Welcome to the Latin Patristic Texts repository! This repository houses plain text files of Latin Patristic works that have been translated using modern AI technology. These texts are part of a personal project to make classical Church history more accessible.
Patrologia_Latina/
├── README.md # Works catalog
└── vol_XXX/ # Volume number from Migne's Patrologia Latina
└── Author Name - Work Title/
├── Latin/
│ └── *.txt # Original Latin text (public domain)
├── Author-Name-Work-Title-Full-Text-Edition.txt
│ # Combined English translation
└── translation.json # Structured metadata (newer works only)
Production artifacts for YouTube video generation (SSML/, Subtitles/) may also be present in work directories.
Translations were generated using AI (Claude, GPT-4) and should be treated as introductory guides rather than scholarly editions. Audio versions were produced using OpenAI TTS and Amazon Polly.
- Original Latin Texts: Public Domain (ancient works, no copyright)
- Translations: CC0 1.0 Universal - Dedicated to the public domain by Ryan Wolfslayer
You are free to copy, modify, distribute, and use these translations for any purpose without attribution or permission.
Note: Some older YouTube video descriptions may reference CC BY 4.0; this repository is now CC0.
Contributions are welcome! If you have texts to add or improvements to suggest, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
This repository is part of the Bibliothecarius Modernus - The Modern Librarian project, dedicated to making ancient texts accessible through modern technology. For more information, visit our YouTube channel.