Guides: Theology & Religions: Primary Sources (Digital)

Primary Digital Resources

Acta Sanctorum This link opens in a new window
Electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, from the edition published in sixty-eight volumes by the Société des Bollandistes in Antwerp and Brussels. It is a collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organised according to each saint's feast day, and runs from the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.

The Acta Sanctorum Database contains the entire Acta Sanctorum, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indices. Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers, essential references for scholars, are also included.

Catholic Social Thought Database
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts -- 1500--1700
Full-text collection of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Protestant authors.
Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation -- 1500--1700
Full-text collection of 16th- and 17th-century Catholic papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives and devotional works.
ECanon: Online Search Engine for Canonical Texts
Access to scholarly versions of The Bibles, including King James, Revised Standard, New Revised Standard, and Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament. Searchable by text or passage
Papal Encyclicals Online
Contains primary encyclicals and motu proprio, occasionally papal speeches and homilies. For more of the latter, see the Vatican State website.
Patrologiae Graecae
A full-text electronic version of the Greek portion of the Patrologiae Cursus Completus, published by 19th-century ecclesiastical publisher Jacques-Paul Migne. Its 161 volumes cover the works of church leaders who wrote in Greek. Includes such authors as Origen, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Eusebius.
Hard copy available: LAU Woodstock Ref 230.11 MI, P4

Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new window
A full-text electronic version of the Latin portion of the Patrologiae Cursus Completus, published by 19-century ecclesiastical publisher Jacques-Paul Migne. Its 221 volumes cover the works of the Latin Fathers, from Tertullian in 200 A.D. to Pope Innocent III in 1216.

Torah treasures
Version 12. Contains 613 classical Jewish books and texts, with indexes and concordances. In Hebrew.
Access requires GoCard ID and password. Go to the CD-Rom Network page, select "Torah CD-ROM Library, then select "full access."
Vatican State Website
Main window into Roman Catholic website, including past documents and current, more newsy information on the Vatican, maintained by the Vatican State.

Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.
Documenta Catholica Omnia This link opens in a new window
Broad collection of Roman Catholic Primary texts, in Latin.

Vatican Council II Documents
Multiple translations of the Second Vatican Council’s 16 documents
John Courtney Murray, S.J.,Collected Works of
Bibliography of Murray's published and some unpublished works, with links to his complete copies of his articles and books, with search capacity.

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
ProQuest EBook Central offers access to thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects. Ebook Central is the successor to ebrary and EBL. A valid GU NetID is required for access.