INSTITUTE FOR CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN STUDIES INC

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE TEXTS IN TRANSLATION FROM THE ANCIENT CHRISTIAN TRADITION. ITS PURPOSE IS SUMMARIZED IN ITS CHARTER AS THAT OF "MAKING CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN TEXTS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE HOLD THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO MAKE GREAT CLASSIC TEXTS OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL WISDOM AVAILABLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE." THREE OBJECTIVES ARE ENCOMPASSED IN THIS MISSION: (1) DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING PROJECTS FOR PRINTED TRANSLATION OF CLASSIC CHRISTIAN WRITINGS THAT ARE UNAVAILABLE OR HARD TO OBTAIN IN ENGLISH AND OTHER MODERN LANGUAGES. (2) DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING DIGITAL RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING AVAILABLE CLASSIC CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN TRANSLATION IN NON-PRINT MEDIA. (3) MAKING ANCIENT CHRISTIAN TEXTS MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE IN POOR COUNTRIES OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD.