The Library
1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
601–700
89 works
692
Greek
The Quinisext Council
A hundred and two canons on clerical marriage, fasting, the depiction of Christ as a man rather than a lamb, and a long list of practices to be abandoned.
c. 690–692
Syriac
Anonymous
A prophecy written under the name of a fourth-century martyr, explaining the Arab conquest as a divinely permitted scourge and foretelling a Last Roman Emperor who will surrender his crown at Jerusalem.
c. 697–700
Latin
Adomnán of Iona · c. 624–704
The founder of Iona in three books of prophecies, miracles, and angelic visions, written by his ninth successor from the community's own memories.
697
Latin
Cáin Adomnáin
Adomnán of Iona · c. 624–704
A law promulgated at a synod of Irish and Pictish kings and clergy, imposing heavy penalties for killing or wounding women, children, and clerics in war.
c. 680–708
Syriac
Jacob of Edessa · c. 640 – 708
Rulings sent to priests who wrote in with problems: whether a priest may give the eucharist to a Muslim or a Jew who asks, what to do about Christians who consult Muslim diviners, whether an Arab convert must be rebaptised, and how to compute Easter.
c. 700–708; unfinished
Syriac
Jacob of Edessa · c. 640–708
A commentary on the six days of creation gathering the natural science of the age — geography, zoology, astronomy — from Greek sources into Syriac.
c. 700
Latin
Liber Scintillarum
Defensor of Ligugé · 7th century
Eighty-one chapters of short quotations on charity, patience, silence, and other virtues, each drawn first from scripture and then from the fathers.
c. 700
Latin
Anonymous
A small, badly spelled service book made for a travelling priest in Gaul, holding a mass for every occasion plus a sermon collection, a penitential, blessings for crops and for a sick horse, and a charm against the evil eye.
c. 690–725
Latin
Collectio Canonum Hibernensis
Anonymous
Canons arranged by topic and drawn as readily from the Old Testament and Irish synods as from Roman councils, with each source named.
81–89 of 89 matching · 1780 in the Library