• Jacob of Serugh, Syriac Christian hymnographer, (V/VI Centuries):
  • Homily on Guria and Shamuna. --- NA
  • Homily on Habib. --- NA
  • Homily on Samson. Homily in verse about Samson as a prefiguration of Christ. --- HOLY TRANSFIGURATION MONASTERY
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Mar Jacob of Serugh Bibliography at the Syriac Hypertext Project.
• Jacob of Voragine:
  • Jacob of Voragine: The Life of St. Cecilia: William Caxton translation, 1483. May contain HTML errors. --- HARVARD
  • Legend of St. James --- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• Jamasp, Zoroastrian prophet, date uncertain:
  • The Book of Jamasp: Discusses the beginning and end of the world. Jivanji Jamshedji Modi translation, 1903. --- Avesta
• Jerome, Latin theologian and Bible translator, (IV/V Centuries):
  • Against Jovinian: ---CCEL
    • Book I
    • Book II
  • Against the Pelagians: ---CCEL
    • Book I
    • Book II
    • Book III
  • Against Vigilantius ---CCEL
  • Apology Against the Books of Rufinus: --- CCEL
  • On the Best Method of Translating ---CCEL
  • Commentary on the Apostles' Creed: --- CCEL
  • Dialogue against the Luciferians ---CCEL
  • Letters ---CCEL
  • Letter 146 About deacons, that they are not as high-ranking as priests. Seems almost to equate bishops and priests. --- SPL
  • Life of Hilarion ---CCEL
  • Life of Malchus ---CCEL
  • Life of Paul the Hermit ---CCEL
  • To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem ---CCEL
  • The Perpetual Virginity of the Blessed Mary ---CCEL
  • Prefaces from other writings of Jerome: ---CCEL
    • Amos, Book III
    • Chronicle of Eusebius (excerpts)
    • Books of Recognitions of Clement: --- CCEL
    • Ezekiel (excerpts)
    • Hebrew Names
    • Hebrew Places
    • Hebrew Questions (excerpt)
    • Jeremiah (excerpt)
    • Origen's Homilies on the Song of Songs
    • Xystus' Sayings: --- CCEL
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Encyclical of Pope Benedict XV on St. Jerome --- AU
• al-Jilani, Abdul-Qadir, Sufi sheikh, (XI/XII Centuries):
  • Selected Discourses: Holland translation. --- Abdul Wahid
  • Emanations of Lordly Grace: --- Al-Baz
  • The Removal of Cares: --- Al-Baz
  • Revelations of the Unseen: --- Al-Baz
  • The Sublime Revelation: --- Al-Baz
  • Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth: --- Al-Baz
  • Sayings (Malfuzat): --- Al-Baz
  • Letters: --- Al-Baz
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Homepage: --- Al-Baz
    • Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Tadifi al-Hanbali: Necklaces of Gems: A traditional biography: --- Al-Baz
• Joachim of Fiore, Italian philosopher, theologian, and visionary, (XII/XIII Centuries):
  • Secondary sources:
    • Lateran Council IV, : Dealt with Joachim of Fiore, with the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Rite, with Albigensianism, with Judaism, and with many canonical issues:
      • Canons: --- MSBP
      • Constitutions: Tanner translation. --- St. Michael's Depot
      • On the Error of Abbot Joachim: Tanner translation. --- St. Michael's Depot
• Joan of Arc, French warrior and visionary, (XV Century):
  • Letter to the King of England and his Generals, 1429: Go home or be killed by ``the Maid ... sent by the King of Heaven to take you body by body out of France." Tuten translation, no date. --- MSBP
  • Record of the Trial of Joan of Arc (excerpt): Colby edition, 1920. --- MSBP
• John II, Pope of Rome:
  • Absolution of Warriors --- MSBP
• John I, King of England, (XII/XIII Centuries):
  • Letter Conceding England to the Pope, 1213. --- MSBP
• John Cassian the Roman, Daco-Romanian monastic active in Gaul, (IV/V Centuries):
  • Conferences: Cassian visited Egypt and interviewed the famous hermits of the desert. Gibson translation, 1894. --- OSB
  • On the Incarnation, against Nestorius: Gibson translation, 1894. --- NA
  • Institutes: A detailed first-hand account of Egyptian monastic life, which became a major source of information about Eastern practice for monks in the West. Gibson translation, 1894. --- OSB
• John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople, (IV/V Centuries):
  • The Beatitudes: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851. --- SPL
  • The Divine Liturgy --- ORTHODOX PAGE
  • Easter Sermon --- ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FOUND.
  • On Eutropius --- CCEL
  • Exhortation to Theodore, After His Fall: The sinner should mourn for his deeds, and think of the fire of Hell and (what is worse) the loss of heaven, but at the same time never despair. The letter is addressed to a young monk who has fallen in love with a woman and intends to marry her in spite of his vow of celibacy. --- CCEL
  • Instructions to Catachumens --- CCEL
  • Letters to Innocent I, Pope of Rome --- CCEL
  • Letters to Olympias --- CCEL
  • Letter to a Young Widow: Addressing the widow of a fast-rising politician who died not yet in his prime, Chrysostom urges her to look forward to a reunion with her beloved husband in heaven; if, on the other hand, it is the sudden end of the couple's social climb which most distresses her, she should remember the teaching of the Greek philosophers (with whose works she is said to be familiar) concerning the transience and peril of earthly glory. And, he adds, during this time of barbarian invasion, there are many widows, including prominent ones. More importantly, widowhood is Biblically an honored state like virginity. --- CCEL
  • Letter to some Priests of Antioch: --- NA
  • The Lord's Prayer: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851. --- SPL
  • On Lowliness of Mind --- CCEL
  • Against Marcionists and Manichaeans --- CCEL
  • On the New Testament: --- CCEL
    • Matthew
      • The Beatitudes: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851. --- SPL
      • The Lord's Prayer: Excerpt from the Commentary on Matthew. Prevost translation, 1851. --- SPL
    • John
    • Acts
    • Romans
    • I & II Corinthians
    • Galatians
    • Ephesians
    • Philippians
    • Colossians
    • Thessalonians
    • 1 Timothy
    • 2 Timothy
    • Titus
    • Philemon
    • Hebrews
  • On the Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof --- CCEL
  • On the Power of Demons --- CCEL
  • On the Priesthood: Often considered the most important patristic account of this topic. Stephens translation, 1888. --- CCEL
  • Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren --- CCEL
  • Homily on St. Babylas: Emphasizing the failure of Julian the Apostate to suppress the veneration of the saint in Daphne, a city sacred to Apollo. Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
  • Eulogy on St. Ignatius: Steophens-Brandram translation. --- CCEL
  • On the Statues --- CCEL
  • To Those Who Had Not Attended the Assembly, on Resentment: --- CCEL
  • A Treatise to Prove That No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself --- CCEL
• John of Damascus, Arab Christian theologian, (VI/VII Centuries):
  • Anacreontic Hymn (extract): Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
  • Barlaam and Ioasaph: Considered by some to be patterned on the life of the Buddha. Authorship disputed. Woodward and Mattingly translation, 1914. --- OMACL
  • Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith: A classic textbook, actually the third part of a longer work also covering philosophy and heresies. --- Fr. Seraphim Holland
• John of Ruysbroek:
  • The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage pdf, text (Available in US only.) ---CCEL
• John of the Cross:
  • The Ascent of Mount Carmel (Peers translation) ---CCEL
  • The Dark Night of the Soul
    • Kavanaugh/Rodriguez Translation --- Teresian Carmel
    • Peers Translation ---CCEL
  • Letters --- Teresian Carmel
  • The Living Flame of Love --- Teresian Carmel
  • Poems --- Teresian Carmel
  • Precautions --- Teresian Carmel
  • Sayings of Light and Love --- Teresian Carmel
  • Special Counsels --- Teresian Carmel
  • Spiritual Canticle:
    • Kavanaugh/Rodriguez Translation (illustrated) --- Teresian Carmel
    • First Redaction, Kavanaugh/Rodriguez Translation --- Teresian Carmel
    • Second Redaction, Kavanaugh/Rodriguez Translation --- Teresian Carmel
    • Lewis Translation --- CCEL
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Kavanaugh, Kieran, and O. Rodriguez:
      • General Introduction to the Collected Works of St. John of the Cross --- Teresian Carmel
• Jonas, monk at Bobbio in Italy, (VII Century):
  • Life of St. Columban: Based on interviews with Columbanus' disciples and friends by a monk who entered the monastery three years after its founder's repose. Describes the saint's life in France, his miracles (including the multiplication of beer), his amicable relations with numerous wild animals, and his involvement in Merovingian politics. Munro translation, 1907.
• Jobert, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, (XII Century):
  • Chapters-General of 1176 and 1177: --- Brotherhood of Bl. G?rard
• Joseph the Hesychast, Athonite Elder, (XIX/XX Centuries):
  • Secondary sources:
    • Ephraim the New, Abbot of Vatopaidi: Sermon on Father Joseph the Hesychast. SGPM translation, 1997. --- SGPM
• Josephus:
  • Against Apion Whiston translation. --- NNC
  • Antiquities Whiston translation. --- NNC
  • Autobiography Whiston translation. --- NNC
  • Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades Whiston translation. --- NNC
  • Jewish Wars Whiston translation. --- NNC
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Ioudaios Electronic Discussion List
    • Biblical Studies Foundation Josephus Page
• Juansher, Georgian historian, (XII Century):
  • Concise History of the Georgians: History of Georgia from Tower of Babel to XII Century. Translated from an Armenian (but apparently diophysite) version. Bedrosian translation, 1991. -- AHS
• Julian of Norwich, English ascetic, (XIV/XV Centuries):
  • Revelations of Divine Love --- CCEL
  • Revelation of Love: Glasscoe translation, 1976. --- University of Michigan
• Junillus:
  • Instituta Regularia Divinae Legis --- JOD

• Justin Martyr, Hellenistic philosopher and Christian apologist, (II Century):
  • First Apology: Argues that Christ is the Logos of Platonic philosophy, and describes early liturgical practices. --- NNC
  • Second Apology: --- NA
  • Discourse to the Greeks: An attack on Greek polytheism. Dods translation. --- NNC
  • Hortatory Address to the Greeks: Contrasts the weaknesses and inconsistency of Greek myth and philosophy with the antiquity and coherence of Jud?o-Christianity. The philosophers and poets nevertheless anticipated many aspects of the Christian revelation. Dods translation. --- NNC
  • On the Resurrection (fragments): The dead will rise in physical bodies at the Second Advent. --- NNC
  • The Sole Government of God: Evidence for monotheism can be found even in classical Greek literature. Reith translation. --- NNC
  • Fragments of Lost Writings, collected by Rev. A. Roberts. --- NNC
  • Secondary sources:
    • The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyr Justin and his Companions who Suffered at Rome: --- SPL
• Justinian, Emperor of the East, (V/VI Centuries):
  • Anathemas against Origen: Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
  • Dialogue with Paul of Nisibis: Transcript of a debate between the emperor and the Persian Nestorian bishop Paul, reflecting a stage in the development of the Emperor's Christology rather than its final form. Copyrighted Macdonald translation, 1998. --- SPL
  • Secondary sources:
    • Procopius: The Secret HistoryDefamatory account of life in Justinian's court by a far-from-unbiased insider. Atwater translation, 1927. --- MSBP

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