New developments are making the Brepolis databases an increasingly cohesive research environment. This Autumn-Winter 2026 Newsletter highlights some of the most significant recent developments,
All Latin full-text databases now share a common data structure and user interface, facilitating more consistent searching and analysis across Library of Latin Texts (LLT), Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature (ACLL), Aristoteles Latinus Database (ALD) and Electronic Monumenta Germaniae Historica (eMGH). To mark this development, Brepolis has introduced an extended trial subscription (2027) at half price for selected Latin text databases, available to existing subscribers to the Library of Latin Texts (LLT).
Following earlier developments in the bibliographies, our encyclopaedic databases now also benefit from a new accessibility-compliant interface. Furthermore, the bibliographies continue to expand their citation coverage through the integration of citation data provided by the Perspecti plugin. These citation data are derived from Perspecti, a forthcoming database that is scheduled for launch in 2027.
The September 2026 update of Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) is now available, adding ten new volumes to the collection and further expanding its coverage from the early Church to medieval Christianity and beyond. The release includes major patristic authors, conciliar documents, hagiographical literature, and a remarkable collection of early Chinese Christian texts.
Nicaea and the Arian Controversy
Several newly added texts shed light on the controversies surrounding the Council of Nicaea and the development of early Christian doctrine:
Sur les décrets du concile de Nicée (SC 649) gathers documents central to the Arian controversy, including letters of Constantine, Alexander of Alexandria, Eusebius of Caesarea, Athanasius, the Symbolum Nicaenum, and other contemporary texts.
Patristic Theology and Spirituality
The update significantly enriches the corpus of Greek and Latin Christian thought:
Origen’sTreatise on Prayer (SC 650-651) represents one of the foundational Christian texts on prayer and biblical interpretation.
Gregory of Nyssa’sHomilies on the Song of Songs (SC 659) further enriches the corpus of late antique mystical exegesis.
Bernard of Clairvaux’sLiber de gradibus humilitatis (SC 647) offers one of the most influential medieval reflections on humility and monastic spirituality.
Martyrs, Saints, and Christian Memory
New hagiographical material highlights the enduring role of saints and martyrs in Christian culture:
John Chrysostom’sPanegyrics on the Martyrs (SC 648) include sermons on Pelagia, the Maccabean martyrs, Bernice and Prosdoce, and Drosis.
Gregory of Tours’Liber de passione et virtutibus Iuliani (SC 656) preserves the cult and miracles of Saint Julian of Brioude, one of the most important saints of Merovingian Gaul.
Christianity Beyond the Mediterranean World
Textes chrétiens chinois du Haut Moyen Âge (SC 658) brings together a corpus of texts associated with the Christian communities of medieval China. The volume includes doctrinal, liturgical, and poetic works, as well as the famous Xi’an Stele.
Improvements to Existing Dossiers
In addition to the newly added volumes, several works published across multiple Sources Chrétiennes volumes have been upgraded to provide more intuitive navigation and a smoother user experience.
We’re thrilled to announce an upcoming webinar introducing the brand-new interface of Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO)! Following last year’s major upgrade of the Library of Latin Texts and related databases, SCO has now received a complete interface overhaul—making your research experience smoother, faster, and more intuitive than ever.
Webinar Details
To accommodate different time zones, we’re offering two sessions on Wednesday, April 29, 2026:
Morning Session: 11:00 AM (CEST)
Afternoon Session: 5:00 PM (CEST) / 11:00 AM (EDT) / 8:00 AM (PDT)
Each session will last 15 minutes, followed by a live Q&A where you can ask questions and explore the new features with our team.
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is ideal for researchers, librarians, and students who want to make the most of SCO’s enhanced capabilities.
How to Register
To register for the webinar, please complete the registration form. Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email with further details.
Following last year’s major overhaul of the Library of Latin Texts and related databases, Sources Chrétiennes Online now also benefits from a fully renewed interface. While the underlying data structure remains unchanged, the research experience has been significantly enhanced: smarter search tools, richer metadata exploration, improved filtering, and new vocabulary analytics make navigating SCO faster and more intuitive than ever.
Below we highlight some of the new features, with more details available in the database manual and our recent blog posts on innovations in the BREPOLiS full-text databases.
Searching and filtering
Search in the original and/or translation
You can search for a term or phrase in the original text (first box) or translation (second box), or query both at the same time to find where the term has been translated in a specific way.
Filter your results
The new interface makes it much easier to filter your results and see the occurrences for one specific person (i.e. author, translator, etc.), work, style, genre, topic, or area of origin.
Compose your custom corpus
By combining various search criteria, you can also finetune the corpus you are searching before performing the query itself.
Persons and their features
Enhanced metadata
Learn more about the person. When were they active? Which works are attributed or otherwise linked to them? Which other persons are associated with them? In which online resources can we discover more about them?
Discover the person’s vocabulary
Discover how often a lexical item is used throughout the works related to a person. By dividing these lists into the different roles in which the person occurs, discussions on authorship are being taken into account.
Works and their features
Enhanced metadata
Learn more about a work and how it can be contextualized: its author and other related persons, its date of composition, its genre, its topic, and its area of origin. Find out more about the work in the Sources Chrétiennesvolume and in various reference works.
Navigate through the work
Browse the table of contents of the work, either by structural elements or by the descriptive subdivisions added by the translator.
Discover the work’s vocabulary
Get an overview of which words (and inflected forms) are used throughout the work and their frequency. This feature works both for the edited original text and for the translation.
Volumes and their contents
Use the “Volumes” tab to browse through the volumes published over the years in the Sources Chrétiennes series and discover which works were published in each volume.
Reference works
Focus on a specific reference work (CPG, CPL, BHG, or BHL) to get a domain-specific overview of (e.g. hagiographical) texts.
Database statistics
Using the “More > Statistics” tab, you can browse through the more than 30 million words (original + translation) available in Sources Chrétiennes Online and focus on specific lexical items you are interested in.
Questions or feedback?
We welcome any questions or feedback on Sources Chrétiennes Online! Simply go to “More > Feedback” in the database and leave us a note.
As BREPOLiS marks its 25th anniversary, we are pleased to announce a range of exciting enhancements to our online databases. From a completely redesigned interface for the Library of Latin Texts to enhanced accessibility and search functionalities in our bibliographic databases, the platform continues to evolve to meet the needs of scholars worldwide.
Highlights include:
A new data model and interface for Latin databases
The launch of the Perspecti Citation Plugin for bibliographies
Accessibility upgrades across all platforms
A special extended trial subscription offer for institutions starting in autumn 2025
By introducing new features and continuously enhancing its functionalities, BREPOLiS remains a trusted gateway to high-quality research tools. Download the Newsletter here (PDF, 4 pages)
TheSources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database has been updated. Close to catching up with the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project, the database now provides source texts and French translations from 615 printed volumes. The latest update includes, among others, Cyril of Alexandria’s Festal Letters 26-30, the Apology of Aristides, and Saint Ambrose’s Letters 70-77. For the first time, the French translations of Syriac sources, such as Dadishoʿ Qaṭraya’s Commentary on the Paradise of the Fathers, are included; they will soon be supplemented by the edited Syriac text.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the launch of our first online database, we are pleased to announce an extended one-year trial subscription at half price, available from September 2025 through the end 2026. Start your subscription in September, pay for just 6 months, and enjoy 16 months of full access !
This offer is limited to new subscriptions and does not apply to renewals of current subscriptions.
The Sources Chrétiennes Online(SCO) database was updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 601 of over 645 printed volumes. The latest update includes, among others, Tertullian‘s De resurrectione carnis and De oratione, Sermons 106-143 by Caesarius of Arles, and the sixth volume of Hilary of Poitiers‘ Commentaries on the Psalms. In 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database was updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 596 of about 645 printed volumes. The latest update includes, among others, additions to Jerome’s Against Jovinian, Gregory the Great’s Letters, and Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Canticle. By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
