Christian Datasets

data.zip
  raw/
    ccel/                             # xml files
    nicene_and_post_nicene_fathers/   # xml files

  curated/
    bible/                            # versions: KJV, ASV, CSB
    ccel/                             # specific categories separated out
    nicene_and_post_nicene_fathers/

src/
  bible.py    # parsing and fetching references

CCEL

Total Tokens in `curated`: 31,863,221
Median tokens per file   : 3,094

Christian Classics Ethereal Library: a collection of well structured XML of >1000 old Christian texts.

As part of curating this dataset (curated/ccel/...), categories of texts have been separated into separate directories, and scripture references have been looked up and appended within the texts:

curated/ccel/anathematism
curated/ccel/canon
curated/ccel/chapter
curated/ccel/epistle_letter
curated/ccel/lecture_oration
curated/ccel/prayer_hymn
curated/ccel/sermon_homily
curated/ccel/treatise_tractate_discourse_article

A histogram of token counts per txt file:

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

Total Tokens in `curated`: 3,368,590
Median tokens per file   : 6,059

A subset of CCEL. 24 volumes of texts (English translations), largely from around 300-600AD, compiled by St. Augustine in the 19th century. sermons have been curated from the underlying XML.

A histogram of token counts per sermon file:

Bible

Different translations of the bible, formatted neatly for training. Token counts:

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

Example of formatting:

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.