Primary Source Material

• Martin Luther
• John Calvin
• Anti-Catholic Classics
• Mormon Sources
• Jehovah's Witnesses Sources

Martin Luther

Commentary on Galatians  

Preface to Romans

Sermons

On The Freedom of the Christian

95 Theses  

Table Talk

Luther's Small Catechism

Luther's Larger Catechism

Treatise on Good Works

Bondage of the Will

Let Your Sins Be Strong (Ep. 99)

The Smalcald Articles (1537)

Der authentische Text der Leipziger Disputation, 1519

Luther's Correspondence and other Contemporary Letters, vol. 1 [1507-21],

John Calvin

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Calvin's Commentaries

Harmony of the Law - Volume 1

Harmony of the Law - Volume 2

Harmony of the Law - Volume 3

Harmony of the Law - Volume 4

Institutio Christianae Religionis vol. 1

Institutio Christianae Religionis vol. 2

Sermons (French)

Homiliae in Primum Librum Samuelis

On the Christian Life

Of Prayer

Searchable Complete Works of Calvin

Corpus Reformatorum

Philip Melanchthon

Anti-Catholic Classics

Schaff: Creeds of Christendom

Salmon: Infallibility of the Church

Hislopp: Two Babylons

Maria Monk and the Nunery of Hotel Dieu

Wittaker's A Disputation on Holy Scripture

Chiniquy: 50 Years In the Church of Rome

H.C. Lea: A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church (1, 2, 3)

H.C. Lea: A History of the Inquisition

McCabe, 12 Years In A Monastery

Mormonism

Mormon Primary Resources

Caution: Primary resources come from the Mormons or like minded sources. They should be studied only by seasoned apologists who are well aware of their teachings and how they contradict historical Christian beliefs. If you are interested in the Mormons, but know only a little about them, please use the recommended links above. Otherwise, this material will be of little use to you because of the specialized jargon and terms these resources use.

Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon (1830)

Doctrine and Covenants

Pearl of Great Price

Book of Covenants (1833)

D & C (1835 & 1971)

BYU Mormon Publications

Delusions (Campbell, 1832)

Deseret News (1850 - 1898)

A Few Interesting Fact About Mormons (West, 1837)

The Golden Bible (Lamb, 1887)

Gospel Principles (LDS)

Joseph Smith Inspired Version

Messanger and Advocate (1834-1837)

Mormonism Unveiled (Howe, 1834)

Salt Lake Tribune (1871-1899)

Times and Seasons (1839 - 1846)

View of the Hebrews (Smith, 1825)

Jehovah's Witnesses

JW Primary Resources

Caution: Primary resources come from the JWs or like minded sources. They should be studied only by seasoned apologists who are well aware of their teachings and how they contradict historical Christian beliefs. If you are interested in the JWs, but know only a little about them, please use the recommended links given above. Otherwise, this material will be of little use to you because of the specialized jargon and terms these resources use.

New World Translation

Emphatic Diaglott

Studies In The Scriptures (vol. 1-6)

The Finished Mystery (vol. 7)

The Object and Manner Of Our Lord's Return (Russell, 1877)

Tabernacle Shadows of the "Better Sacrifices" (Russell, 1915)

Russell / White Debate (1908)

Millions Now Living Will Never Die! (Rutherford, 1920)

Harp of God (Rutherford, 1921)

Deliverance (Rutherford, 1926)

Creation (Rutherford, 1927)

Reconciliation (Rutherford, 1928)

Life (Rutherford, 1929)

Light (1) (Rutherford, 1930)

Light (2) (Rutherford, 1930)

Vindication 1 (Rutherford, 1930)

Vindication 2 (Rutherford, 1930)

Vindication 3 (Rutherford, 1930)

Jehovah (Rutherford, 1934)

Riches (Rutherford, 1936)

Enemies (Rutherford, 1937)

Salvation (Rutherford, 1939)

The Golden Age 1 (1921)

Various Booklets

     Misc. Reference

Letters of the Inquisition, Joseph Marie Maistre

History of the Crusades, Michaud Book 1, Book 2 ,

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Theological Resources

• Miscellaneous Studies
• Guillon, Collectio selecta…Patrum
• Migne, Patrologia Graeca
• Migne, Patrolgia Latina

Miscellaneous Studies - Biblical, Patristic, et al.

Internet Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism

J. Drummond, The Jewish Messiah: a critical history of the messianic idea among the Jews from the rise of the Maccabees to the Closing of the Talmud (1877)

H. H. Milman, History of Latin Christianity, vol. 1, 4^th ed. (London, 1867)

Hatch, The Organization of the Early Christian Churches (London, 1918)

F. X. Funk, Patres Apostolici, vol. 1, 2^nd ed. (Tübingen, 1901)

Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, pt. 1, vol. 2 (London, 1890)

Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, pt. 1, vol 1

Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, pt. 2. vol. 1

Patrum Apostolicorum opera, ed. Gebhardt, Harnack and Zahn, vol. 1.2, 2^nd ed. [Barnabas, Papias, Ep. ad Diogn.] (1878) Vol 1,  Vol 2

Patrum apostolicorum opera, ed. C. J. Hefele, 2^nd ed. (Tübingen, 1842)

W. Bright, The Canons of the First Four General Councils, 2^nd ed. [text with notes] (Oxford, 1892)

Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, ed. E. Schwartz, vol. 1.5 (Berlin, 1924-26) vol. 2.2.2 (Berlin, 1936) vol. 2.3.1 (Berlin, 1935) vol. 3 vol. 4.3.1 [Indices] (Berlin, 1974) vol. 4.3.2.1 [Indices] (Berlin, 1982)

Epistolae Romanorum pontificum genuinae et quae ad eos scriptae sunt, ed. A. Thiel, vol. 1 [a S. Hilaro usque ad Hormisdam] (Braunsberg, 1868)

Greek and Latin Texts Of The Early Church Fathers

Guillon, Collectio selecta…Patrum

vol. 7 [Origen vol. 1 - Letters; de princ.; de orat.; exhort. ad mart.] (Brussels, 1829)

bound with vol. 8 [Origen vol. 2 - c. Cels.; hom.] (Brussels, 1829)

vol. 9 [Origen vol. 3 - exegetical works on Gen.-Num.] (Brussels, 1829)

bound with vol. 10 [Origen - exeg. on Joshua-Isaiah] (Brussels, 1829)

Migne, Patrologia Graeca

Clem. Rome, pt. 2, Barnabas, Hermas, Diognetus, etc.

Dionysius pt 1.

Dionysius pt 2.

Justin Martyr, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus of Antioch, Hermias

Gregory Thaum, P. Zephyrinus, Julius Africanus, Pope Urban I, Hippolytus

Cyril of Jer, Apollinaris of Laod, Diodorus

Didymus the Blind, Amphilochius Iconiensis, and Nectarius

Origen pt 8

n/a

Methodius, Alexander, Peter of Alex, Theodore of Mop.

Eusebius