Christian Datasets

Overview

• Name: christian
• Language: English (eng)
• Tags: christian, history, culture

Data Structure

• data.zip
  • raw/
    • ccel/: XML files
    • nicene_and_post_nicene_fathers/: XML files
  • curated/
    • bible/: Versions include KJV, ASV, CSB
    • ccel/: Category‑specific splits
    • nicene_and_post_nicene_fathers/
• src/
  • bible.py: Parser and reference extraction

CCEL

• Total tokens: 31,863,221
• Median tokens per file: 3,094
• Description: Structured XML collection of over 1,000 early Christian texts.
• Categories:
  • anathematism
  • canon
  • chapter
  • epistle_letter
  • lecture_oration
  • prayer_hymn
  • sermon_homily
  • treatise_tractate_discourse_article

Nicene and Post‑Nicene Fathers

• Total tokens: 3,368,590
• Median tokens per file: 6,059
• Description: Subset of CCEL containing 24 volumes (English translations) mainly from 300‑600 AD, compiled by St. Augustine in the 19th century.
• Category: sermons

Bible

• Versions:

  • KJV: 1,358,645 tokens
  • CSB: 1,283,168 tokens
  • ASV: 1,355,146 tokens

• Format Example:

  Genesis 1:1 KJV In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:2 KJV And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:3 KJV And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.