Documents of the Fathers of the Church.   Click here to see the whole document.
 
 

  Click here to search among the documents of the Fathers of the Church
          and the First Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Church, by TEXT or KEY WORD.
         (37 volumes in all)

          To select from the writings of all the Church Fathers at once, click the
          "Global Word Occurence Search!" icon.

             1. In the box saying "*all*," type in "Fathers" to replace "all."
             2. In the search word box, ("Enter word to get occurences"), type the
                 word you are searching for, i.e., "baptism."

               (If your search fails, go to the Roget's Thesaurus box provided on that page
                 to find a more precise word with which to make your search.)

             3. Click "Search for Word!"
             4. Click the resulting grey bar of the Father you want to consult.
             5. When line comes up, scroll down and click the icon "Get Surrounding Text"
                to expand the paragraph.
 

        To select from the writings of a particular Church Father, scroll down to
          the box and click the selection you want.

            1. Select the document you wish to explore.
            2. Click "Search Selected Book!"
            3. Type in the box the Key Word you are interested in (i.e., "baptism").

                (If your search fails, go to the Roget's Thesaurus box provided on that page
                 to find a more precise word with which to make your search.)

            4. Click "Go!"
            5. When line comes up, scroll down and click the icon "Get Surrounding Text"
                to expand the paragraph.
 
 

(This excellent search engine also provides concordances for many other classic works,
such as the works of Shakespeare.    Spend some time with it, and you will be amazed!)
 

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