---
viewer: false
pretty_name: "christian"
language:
- "eng"
tags:
- "christian"
- "history"
- "culture"
---

# Christian Datasets


```sh
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:

![](ccel_curated_token_distribution.png)


## 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:

![](npnf_curated_token_distribution.png)


## 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.
```