Background note about texts Early Church Texts Homepage
Jacques-Paul Migne lived from 1800 to 1875. Information
about him from the Catholic Encyclopedia can be found here.
The Wikipedia entry can be found here.
For some "Apostolic Fathers" texts the "Kirsopp Lake" Greek text has been used, as found in the Loeb edition. It is believed that this now "public domain".
For some Irenaeus texts Harvey's Libros Quinque Adversus Haereses (1857) has been used.
For background information to the late 19th century ANF and NPNF translations used on this site visit Wikipedia here and here.
You can find all of these volumes on the CCEL website here.
These versions of the original language texts and translations have been used because they are relatively easily accessible and because there are not copyright restrictions on their use. Clearly there has been much development in textual research and patristic scholarship since these publications.
Many complete Patroligia Latina and Patrologia Graeca texts can be found (no cost) at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
Many complete Patrologia Graeca texts can be found (no cost) at the patrologia.ct.aegean.gr website.
The complete scanned Patrologia Graeca can be purchased at the Reltech website.
The complete Patrologia Latina is available on subscription through the Chadwyck website.
For further study of original language patristic texts the following links are recommended. They relate to more recent scholarly versions of the texts.
Corpus Christianorum - for Latin and Greek works.
The catalogue at Brepols (linked with Corpus Christianorum) for Latin and Greek works.
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae website, which will give access to a massive library of Greek texts including a very large number of patristic writers. (Consulting the TLG Canon will give information about the versions on which the TLG texts are based).
Some university and academic libraries may give access to
these important resources.
Look our for CLCLT (CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts) which again may be
available at some academic libraries e.g. (just
for information - you won't be able to log in) here
and here.
Another important site to visit is Sources Chrétiennes.