Religion

Selected Readings on Religion

Ambrose and Catechetical Instruction

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St. Ambrose Subject Area: Religion

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St. Ambrose

Source: Translator's Introduction to Ambrose's On the Mysteries and the Treatise on the Sacraments by an Unknown Author, trans. T.…

Ancient Chinese Historical Documents: Shu King

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Confucius

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Confucius Subject Area: History

Source: The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism. Part I The Shu King, the Religious Portions of the Shih King, the Hsiao King,…

Aquinas on Usury

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas Subject Area: Economics

Source: Aquinas Ethicus: or, the Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the Principal Portions of the Second…

Augustine’s Life and Work

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St. Augustine

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St. Augustine Subject Area: Religion

Source: Editor's Introduction to A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. Vol. 1 The…

Augustine’s Soliloquies

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St. Augustine Subject Area: Religion

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St. Augustine

Source: Introduction to The Soliloquies of St. Augustine, translated into English by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. With Notes and…

Bayle & Religious Conflict

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Pierre Bayle Topic: Religion Collection: Natural Law & Enlightenment Series

Source: Preface and Bibliography to Bayle's A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23, ‘Compel Them to…

Benedict’s Rule

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St. Benedict

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St. Benedict Subject Area: Religion

Source: Saint Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict, translated into English. A Pax Book, preface by W.K. Lowther Clarke (London:…

Calvin’s Commentary on Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

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John Calvin Subject Area: Religion

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John Calvin

Source: Translator's Introduction to Calvin's Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Romans, trans. from the original Latin by the…

Cicero on the Gods

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Cicero

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Cicero Subject Area: Religion

Source: Editor's Introduction to Cicero's De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), trans. Francis Brooks (London: Methuen, 1896).

Culverwell on Reason and Faith

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Nathaniel Culverwell Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: Introduction to Culverwell's An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature, ed. Robert A. Greene and Hugh MacCallum, foreword by Robert A. Greene…

Home and Natural Religion

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Henry Home, Lord Kames Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: Introduction to Home's Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion, Corrected and Improved, in a Third Edition. Several Essays Added…

Hooker on Religious Controversy in England

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Richard Hooker Subject Area: Religion

Source: The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine Mr. Richard Hooker with an Account of His Life and Death by Isaac Walton. Arranged by the Rev. John Keble MA. 7th…

Hume on Natural Religion

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David Hume Subject Area: Religion

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David Hume

Source: The Natural History of Religion. By David Hume. With an Introduction by John M. Robertson (London: A. and H. Bradlaugh Bonner,…

Lecky on European Rationalism

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Subject Area: History W.E.H. Lecky

Source: Introduction to Lecky's History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 1, Revised edition (New York: D. Appleton, 1919).

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Luther and the Reformation in Germany

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Martin Luther Subject Area: Religion

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Martin Luther

Source: Editor's Introduction to Luther's First Principles of the Reformation or The 95 Theses and the Three Primary Works of Dr.…

Luther’s Religious Thought

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Martin Luther Subject Area: Religion

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Martin Luther

Source: Editor's Introduction to Luther's First Principles of the Reformation or The 95 Theses and the Three Primary Works of Dr.…

Paine’s Theism

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Thomas Paine Subject Area: Religion

Source: Editor's Introduction to The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894). Vol. 4.

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Pufendorf and Religious Toleration

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Samuel von Pufendorf Subject Area: Religion Debate: Religious Toleration

Source: Editor's Introduction to Pufendorf's Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion, in Reference to Civil Society, trans. Jodocus…

Pufendorf and Religious Toleration II

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Samuel von Pufendorf Debate: Religious Toleration

Source: Editor's Introductions to Pufendorf's The Divine Feudal Law: Or, Covenants with Mankind, Represented, trans. Theophilus Dorrington, ed. with an…

Savonarola on Christian Belief

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Girolamo Savonarola Subject Area: Religion

Source: Girolamo Savonarola, The Triumph of the Cross, trans. from the Italian, edited, with an Introduction by the Very Rev. Father John Procter, S.T.L. With a…

St. Anselm’s Philosophy

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St. Anselm

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St. Anselm Subject Area: Religion

Source: Proslogium; Monologium; An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon; and Cur Deus Homo, translated from the latin by Sidney…

St. Augustine’s City of God: Complete Table of Contents

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St. Augustine

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St. Augustine Subject Area: Political Thought

Source: Saint Augustine, A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. Vol. II St.…

St. Augustine’s City of God: Introduction

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St. Augustine

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St. Augustine Subject Area: Political Thought

Source: Saint Augustine, A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. Vol. II St.…

St. Francis of Assisi: His Writings

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Works by St. Francis of Assisi Subject Area: Religion

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St. Francis of Assisi

Source: Editor's Introduction to The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi, newly translated into English…

Thomasius on Church and State

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Christian Thomasius Topic: Natural Law

Source: Editors' Introduction to Thomasius, Essays on Church, State, and Politics, edited, translated, and with an Introduction by Ian Hunter, Thomas Ahnert, and Frank…

Turnbull and God’s moral government

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Subject Area: Religion

Source: George Turnbull, The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 2: Christian Philosophy, ed. and with an Introduction by Alexander Broadie (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund,…

Turnbull and Natural Philosophy

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Subject Area: Philosophy

Source: George Turnbull, The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 1: The Principles of Moral Philosophy, ed. and with an Introduction by Alexander Broadie (Indianapolis:…

Voltaire & Religious Intolerance

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Works by Voltaire School of Thought: French Enlightenment

Source: Toleration and Other Essays by Voltaire. Translated, with an Introduction, by Joseph McCabe (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912).

Wyclife’s Tracts

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Wyclife

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Wyclife Subject Area: Religion

Source: Introduction to Tracts and Treatises of John de Wycliffe, D.D. with Selections and Translations from his Manuscripts , and Latin…

Zoroaster’s Teachings

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Zoroaster

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Zoroaster Subject Area: Religion

Source: Editor's Introduction to The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion, ed. S.A. Kapadia (London: John…

Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation

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Works by Zwingli Period: The Reformation Subject Area: Religion

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Zwingli

Source: Editor's Introduction to Selected Works of Huldrich Zwingli, (1484-1531) The Reformer of German…

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Introduction

The following are a selection of chapters and extracts taken from books in the OLL collection. They have been chosen because of their special importance for understanding the principles of individual liberty, limited government, and the free market. Some of the extracts are from the books themselves and serve as a representative sample of that author’s ideas. Others are introductions written by the editors of the volume which contain important biographical information about the author and a discussion of their ideas. Links are provided to the book from which the extract was taken so the reader can pursue the subject in more depth if they are interested.

Other collections of material from the OLL which are useful places to begin exploring these ideas are the following:

Further Reading

Selected Chapters and Introductions from the Collection