Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca, Part 1 (Vols. 1–18)

The volumes of Jacques Paul Migne’s Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca form the largest collection ever published of the extant writings of the ante-Nicene Greek Fathers of the Early Church—serving not only as the translation base for Philip Schaff’s Early Church Fathers, but also as the bedrock of theological and historical studies of the Early Church. The first piece of the Logos edition of the Patrologia Graeca represents the first 18 volumes (20 volumes in print) of the entire 161-volume set, roughly covering the ante-Nicene Fathers (pre-fourth century, prior to the epoch-marking Council of Nicaea). These volumes include the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, the post-Apostolic Fathers, apologists, and other ante-Nicene Fathers.

About the Patrologia Graeca

Between the years of 1857 and 1866, an industrious French monk, the abbé Jacques Paul Migne, published the 161 volumes that make up the Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca, roughly translated “Complete Course on Patrology, Greek Series,” and commonly referred to as “Patrologia Graeca” (PG). These volumes contain much of the available extant witness in Greek to the writings of the Fathers of the early church. Each volume of the Patrologia Graeca contains not only Greek editions of writings of the Fathers, but also includes lengthy dissertations, introductions, and other supplementary material. Many editions even contain notes on textual variants found among other manuscripts, along with explanatory material written in Latin.

For years, Logos has received multiple suggestions that we undertake a Logos Bible Software compatible edition of Migne’s Patrologia Graeca. We think this is now within the realm of possibility, given enough interest. The project is large. We hope to approach it in pieces, covering costs for each piece before production on that piece begins.

Complete sets of the 161 volumes are nearly nonexistent outside the reference sections of large libraries. They are still of considerable value, as several writers are only available through the Patrologia Graeca. Adding the print edition of this collection to your library could cost in excess of $40,000!

The first piece of the Logos edition of Migne’s Patrologia Graeca represents the first 18 volumes (20 volumes in print), roughly covering the ante-Nicene Fathers (pre-fourth century, prior to the epoch-marking Council of Nicaea). This includes those writers known as the Apostolic Fathers, post-Apostolic Fathers, and various apologists. If the first 18 volumes generate sufficient interest, Logos will explore the possibility of making available the remaining sections of the entire 161-volume set.

These volumes are not facsimile editions of page-scans; they are full-blown, full text Logos resources. Each volume of the Patrologia Graeca is navigable by page number or column number (the primary method of citation of the Patrologia Graeca), and linked in many Logos books! The works will further be referenceable by author and work. Further granularity in reference scheme will depend upon each work itself. For instance, Migne’s edition of First Clement marks chapter boundaries but not verse boundaries. The Logos edition marks these chapter boundaries, but further granularity may not be represented in initial releases.

The 38-volume edition of the Early Church Fathers, edited by Philip Schaff, used many of the Patrologia Graeca volumes as translation base, but Patrologia Graeca contains many works of the Church Fathers not translated by Schaff and not available in English. Where material is in common between Early Church Fathers and Patrologia Graeca, the Patrologia Graeca encodes links to Early Church Fathers, allowing access to an English translation for those who have the Logos edition of the Early Church Fathers.

Key Features Included

• More than 15,000 pages of text in 20 volumes
• Most exhaustive compilation of Greek writings from the ante-Nicene Fathers available anywhere
• Textual variants, supplementary material, and other explanatory notes in Latin
• Links to other Logos books, including the English translations found in Philip Schaff’s Early Church Fathers
• Rare access to the most important reference work for the ante-Nicene Fathers

Electronic Titles Included

There are twenty books numbered as eighteen volumes, totaling approximately 15,000 pages of very small text.

Logos provides an extensive table of contents for the first eighteen volumes (twenty print volumes)—the volumes included in this collection. The table of contents includes:

• The works of each author
• The length of each work
• The language of each work—Greek or Latin

This table of contents also distinguishes primary works and supplementary dissertations.

Click here for the complete table of contents to the Patrologia Graeca (Vols. 1–18)!

	Volume 1 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Clement of Rome, Part 1		Volume 2 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Clement of Rome, Part 2 S. Barnabas Apostolus S. Matthias Apostolus S. Bartholomaeus Apostolus Anacletus Papa Sanctus Hermas vir Apostolicus Presbyterorum et Diaconorum Achaiae
	Volume 3 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Dionysius the Areopagite, Part 1		Volume 4 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Dionysius the Areopagite, Part 2
	Volume 5 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, Evaristus Papa, Alexander I Papa, Sixtus I Papa, Telesphorus Papa, Hyginus Papa, Pius I Papa, Anicetus I Papa, Soter Papa, Eleutherus Papa, Melito of Sardis, Papias, Quadratus, Aristides Apologista et Philosophus Christianus, Agrippa Castor, Aristo Pellaeus, Claudius Apollinaris, Episcopus Hierapolitan, Apologista, Hegesippus, Pantaenus, Rhodon, Maximus Hierosolymorum, Episcopus, Polycrates Ephesiorum, Theophilus Caesareae Palestinae Episcopus, Serapion Episcopus Antiochenus, Apollonius of Ephesus, Anonymous 2nd-century writers, S. Victor I, Papa, Archaeus Episcopus Africanus		Volume 6 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Justin Martyr Tatian Athenagoras Theophilus of Antioch Hermias Philosophus Appendix Pars Prima, S. Justini Opera Spuria Appendicis Part II: Acti Martyrii S. Justini Complectens
	Volume 7 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Irenaeus		Volume 8 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Clement of Alexandria
	Volume 9 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Clement of Alexandria		Volume 10 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: S. Zephirinus Pontifex Romanus, Caius Presbyter Romanus, Julius Africanus, S. Callistus I Pontifex Romanus et Martyr, S. Urbanus I Pontifex Romanus, Asterius Urbanus, Pontianus Papa, Anterus Papa, S. Fabianus Papa, S. Alexander Hierosolymitanus Episcopus et Martyr, Sanctus Anatolius Alexandrinus Laodicensis in Syria Episcopus, Theognostus Alexandrinus, Pierius Catechista Alexandrius, Malchio Ecclesiae Antiochenae Presbyter, S. Hippolytus Porteunsis Episcopus Martyr et Ecclesiae Doctor, S. Gregorius Neocaesariensis Episcopus Cognomento Thaumaturgis, S. Dionysius Alexandrinus Episcopus, Macraius Magnes, S. Archelaus Mesopotamiae Episcopus, S. Pamphilus Ecclesiae Caesariensis Presbyter et Martyr, S. Phileas Thmueos Episcopus et Martyr, S. Theonas Episcopus Alexandrinus, Addenda
	Volume 11 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen		Volume 12 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen
	Volume 13 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen		Volume 14 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen
	Volume 15 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen		Volume 16a Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen
	Volume 16b Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen		Volume 16c Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen
	Volume 17 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Origen		Volume 18 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Contains: Methodius of Olympius Alexander Lycopolitaus Episcopus S. Petrus Alexandrinus Episcopus et Martyr S. Alexander Episcopus Alexandrinus S. Eustathius Episcopus Antiochenus et Confessor Titus Bostrensis Episcopus Marcellus Ancyranus

Additional Information

• Title: Patrologia Cursus Completus, Series Graeca, Part 1 (Vols. 1–18)
• Editor: Jacques Paul Migne
• Languages: Greek and Latin
• 20 print volumes
• More than 15,000 pages

About Jacques Paul Migne

Jacques Paul Migne was a notable priest and publisher in 19th-century France. He was born in Saint-Flour on October 25, 1800 and studied theology at Orleans, before becoming ordained in the diocese of Orleans in 1824. After publishing a controversial pamphlet, Migne was forced to leave his parish. He moved to Paris, where he founded the journal L’Univers religieux, which he edited until 1836. In 1836, Migne founded a publishing company designed to distribute theological works cheaply for a wide audience. For nearly three decades, Migne published hundreds of volumes of Greek, Latin, and Syriac writings from the first fifteen centuries of Christianity. He published continually until his publishing company was destroyed by fire in 1868, and his publishing was further hampered in 1870 by the Franco-German War. Jacques Paul Migne died in Paris on October 24, 1875.

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