THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY (Coptic Christian, 3rd-4th centuries CE) In 1945 an Egyptian farmer found 13 leather-bound papyrus codices (similar ...

HILARY OF POITIERS (Roman Christian, c. 310-367) Saint Hilary of Poitiers (actually Hilarius, a man's name meaning "happy") wa...

ATHANASIUS I OF ALEXANDRIA (Alexandria, Roman Egypt, c. 297-373) Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called the Great, the Confessor or, among ...

THE LOTUS SUTRA (Indian Buddhism, c. 1st century BCE-2nd century CE) The Lotus Sutra (in Sanskrit, the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra , or ...

THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY (Roman Christian, c. 320 CE) The Ecclesiastical (Church) History by Eusebius (260 or 265-339) tells the history o...

ANTHONY THE GREAT (Egyptian Christian, 251-356 CE) Anthony the Great, also called "of Egypt," "the Abbot," "of the ...

THE AVESTA (Persian Zoroastrian, 224-651 CE) The Avesta is the main collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism. It was composed in Ave...