Before the collection, a Brazilian theology student writing a paper on Irenaeus of Lyon had to rely on Spanish or English translations. Now, every seminary and Catholic university library in Brazil owns most of the Coleção. It has directly fueled a renaissance in patristic scholarship, enabling a new generation of Lusophone theologians to cite the Fathers with precision.
Launched in the 1990s and still growing, this series offers bilingual editions (Greek/Latin with Portuguese translation) of key patristic texts. Think Augustine’s Confessions, Athanasius’s On the Incarnation, John Chrysostom’s homilies, Cappadocian classics, and even lesser‑known gems like Gregory of Nyssa’s The Life of Moses. colecao patristica
Each volume includes:
His treatise On the Incarnation (De Incarnatione Verbi Dei) is a masterpiece of spiritual theology. Alongside it, the collection provides his Festal Letters and Life of Anthony, which launched the monastic movement. Before the collection, a Brazilian theology student writing