Bradley K. Storin is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Self-Portrait in Three Colors: Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography (2019) and Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection: The Complete Translation (2019), as well as other scholarly edited volumes, articles, and translations.

• Part I. Entering the Community: 1. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 18.5–17, 'funeral oration for his father'; 2. Augustine of Hippo, confessions 8; 3. Augustine of Hippo, sermon 279, 'on Paul the Apostle', for the Solemnity of his conversion; 4. Patrick of Ireland, confession; Part II. Forming and Overseeing the Community: 5. Didache; 6. Canons of the councils of Elvira and Arles; 7. Gregory of Nazianzus, poem 2.1.12.25–47, 136–810, 'on himself and concerning the Bishops'; 8. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 43.1, 37–38, 43–53, 60–70, 77–80, 'funeral oration for Basil the great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea'; 9. Ambrose of Milan, letter 77 to his sister; 10. Ambrose of Milan, letter outside the collection 1 to his sister; 11. Selections from book 16 of the Theodosian code; 12. Hilary of Arles, sermon on the life of saint Honoratus; 13. The Monastic rules of Lérins and the counsels of Porcarius; 14. Faustus of Riez, homily on saint Maximus, Bishop and Abbot; 15. Shenoute of Atripe, I see your eagerness (discourses 5, work 1) and some kinds of people sift dirt and whoever seeks god will find (discourses 5, works 2 and 3); Part III. Imagining the Community: 16. Tertullian of Carthage, on repentance and on modesty 1–4, 21–22; 17. Cyprian of Carthage, on the oneness of the Catholic church (second edition); 18. Augustine of Hippo, letter 87 to emeritus of Caesarea; 19. Augustine of hippo, sermons 227–229; 20. Pseudo-Dionysius, on the ecclesiastical hierarchy 1, 5–7; Part IV. Policing the Community; 21. Commodian, instructions; 22. Tertullian of Carthage, on the shows; 23. Maximus of Turin, sermons 105–108; 24. John Chrysostom, first oration against the Jews; 25. Callinicus, the life of our sacred father, Hypatius of the Rufinianae Prol; 26. Socrates Scholasticus, ecclesiastical history; 27. Caesarius of Arles, sermons 53 and 54; Suggestions for further reading; Scriptural index.

Bradley K. Storin is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Self-Portrait in Three Colors: Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography (2019) and Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection: The Complete Translation (2019), as well as other scholarly edited volumes, articles, and translations.

• Part I. Entering the Community: 1. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 18.5–17, 'funeral oration for his father'; 2. Augustine of Hippo, confessions 8; 3. Augustine of Hippo, sermon 279, 'on Paul the Apostle', for the Solemnity of his conversion; 4. Patrick of Ireland, confession; Part II. Forming and Overseeing the Community: 5. Didache; 6. Canons of the councils of Elvira and Arles; 7. Gregory of Nazianzus, poem 2.1.12.25–47, 136–810, 'on himself and concerning the Bishops'; 8. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 43.1, 37–38, 43–53, 60–70, 77–80, 'funeral oration for Basil the great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea'; 9. Ambrose of Milan, letter 77 to his sister; 10. Ambrose of Milan, letter outside the collection 1 to his sister; 11. Selections from book 16 of the Theodosian code; 12. Hilary of Arles, sermon on the life of saint Honoratus; 13. The Monastic rules of Lérins and the counsels of Porcarius; 14. Faustus of Riez, homily on saint Maximus, Bishop and Abbot; 15. Shenoute of Atripe, I see your eagerness (discourses 5, work 1) and some kinds of people sift dirt and whoever seeks god will find (discourses 5, works 2 and 3); Part III. Imagining the Community: 16. Tertullian of Carthage, on repentance and on modesty 1–4, 21–22; 17. Cyprian of Carthage, on the oneness of the Catholic church (second edition); 18. Augustine of Hippo, letter 87 to emeritus of Caesarea; 19. Augustine of hippo, sermons 227–229; 20. Pseudo-Dionysius, on the ecclesiastical hierarchy 1, 5–7; Part IV. Policing the Community; 21. Commodian, instructions; 22. Tertullian of Carthage, on the shows; 23. Maximus of Turin, sermons 105–108; 24. John Chrysostom, first oration against the Jews; 25. Callinicus, the life of our sacred father, Hypatius of the Rufinianae Prol; 26. Socrates Scholasticus, ecclesiastical history; 27. Caesarius of Arles, sermons 53 and 54; Suggestions for further reading; Scriptural index.

Bradley K. Storin is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Self-Portrait in Three Colors: Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography (2019) and Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection: The Complete Translation (2019), as well as other scholarly edited volumes, articles, and translations.

• Part I. Entering the Community: 1. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 18.5–17, 'funeral oration for his father'; 2. Augustine of Hippo, confessions 8; 3. Augustine of Hippo, sermon 279, 'on Paul the Apostle', for the Solemnity of his conversion; 4. Patrick of Ireland, confession; Part II. Forming and Overseeing the Community: 5. Didache; 6. Canons of the councils of Elvira and Arles; 7. Gregory of Nazianzus, poem 2.1.12.25–47, 136–810, 'on himself and concerning the Bishops'; 8. Gregory of Nazianzus, oration 43.1, 37–38, 43–53, 60–70, 77–80, 'funeral oration for Basil the great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea'; 9. Ambrose of Milan, letter 77 to his sister; 10. Ambrose of Milan, letter outside the collection 1 to his sister; 11. Selections from book 16 of the Theodosian code; 12. Hilary of Arles, sermon on the life of saint Honoratus; 13. The Monastic rules of Lérins and the counsels of Porcarius; 14. Faustus of Riez, homily on saint Maximus, Bishop and Abbot; 15. Shenoute of Atripe, I see your eagerness (discourses 5, work 1) and some kinds of people sift dirt and whoever seeks god will find (discourses 5, works 2 and 3); Part III. Imagining the Community: 16. Tertullian of Carthage, on repentance and on modesty 1–4, 21–22; 17. Cyprian of Carthage, on the oneness of the Catholic church (second edition); 18. Augustine of Hippo, letter 87 to emeritus of Caesarea; 19. Augustine of hippo, sermons 227–229; 20. Pseudo-Dionysius, on the ecclesiastical hierarchy 1, 5–7; Part IV. Policing the Community; 21. Commodian, instructions; 22. Tertullian of Carthage, on the shows; 23. Maximus of Turin, sermons 105–108; 24. John Chrysostom, first oration against the Jews; 25. Callinicus, the life of our sacred father, Hypatius of the Rufinianae Prol; 26. Socrates Scholasticus, ecclesiastical history; 27. Caesarius of Arles, sermons 53 and 54; Suggestions for further reading; Scriptural index.