic Age in the Light of Modern Criticism by James Hardy Ropes 1906

Lectures on the Influence of the Apostle Paul on the Development of Christianity by Otto Pfleiderer 1885

The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages upon the Christian Church by Edwin Hatch 1897

The Organization of the Early Christian Churches by Edwin Hatch 1888

Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter 1921

The Evolution of Early Christianity- a genetic study of first-century Christianity in relation to its religious environment by Shirley Case 1920

Christ and other Masters - historical inquiry into some of the chief parallelisms and contrasts between Christianity and the religious systems of the ancient world by Charles Hardwick 1882

A manual of the sects and heresies of the early Christian Church (poor scan) by Thomas Jackson 1835

The Christian Platonists of Alexandria by Charles Bigg 1886

Buddhism in Christendom - Jesus the Essene by Arthur Lillie 1887

Tertullian and the Doctrine of the Trinity, article in The Princeton theological review 1904

Dissertations on the Apostolic Age by JB Lightfoot 1892

The Filioque Controversy, article in The Church quarterly review 1877

Ecce Orienti - an epitome of the history of the ancient Essenes by MW Redding 1870

Dictionary of Sects and Heresies by JH Blunt 1874

A Brief Analysis of the Sects, Heresies, and Writers of the First Three centuries 1857

An historical view of heresies and vindication of the primitive faith by A McFarland 1806

An Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age by Edward Burton 1829

The Angel-Messiah of the Buddhists, Essenes and Christians by Ernest De Bunson 1880

The Essenes: their History and Doctrines by Christian David Ginsburg 1864

Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology by John Henry Blunt 1870

Canonicity - a Collection of Early Testimonies to the Canonical Books of the New Testament by AH Charteris 1880

A Historical Introduction to the Study of the Books of the New Testament by George Salmon 1889 (THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE QUARTODECIMANS)

Early Christian Doctrine by Leighton Pullan 1899

Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity during the first 325 years, Volume 1, by JL Mosheim 1852

Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity during the first 325 years, Volume 2, by JL Mosheim 1852

Heresy and Christian doctrine by E de Pressensé 1873

A Manual of the History of Dogmas, Volume 1 by BJ Otten 1917

A Manual of the History of Dogmas, Volume 2 by BJ Otten 1917 (Gnosticism, Modalism etc)

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 1 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 2 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 3 1891

A Religious Encyclopaedia or dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal, and practical theology by JJ Herzog, Volume 4 1891 (light scan, often hard to read)

Unitarianism - its Origin and History 1890

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