Popular Patristics Series

The Popular Patristics Series (abbreviated PPS) is a series of volumes of original English translations of mainly first millennium Christian texts published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Popular Patristics Series

Edited by	Bogdan Bucur and Ignatius Green
Country	United States
Language	English
Discipline	Early Christianity and Orthodox Christianity
Publisher	St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
No. of books	62
Website	Popular Patristics Series

Overview

The aim of the series is "to provide readable and accurate translations of a broad range of early Christian literature to a wide audience—from students of Christian history and theology to lay Christians reading for spiritual benefit." It currently comprises 61 volumes (though six are new editions of previously released volumes).

The texts are principally translated from Greek, but some Latin, Syriac and Coptic writers are included. Each volume is translated by a recognized patristic scholar and also contains a concise but comprehensive introduction to the patristic author and their works.

John Behr was the longtime series editor until 2020, when he handed off the role to Bogdan Bucur and assistant editor Ignatius Green.

List of volumes

No.	Title	Author	Translator	Notes
1	On the Priesthood	St. John Chrysostom	Graham Neville
2	Lectures on the Christian Sacraments	St. Cyril of Jerusalem	Maxwell E. Johnson	discontinued
3	On the Divine Images	St. John of Damascus	David Anderson	discontinued
4	On the Incarnation	St. Athanasius	Penelope Lawson	discontinued
5	On the Holy Spirit	St. Basil the Great	David Anderson	discontinued
6	On the Holy Icons	St. Theodore the Studite	Catharine P. Roth
7	On Marriage and Family Life	St. John Chrysostom	Catharine P. Roth & David Anderson
8	On the Divine Liturgy	St. Germanus of Constantinople	Paul Meyendorff
9	On Wealth and Poverty	St. John Chrysostom	Catharine P. Roth	2nd edition published 2020
10	Hymns on Paradise	St. Ephrem the Syrian	Sebastian Brock
11	On Ascetical Life	St. Isaac of Nineveh	Mary T. Hansbury
12	On the Soul and Resurrection	St. Gregory of Nyssa	Catharine P. Roth
13	On the Unity of Christ	St. Cyril of Alexandria	John Anthony McGuckin
14	On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 1: The Church and The Last Things	St. Symeon the New Theologian	Alexander Golitzin
15	On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 2: On Virtue and Christian Life	St. Symeon the New Theologian	Alexander Golitzin
16	On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 3: Life, Times, and Theology	St. Symeon the New Theologian	Alexander Golitzin
17	On the Apostolic Preaching	St. Irenaeus of Lyons	John Behr
18	On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies		Brian E. Daley, S.J.
19	On the Mother of God	St. Jacob of Serug	Mary T. Hansbury
20	On Pascha	St. Melito of Sardis	Alistair Stewart-Sykes	discontinued
21	On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory of Nazianzus	St. Gregory of Nazianzus	Peter Gilbert
22	On the Apostolic Tradition	St. Hippolytus	Alistair Stewart	discontinued
23	On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius	St. Gregory of Nazianzus	Frederick Williams & Lionel Wickham
24	Three Treatises on the Divine Images	St. John of Damascus	Andrew Louth	new translation, replaces volume 3
25	On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ	St. Maximus the Confessor	Robert L. Wilken & Paul M. Blowers
26	Letters from the Desert	St. Barsanuphius and John	John Chryssavgis
27	Four Desert Fathers – Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt, and Macarius of Alexandria		Tim Vivian
28	Saint Macarius the Spiritbearer: Coptic Texts Relating to Saint Macarius the Great		Tim Vivian
29	On the Lord’s Prayer	Tertullian, St. Cyprian, & Origen	Allistair Stewart-Sykes
30	On the Human Condition	St. Basil the Great	Nonna Verna Harrison
31	The Cult of the Saints	St. John Chrysostom	Wendy Mayer & Bronwen Neil
32	On the Church: Select Treatises	St. Cyprian of Carthage	Allen Brent
33	On the Church: Select Letters	St. Cyprian of Carthage	Allen Brent
34	The Book of Pastoral Rule	St. Gregory the Great	George E. Demacopoulos
35	Wider Than Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God		Mary B. Cunningham
36	Festal Orations	St. Gregory of Nazianzus	Nonna Verna Harrison
37	Counsels on the Spiritual Life, Volumes One and Two	St. Mark the Monk	Tim Vivian & Augustine Casiday
38	On Social Justice	St. Basil the Great	C. Paul Shroeder
39	Harp of Glory (Enzira Sebhat): An Alphabetical Hymn of Praise for the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church		John Anthony McGuckin
40	Divine Eros: Hymns of Saint Symeon the New Theologian	St. Symeon the New Theologian	Daniel K. Griggs
41	On the Two Ways: Life or Death, Light or Darkness: Foundational Texts in the Tradition		Alistair Stewart
42	On the Holy Spirit	St. Basil the Great	Stephen Hildebrand	new translation, replaces volume 5
43	Works on the Spirit	St. Athanasius the Great and Didymus the Blind	Mark DelCogliano, Andrew Radde-Gallwitz & Lewis Ayres
44	On the Incarnation	St. Athanasius the Great	Penelope Lawson	new translation, replaces volume 4; available in Greek and English (44A) or English only (44B)
45	Treasure-house of Mysteries: Exploration of the Sacred Text Through Poetry in the Syriac Tradition		Sebastian Brock
46	Poems on Scripture	St. Gregory of Nazianzus	Brian Dunkle, S.J.
47	On Christian Doctrine and Practice	St. Basil the Great	Mark DelCogliano
48	Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord		Brian E. Daley, S.J.
49	The Letters	St. Ignatius of Antioch	Alistair Stewart
50	On Fasting and Feasts	St. Basil the Great	Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
51	On Christian Ethics	St. Basil the Great	Jacob N. Van Sickle
52	Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers		John Wortley
53	Two Hundred Chapters On Theology	St. Maximus the Confessor	Luis Joshua Salés
54	On the Apostolic Tradition	St. Hippolytus	Alistair Stewart	2nd edition; replaces volume 22
55	On Pascha	St. Melito of Sardis	Alistair Stewart	2nd edition; replaces volume 20
56	Letters to Saint Olympia	St. John Chrysostom	David C. Ford
57	Lectures on the Christian Sacraments	St. Cyril of Jerusalem	Maxwell E. Johnson	2nd edition; replaces volume 2
58	The Testament of the Lord: Worship and Discipline in the Early Church		Alistair Stewart
59	On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy: A Theological Vision of the Liturgy	St. Maximus the Confessor	Jonathan J. Armstrong
60	Catechetical Discourse: A Handbook for Catechists	St. Gregory of Nyssa	Ignatius Green
61	Hymns of Repentance	St. Romanos the Melodist	Andrew Mellas
62	On the Orthodox Faith: Volume 3 of the Fount of Knowledge	St. John of Damascus	Norman Russell
63	Headings on Spiritual Knowledge: The Second Part, Chapters 1-3	St. Isaac of Nineveh	Sebastian Brock
64	On Death and Eternal Life	St. Gregory of Nyssa	Brian E. Daley
65	The Prayers of Saint Sarapion: The Bishop of Thmuis	St. Serapion of Thmuis	Maxwell E. Johnshon

See also

• Cistercian Studies

External links

• Popular Patristics Series
• St. Vladimir's Seminary Press