Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Classical Christian Texts Electronic), abbreviated to CCEL , is a project by American theologians and philologists . The project intends to publish the 1000 most important classical texts of theology (and also of philosophy ), which are in the public domain, in electronic form.
aims
- a good English translation of the Bible should be available.
- the topics should be important to theology students.
- Comments, dictionaries, lexicons, and other reference works should be included
- Classical sermons and sermon commentaries should be included
- The Bible and other important works should be included in the original language as well as in English
- Greek and Hebrew study tools are to be made available
Forms of publication
- Internet
- CD-ROM or DVD for sale or for students in the two-thirds of the world discounted or free.
- There is no copyright .
Management and editing
The CCEL is currently maintained and published at Calvin College (Michigan, USA). From 1995 to 1999 it was based at Wheaton College , Illinois, and before that at the University of Pittsburgh (1993–1995). It is currently headed by Harry Plantinga, Professor of Computer Science at Calvin College.