The Sermon Archive
Christian preaching from the first century through the twentieth century — every sermon standalone, indexed by passage and topic

Traditions

The churches the preaching came out of. A preacher who moved, or who belonged to a movement as well as a church, is listed under both.

  • The Greek Church 19 preachers · 814 sermonsThe Greek fathers and the Byzantine East — Origen and Chrysostom, the Cappadocians, John of Damascus.
  • The Latin Church 29 preachers · 2,342 sermonsThe Western church before the Reformation: the Latin fathers, the monastic orders, the English church.
  • The Syriac Churches 6 preachers · 242 sermonsPreaching in Syriac, from Mesopotamia and the Persian empire — Ephrem, Jacob of Serugh, Isaac of Nineveh.
  • Orthodox 2 preachers · 39 sermonsThe Orthodox churches after the fall of Constantinople, preaching under Ottoman rule and after it.
  • Roman Catholic 23 preachers · 992 sermonsThe Catholic church from the Reformation onward: bishops, court preachers, Jesuits, Dominicans and missioners.
  • Anglican 92 preachers · 5,309 sermonsThe Church of England and the churches in communion with it, the Episcopal Church in the United States among them.
  • Puritan 16 preachers · 908 sermonsThe Puritan divines, inside the Church of England and out of it. They appear under their own churches as well.
  • Lutheran 26 preachers · 911 sermonsThe Lutheran churches of Germany and Scandinavia, the Pietists, and their daughter churches in America.
  • Reformed 16 preachers · 1,054 sermonsThe Reformed churches of Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Germany — Zwingli's heirs and Calvin's.
  • Presbyterian 39 preachers · 1,561 sermonsThe Church of Scotland, the Free Church and the Secession, and the Presbyterian churches of America and England.
  • Congregational and Independent 37 preachers · 1,380 sermonsThe gathered churches: Independents in England, the New England way, and the Congregationalism that came of both.
  • Baptist 17 preachers · 5,162 sermonsParticular and General Baptists in England and Wales, and the Baptist churches of the United States.
  • Methodist 13 preachers · 271 sermonsThe Wesleys and their societies, the Methodist churches of Britain and America, and the Salvation Army.
  • Quaker 2 preachers · 16 sermonsThe Religious Society of Friends.
  • Unitarian and Universalist 5 preachers · 32 sermonsThe liberal churches of England and New England.
  • Other traditions 4 preachers · 114 sermonsSmaller bodies, and preachers who stood outside any of the above.
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