• Paisios, Athonite Elder, (XX Century):
  • Sayings: A modern representative of the tradition of the Desert Fathers. --- TheoLogic
• Pammachius, Roman philanthropist, (IV/V Centuries):
  • Letter of Pammachius and Oceanus to Jerome about Rufinus' Translation of Origen: The authors suspect Origen of heresy, based on the Latin edition of First Principles, and further suspect the original Greek, which they can't read, contains worse errors suppressed by the translator. They request Jerome to investigate. ---CCEL
• Papal Encyclicals:
  • New Advent library (large collection; the same site has modern lives of 264 popes.)
• Paphnutius of the Desert:
  • Life of St. Onnophrios: Budge translation. --- SPL
• Papias, Christian writer, (I/II Centuries):
  • Fragments: --- NA
• Patrick of Ireland:
  • Confessio --- CCEL
  • Letter to Coroticus: A local Irish prince, Coroticus had attacked a group of newly-baptized converts, killing some and enslaving the rest. Bieler translation. --- St. Patrick Page
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Bradley, W.R.
      • Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
• Paul Silentiarius:
  • Description of Hagia Sophia:
    • Extract, Barrett Browning translation --- SPL
    • Extract, Lethaby & Swainson translation --- MSBP
• Paula of Bethlehem:
  • Letter of Paula and Eustochium to Marcella ---CCEL
• Peter, Crown of the Martyrs, Patriarch of Alexandria, (III/IV Centuries):
  • Canons: --- NA
  • Secondary sources:
    • Anastasius the Librarian: Life of St. Peter of Alexandria Hawkins translation, 1879. --- SPL
• Peter Mogila:
  • Orthodox Confession of Faith --- ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FOUND.
• Manuel Philes, Byzantine poet, (XIV Century):
  • The Grecophile Herons: Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
  • To the Holy Spirit: Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
• Philo:
  • Secondary Sources:
    • Philo of Alexandria Home Page (Torrey Seland)
    • Ioudaios Electronic Discussion List
• Philokalia, anthology of patristic texts, (compiled XVIII Century)\ :
  • Anonymous (XVI or XVII Centuries?): Lord Have Mercy: A Commentary From Volume V, not available in English offline as of 1997. --- SGPM
  • Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (XVIII/XIX Centuries): On Unceasing Prayer: From the Life of St. Gregory Palamas in the Philokalia. Palamas Monastery translation, 1997. --- SGPM
• Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Italian humanist, (XV Century):
  • Oration on the Dignity of Man: The manifesto, as it were, of the humanist movement. Translator not indicated. --- C. Shalizi
• Pisides, George, Byzantine poet and historian, (VI/VII Centuries)
  • Right Rule Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
• Pistis Sophia, Gnostic gospel, date uncertain.
  • Pistis Sophia: Under construction. MacDermott translation. --- Gnostic Society
• Pius II, Pope of Rome, (XV Century):
  • Execrabilis (extract): Decree attacking the right of appeal from Pope to Council. --- MSBP
• Plato:
  • Collected Works --- VIRGINIA TECH
• Pliny the Younger:
  • Correspondence with the Emperor Trajan about Christianity: --- JOD
• Plotinus, Neo-Platonist philosopher in Rome, (III Century):
  • Six Enneads: The central text of Neoplatonism, a philosophical school which both contended against and powerfully influenced the early Church Fathers, and survived into modern times as the Western esoteric tradition. Plotinus transformed Platonic philosophy by introducing the notion of a hierarchical universe in which the lower levels both reflect and long for union with the higher. His philosophical triad of the One, the Universal Mind, and the World Soul bears an obvious resemblance to the Christian Trinity, although there are critically important differences as well. Mackenna and Page translation. --- Tech Classics Archive
• Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr, (I/II Centuries):
  • Epistle to the Philippians: Roberts-Donaldson translation. --- CCEL
  • Secondary Sources:
    • The Martyrdom of Polycarp: Eyewitness account.
      • Hoole translation, 1885: --- SPL
      • Roberts-Donaldson translation: --- CCEL
• Pontian, Pope of Rome, (III Century):
  • General Epistle: On brotherly love, and on avoiding evil. --- NA
  • Epistle to Felix Subscribonius: On the honor to be bestowed on priests. --- NA
• Pontius the Deacon:
  • Life and Passion of St. Cyprian: --- NA
• Porphyry, Syrian-born Neo-Platonist philosopher, (III/IV Centuries):
  • On Images: This work, about the symbolism of the images of the Gręco-Roman gods, is actually lost; what is found here is a collection of passages quoted in Eusebius' Preparation for the Gospel. Gifford translation. Another online edition of the same translation is available at Cosmopolis. --- Tech Classics Archive
• Prayer Collections:
  • Byzantine Prayers --- ORTHODOX PAGE
  • Carmina Gadelica:
    • Carmichael translation, with original Gaelic In the 1800s, Alexander Carmichael (Beachd Alastair) collected over a hundred ancient poems and prayers still current in the Hebrides. Many unquestionably date back to the early Celtic Church. --- ISLE OF SKYE GAELIC COLLEGE
  • Coptic Prayers --- CN
  • Latin Prayers and Hymns with English Translations --- CATHOLIC RESOURCES ON THE NET
• Procopius, Byzantine official and historian, (VI Century):
  • The Secret HistoryDefamatory account of life in Justinian's court by a far-from-unbiased insider. Atwater translation, 1927. --- MSBP
• Theodore Prodromus, Byzantine poet, (XII Century):
  • Life Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
  • Providence (excerpt): Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
• Protase of Milan, martyr, (date unknown):
  • Secondary sources:
    • Ambrose of Milan: Twenty-Second Epistle (To Marcellina): Relates his discovery of the relics of Saints Gervase and Protase. --- NA

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