Source Texts
163 primary sources across 93 authors — 12,959 passages linked to Scripture. Church Fathers, Reformers, confessions and catechisms, the Catholic Catechism, verse-by-verse commentaries, and historical sources, all public domain.
Apostolic & Ante-Nicene Fathers 27
Justin Martyr
100-165
Irenaeus of Lyons
130-202
Ignatius of Antioch
1st-2nd century
Epistle to the Ephesians110 · 7 passages · epistleEpistle to the Magnesians110 · 4 passages · epistleEpistle to the Trallians110 · 3 passages · epistleEpistle to the Romans110 · 4 passages · epistleEpistle to the Philadelphians110 · 4 passages · epistleEpistle to the Smyrnaeans110 · 4 passages · epistleEpistle to Polycarp110 · 4 passages · epistle
Unknown (Didache)
1st-2nd century
Origen of Alexandria
3rd century
De Principiis (On First Principles)c. AD 220-230 · 5 passages · systematic theologyContra Celsum (Against Celsus)c. AD 248 · 8 passages · apologeticsCommentary on the Gospel of Johnc. AD 226-232 · 6 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Gospel of Matthewc. AD 246-249 · 7 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Epistle to the Romansc. AD 243-244 · 10 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Song of Songsc. AD 240 · 5 passages · commentary
Tertullian
2nd-3rd century AD
Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers 28
Athanasius of Alexandria
296-373
On the Incarnation318 · 13 passages · treatiseOn the Incarnation (De Incarnatione Verbi Dei)c. AD 318 · 57 passages · theological treatiseAgainst the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos)c. AD 339–345 · 213 passages · polemical theologyLife of Antony (Vita Antonii)c. AD 360 · 94 passages · hagiographyOn the Decrees of Nicaea (De Decretis)c. AD 350–355 · 32 passages · apologetic
Augustine of Hippo
354-430
Expositions on the Psalms392-418 · 11 passages · commentaryCity of God413-426 · 662 passages · treatiseConfessionsc. AD 397-400 · 13 passages · autobiographyOn the Trinity (De Trinitate)c. AD 400-416 · 15 passages · treatiseEnchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love)c. AD 420-421 · 1 passage · treatiseOn Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana)c. AD 397-426 · 5 passages · treatise
Antony the Great
3rd-4th century
Abba Poemen
4th-5th century
Abba Moses the Black
4th century
Abba Arsenius
4th-5th century
Amma Syncletica
4th century
Abba Macarius the Great
4th century
Abba John the Dwarf
4th-5th century
Abba Sisoes the Great
4th-5th century
John of Damascus
8th century
Eusebius of Caesarea
4th century
Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea)
4th century AD
Cyril of Jerusalem
4th century AD
The Medieval Church 1
The Reformation 5
Huldrych Zwingli
16th century
The Modern Era 9
Jonathan Edwards
18th century
George Whitefield
18th century
John Wesley
18th century
Verse-by-Verse Commentaries 21
John Chrysostom
4th-5th century
Homilies on Matthew390 · 101 passages · commentaryHomilies on the Gospel of Johnc. AD 390-391 · 88 passages · homilyHomilies on the Epistle to the Romansc. AD 391 · 32 passages · homilyHomilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthiansc. AD 392 · 44 passages · homilyHomilies on the Epistle to the Hebrewsc. AD 403 · 34 passages · homily
John Calvin
16th century
Commentary on Genesis1554 · 19 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Book of Psalms1557 · 15 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah1559 · 10 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Epistle to the Romans1540 · 13 passages · commentaryCommentary on the Gospel According to John1553 · 13 passages · commentary
Confessions & Catechisms 38
Westminster Assembly
17th century
Council of Nicaea
4th century
Council of Trent
16th century
Council of Trent, Session 4: Decree on Scripture and Tradition1546 · 3 passages · decreeCouncil of Trent, Session 5: Decree on Original Sin1546 · 4 passages · decreeCouncil of Trent, Session 6: Decree on Justification1547 · 8 passages · decreeCouncil of Trent, Session 7: Decree on the Sacraments1547 · 4 passages · decreeCouncil of Trent, Session 13: Decree on the Eucharist1551 · 4 passages · decree
First Vatican Council
19th century
Second Vatican Council
20th century
Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus
16th century
International Council on Biblical Inerrancy
20th century
National Association of Evangelicals
20th century
General Assembly of Baptist Churches (1689)
17th century
General Council of the Assemblies of God
20th century
Lutheran Church (Formula of Concord)
16th century
Philip Melanchthon (Apology)
16th century
The Western Church (Athanasian)
5th–6th century
New Hampshire Baptist Convention
19th century
Catholic Magisterium 11
Historical & Extra-Biblical Sources 12
Flavius Josephus
1st century AD
Moses Maimonides (Rambam)
12th century
Philo of Alexandria
1st century BC - 1st century AD
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki)
11th century AD
Textual Scholarship 11
Bruce M. Metzger
1914-2007
Bart D. Ehrman
1955-
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration1964 · 0 passages · textbookMisquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why2005 · 0 passages · popular_scholarshipThe Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament1993 · 0 passages · monograph
Kurt Aland
1915-1994
Barbara Aland
1937-