Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

The Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) is an academic series that publishes critical editions of Latin works by late-antique Christian authors. There are about 100 volumes in the series; many are considered authoritative standard editions.

Description The CSEL publishes Latin writings of Christian authors from the time of the late 2nd century (Tertullian) until the beginning of the 8th century (Bede the Venerable, †735). Each text is edited on the basis of all (or the most important of all) the extant manuscripts according to modern editorial techniques, in order to produce a text as close as possible to the original. Each volume includes an introduction, in which the principles of the preparation of the text are explained. Some editions are prepared by the staff of the CSEL, others by external, internationally renowned experts; the volumes are published after a positive evaluation by an international advisory board: De GruyterCorpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (prior to 2012: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften). The CSEL also runs the online database Edenda,CSEL – Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum where CSEL editions as well as editing projects by others are publicly announced. In addition, the CSEL publishes special catalogues for the large extant corpus of medieval manuscripts containing works of Augustine or ascribed to him ("Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus"), in order to make time-consuming research in this field easier. In addition, monographs on topics related to the Latin patristic period and conference proceedings are published at irregular intervals ("CSEL Extra seriem").

History The CSEL was founded in 1864 by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) in order to produce critical editions of Latin patristic texts – editions that were meant to facilitate the lexicographical work of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae (at that time still in the planning stages). Before the year 2012 the CSEL was edited by the “Kommission zur Herausgabe des Corpus der lateinischen Kirchenväter” (“Kirchenväterkommission”) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The chairmen of this commission were:Weber, 150 Jahre Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, X 1864–1874: Johannes Vahlen 1875–1891: Franz von Miklosich 1891–1907: Wilhelm von Hartel 1907–1916: Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke 1916–1941: Edmund Hauler 1941–1963: Richard Meister 1964–1982: Rudolf Hanslik 1982–1991: Herbert Hunger 1991–2001: Adolf Primmer 2001–2012: Kurt Smolak After the commission was transferred to the University of Salzburg in 2012, the CSEL became part of the Department of Ancient Studies / Latin at the University of Salzburg.

List of Volumes Sulpicius Severus, Opera - ed. K. Halm 1866; Pseudo-Sulpicius Severus, Epistulae - ed. K. Halm 1866, CSEL 1 Minucius Felix, Octavius. Firmicus Maternus, De errore profanarum religionum - ed. K. Halm 1867, CSEL 2 Cyprianus, Opera omnia (pars 1): Ad Donatum, Quod idola dii non sint, Ad Quirinum (testimoniorum libri tres), De habitu virginum, De catholicae ecclesiae unitate, De lapsis, De dominica oratione, De mortalitate, Ad Fortunatum (De exhortatione martyrii), Ad Demetrianum, De opere et eleemosynis, De bono patientiae, De zelo et livore, Sententiae episcoporum numero LXXXVII (De haereticis baptizandis) - ed. W. Hartel 1868, CSEL 3/1 Cyprianus, Opera omnia (pars 2): Epistulae - ed. W. Hartel 1871, CSEL 3/2 Cyprianus (Pseudo-Cyprianus), Opera omnia (pars 3): Opera spuria. Indices. Praefatio - ed. W. Hartel 1871, CSEL 3/3 Arnobius, Adversus nationes - ed. A. Reifferscheid 1875, CSEL 4 Orosius, Historiarum adversum paganos libri septem, Liber apologeticus - ed. K. Zangemeister 1882, CSEL 5 Ennodius, Opera omnia - ed. W. Hartel 1882, CSEL 6 Victor Vitensis, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae. Pseudo-Victor Vitensis, Passio septem monachorum, Notitia provinciarum et civitatum Africae - ed. M. Petschenig 1881, CSEL 7 Salvianus Massiliensis, Opera omnia - ed. F. Pauly 1883, CSEL 8 Eugippius, Excerpta ex operibus Augustini - ed. P. Knöll 1885, CSEL 9/1 Eugippius, Vita sancti Severini - ed. P. Knöll 1886, CSEL 9/2 Sedulius, Opera omnia - ed. J. Huemer 1885, CSEL 10 Sedulius, Opera omnia - ed. J. Huemer, editio altera supplementis aucta curante V. Panagl 2007, CSEL 10 Claudianus Mamertus, Opera - ed. A. Engelbrecht 1885, CSEL 11 Augustinus, Speculum. Pseudo-Augustinus, Liber de divinis scripturis - ed. F. Weihrich 1887, CSEL 12 Cassianus, Conlationes - ed. M. Petschenig 1886, CSEL 13 Cassianus, Conlationes - ed. M. Petschenig, editio altera supplementis aucta curante G. Kreuz 2004, CSEL 13 Lucifer Calaritanus, Opuscula - ed. W. Hartel 1886, CSEL 14 Commodianus, Carmina - ed. B. Dombart 1887, CSEL 15 Poetae Christiani minores: Paulinus Perticordiae, Carmina - ed. M. Petschenig / Orientius, Carmina - ed. R. Ellis / Paulinus Pellaeus, Eucharisticos - ed. G. Brandes / Claudius Marius Victor, Alethia. Proba, Cento - ed. K. Schenkl 1888, CSEL 16/1 Cassianus, De institutis coenobiorum, De incarnatione domini contra Nestorium - ed. M. Petschenig 1888, CSEL 17 Cassianus, De institutione coenobiorum, De incarnatione contra Nestorium - ed. M. Petschenig, editio altera supplementis aucta cur. G. Kreuz 2004, CSEL 17 Priscillianus, Opera. Orosius, Commonitorium de errore Priscillianistarum et Origenistarum - ed. G. Schepss 1889, CSEL 18 Lactantius, Divinae institutiones et Epitome divinarum institutionum - S. Brandt 1890, CSEL 19 Tertullianus, De spectaculis, De idololatria, Ad nationes, De testimonio animae, Scorpiace, De oratione, De baptismo, De pudicitia, De ieiunio adversus psychicos, De anima - ed. A. Reifferscheid, G. Wissowa 1890, CSEL 20 Faustus Reiensis, De gratia libri duo, De spiritu sancto libri duo, Epistulae, Sermones. Ruricius, Epistularum libri duo - ed. A. Engelbrecht 1891, CSEL 21 Hilarius, Tractatus super psalmos - ed. A. Zingerle 1891, CSEL 22 Cyprianus Gallus, Heptateuchos, accedunt incertorum De Sodoma et Iona et ad senatorem carmina et Hilarii quae feruntur in Genesin, de Maccabeis atque de Evangelio - ed. R. Peiper 1891, CSEL 23 Iuvencus, Evangeliorum libri quattuor - ed. J. Huemer 1891, CSEL 24 Augustinus, De utilitate credendi, De duabus animabus, Contra Fortunatum Manichaeum, Contra Adimantum, Contra epistulam fundamenti, Contra Faustum Manichaeum - ed. J. Zycha 1891, CSEL 25/1 Augustinus, Contra Felicem Manichaeum, De natura boni, Epistula Secundini, Contra Secundinum Manichaeum. Euodius, De fide contra Manichaeos. Pseudo-Augustinus, Commonitorium quomodo sit agendum cum Manichaeis - ed. J. Zycha 1892, CSEL 25/2 Optatus Milevitanus, Contra Parmenianum Donatistam, Appendix decem monumentorum veterum - ed. K. Ziwsa 1893, CSEL 26 Lactantius, De opificio dei, De ira dei, Carmina, Fragmenta - ed. S. Brandt 1893, CSEL 27/1 Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum - ed. S. Brandt, G. Laubmann 1897, CSEL 27/2 Augustinus, De Genesi ad litteram, De Genesi ad litteram liber imperfectus, Locutiones in Heptateuchum - ed. J. Zycha 1894, CSEL 28/1 Augustinus, Quaestiones in Heptateuchum, Adnotationes in Iob - ed. J. Zycha 1895, CSEL 28/2 Paulinus Nolanus, Epistulae - ed. W. Hartel 1894, CSEL 29 Paulinus Nolanus, Epistulae - ed. W. Hartel, editio altera supplementis aucta curante M. Kamptner 1999, CSEL 29 Paulinus Nolanus, Carmina - ed. W. Hartel 1894, CSEL 30 Paulinus Nolanus, Carmina - ed. W. Hartel, editio altera supplementis aucta curante M. Kamptner 1999, CSEL 30 Eucherius, Formulae spiritalis intellegentiae, Instructionum libri duo, Passio Agaunensium martyrum, Epistula de laude Heremi, accedunt Epistulae ab Salviano et Hilario et Rustico ad Eucherium datae - ed. K. Wotke 1894, CSEL 31 Ambrosius, Exameron, De paradiso, De Cain et Abel, De Noe, De Abraham, De Isaac, De bono mortis - ed. K. Schenkl 1896/1897, CSEL 32/1 Ambrosius, De Iacob, De Ioseph, De patriarchis, De fuga saeculi, De interpellatione Iob et David, De apologia David, Apologia David altera, De Helia et ieiunio, De Nabuthae, De Tobia - ed. K. Schenkl 1897, CSEL 32/2 Ambrosius, Expositio evangelii secundum Lucan - ed. K. Schenkl 1902, CSEL 32/4 Augustinus, Confessiones - ed. P. Knöll 1896, CSEL 33 Augustinus, Epistulae (ep. 1-30) - ed. A. Goldbacher 1895, CSEL 34/1 Augustinus, Epistulae (ep. 31-123) - ed. A. Goldbacher 1898, CSEL 34/2 Epistulae imperatorum pontificum aliorum inde ab a. CCCLXVII usque ad a. DLIII datae Avellana quae dicitur collectio, pars I: ep. 1-104 - ed. O. Guenther 1895, CSEL 35/1 Epistulae imperatorum pontificum aliorum inde ab a. CCCLXVII usque ad a. DLIII datae Avellana quae dicitur collectio, pars II: ep. 105-244 - ed. O. Guenther 1898, CSEL 35/2 Augustinus, Retractationes - ed. P. Knöll 1902, CSEL 36 Flavius Iosephus, Contra Apionem - ed. K. Boysen 1898, CSEL 37 Filastrius Brixiensis, Diversarum hereseon liber - ed. F. Marx 1898, CSEL 38 Itinera Hierosolymitana - ed. P. Geyer 1898, CSEL 39 Augustinus, De civitate dei (pars 1: lib. 1-13) - ed. E. Hoffmann 1899, CSEL 40/1 Augustinus, De civitate dei (pars 2: lib. 14-22) - ed. E. Hoffmann 1900, CSEL 40/2 Augustinus, De fide et symbolo, De fide et operibus, De agone christiano, De continentia, De bono coniugali, De sancta virginitate, De bono viduitatis, De adulterinis coniugiis, De mendacio, Contra mendacium, De opere monachorum, De divinatione daemonum, De cura pro mortuis gerenda, De patientia - ed. J. Zycha 1900, CSEL 41 Augustinus, De perfectione iustitiae hominis, De gestis Pelagii, De gratia Christi, De nuptiis et concupiscentia - ed. K. F. Vrba, J. Zycha 1902, CSEL 42 Augustinus, De consensu evangelistarum libri quattuor - ed. F. Weihrich 1904, CSEL 43 Augustinus, Epistulae (ep. 124-184 A) - ed. A. Goldbacher 1904, CSEL 44 Evagrius, Altercatio legis inter Simonem Iudaeum et Theophilum Christianum - ed. E. Bratke 1904, CSEL 45 Tyrannius Rufinus, Orationum Gregorii Nazianzeni novem interpretatio - J. Wrobelii copiis usus edidit et prolegomena indicesque adiecit A. Engelbrecht 1910, CSEL 46 Tertullianus, De patientia, De carnis resurrectione, Adversus Hermogenem, Adversus Valentinianos, Adversus omnes haereses, Adversus Praxean, Adversus Marcionem - ed. E. Kroymann 1906, CSEL 47 Boethius, In Isagogen Porphyrii commenta - copiis G. Schepss comparatis suisque usus ed. S. Brandt 1906, CSEL 48 Victorinus Petavionensis, Opera - ed. J. Haussleiter 1916, CSEL 49 Pseudo-Augustinus, Quaestiones veteris et novi testamenti CXXVII, accedit appendix continens alterius editionis quaestiones selectas - ed. A. Souter 1908, CSEL 50 Augustinus, Psalmus contra partem Donati, Contra epistulam Parmeniani, De baptismo - ed. M. Petschenig 1908, CSEL 51 Augustinus, Contra litteras Petiliani, Epistula ad catholicos de secta Donatistarum, Contra Cresconium - ed. M. Petschenig 1909, CSEL 52 Augustinus, De unico baptismo, Breviculus collationis cum Donatistis, Contra partem Donati post gesta, Sermo ad Caesariensis ecclesiae plebem, Gesta cum Emerito Donatistarum episcopo, Contra Gaudentium Donatistarum episcopum. Accedit Sententia concilii Bagaiensis. Pseudo-Augustinus, Sermo de Rusticiano subdiacono, Adversus Fulgentium Donatistam - ed. M. Petschenig 1910, CSEL 53 Hieronymus, Epistulae 1-70 - ed. I. Hilberg 1910, CSEL 54 Hieronymus, Epistulae 1-70 - ed. I. Hilberg, editio altera supplementis aucta curante M. Kamptner 1996, CSEL 54 Hieronymus, Epistulae 71-120 - ed. I. Hilberg 1912, CSEL 55 Hieronymus, Epistulae 71-120 - ed. I. Hilberg, editio altera supplementis aucta curante M. Kamptner 1996, CSEL 55 Hieronymus, Epistulae 121-154 - ed. I. Hilberg 1918, CSEL 56 Hieronymus, Epistulae 121-154 - ed. I. Hilberg, editio altera supplementis aucta curante M. Kamptner 1996, CSEL 56/1 Hieronymus, Epistularum Indices et Addenda - comp. M. Kamptner 1996, CSEL 56/2 Augustinus, Epistulae (ep. 185-270) - ed. A. Goldbacher 1911, CSEL 57