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Sources Chrétiennes ( French "Christian sources") is a bilingual collection of patristic texts founded in
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in 1942 by the
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s Jean Daniélou, Claude Mondésert, and
Henri de Lubac Henri-Marie Joseph Sonier de Lubac (; 20 February 1896 – 4 September 1991), better known as Henri de Lubac, was a French Jesuit priest and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal who is considered one of the most influential Theology, theologia ...
. Citations to the series are commonly made by the letters SC followed by the volume number.


Overview

The collection is edited by the ''Institut des Sources Chrétiennes'' (current director: Guillaume Bady) and published in
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by ''Les Éditions du Cerf''. Each text is given on the left in Greek or Latin, with the French translation on the facing page. Over 600 works by
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and occasionally Syriac authors have been published. Other oriental Christian (e.g.
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n) writers have been published only in translation. An early decision was made not to exclude subsequently condemned authors (such as
Origen of Alexandria Origen of Alexandria (), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises i ...
).
Clement of Alexandria Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (; – ), was a Christian theology, Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem. A ...
, the
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(
Basil of Caesarea Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (330 – 1 or 2 January 379) was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 370 until his death in 379. He was an influential theologian who suppor ...
and
Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus (; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbi ...
)
John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; ; – 14 September 407) was an important Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and p ...
,
Theodoret Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus (; AD 393 –  458/466) was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457). He played a pivotal role in several 5th-century Byzantine ...
especially are strongly represented. Most Latin writers from Tertullian onwards are found, but a distinctive section is also devoted to later Western spiritual writers such as
Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O.Cist. (; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercia ...
. Augustine, given the dominant role of Etudes Augustiniennes, only appears twice (SC 75 & 116), thereby permitting a multiplicity of other patristic voices to be heard. A parallel collection devoted to the works of
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has also been developed. The bilingual edition policy launched by ''Sources Chrétiennes'' has been followed by the
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, published initially by
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of
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but now by
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. Many of the texts published bilingually by 'Sources Chrétiennes' have appeared recently in
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translation. Sources Chrétiennes is also in charge of the BIBLINDEX project''

Index of Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Early Christian Literature. A complete listing of the entire series' publications is provided online periodically.


See also

* Louis Doutreleau


References


External links


Sources Chrétiennes online

Biblindex

Sources Chrétiennes: Liste des publications

List of links to online scans of ''Sources Chrétiennes'' volumes
in the "Links Galore" spreadsheet 1942 books Editorial collections 1942 establishments in France Dual-language series of texts Publications of patristic texts {{Christian-book-stub