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| The Ancient Church: | |
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| Ignatius of Antioch (d. 117) | |
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| Didache (c. 130) | |
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| Epistle to Diognetus (c. 130) | |
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| Vibia Perptua (c. 181-203) | |
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| Tertullian of Carthage (c. 160-220) | |
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| Irenaeus of Lyon (c. 130-202) | |
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| Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-216) | |
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| Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-251) | |
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| Ephrem the Syria (c. 306-373) | |
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| Athanasius the Alexandria (c. 296-373) | |
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| Macrina the Younger (c. 327-379) | |
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| Basil the Great (c. 330-379) | |
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| Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395) | |
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| Jerome of Bethlehem (c. 348-420) | |
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| Augustine of Hippo (c. 354-420) | |
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| John Cassian (c. 365-435) | |
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| Egeria's Pilgramage (c. 404-417) | |
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| Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-550) | |
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| Pseudo-Dionysius (c. 500) | |
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| Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) | |
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| John of Damsascus (c. 674-749) | |
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| The Medieval Church: | |
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| Anselm of Canterbur (c. 1033-1109) | |
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| Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153) | |
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| Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098-1179) | |
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| Bonaventure (c. 1271- 1274) | |
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| Francis (c. 1182-1226) and Clare (c. 1193-1254) | |
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| Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1212-1297) | |
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| Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) | |
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| Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) | |
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| Catherine of Siena (c. 1347-1380) | |
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| Julian of Norwich (c. 1342-1423) | |
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| Thomas a` Kempis (c. 1380-1471) | |
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| The Reformation Era: | |
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| Catherine of Genoa (c. 1447-1510) | |
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| Martin Luther (c. 1483-1546) | |
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| Desuderuys Erasmus (c. 1466-1536) | |
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| Michael Sattler (c. 1490-1527) | |
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| John Calvin (1509-1564) | |
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| Bartholome de Las Casas (1474-1556) | |
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| Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) | |
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| Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) | |
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| Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) | |
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| John of the Cross (1542-1591) | |
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| Modern Spirituality: | |
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| Johnanna Arndt (1555-1621) | |
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| George Herbert (1593-1633) | |
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| Francis de Sales (1567-1622) | |
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| Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) | |
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| Blaise Paschal (1633-1662) | |
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| Philip Jacob Spener (1635-1705) | |
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| Jeane (Madame) Guyon (1648-1717) | |
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| Brother Lawrence (1611-1691) | |
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| John (1703-91) and Charles (1707-88) Wesley | |
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| John Edwards (1703-1758) | |
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| Hannah More (1745-1875) | |
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| Charles Finney (1792-1875) | |
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| Phoebe Worral Palmer (1807-1884) | |
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| Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) | |
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| Horace Bushnell (1802-1876) | |
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| Threse of Lisieux (1873-1897) | |
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| Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) | |
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| Contemporary Spirituality: | |
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| Rudolph Otto (1869-1937) | |
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| Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) | |
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| Karth Barth (1886-1968) | |
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| Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) | |
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| Simone Weil (1909-1943) | |
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| A.W. Tozer (1879-1963) | |
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| Howard Thurman (1900-1981) | |
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| C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) | |
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| Karl Rahner (1904-1984) | |
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| Thomas Merton (1915-1968) | |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) | |
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| James H. Cone (1938--) | |
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| Mother Teresa (1910-1997) | |
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| Richard Foster (1942--) | |
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| Gustavo Gutierrez (1928--) | |
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| Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936--) | |
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| Desmond Mphilo Tutu (1931--) | |