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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

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.

501–600

The Sixth Century

1 work

c. 534

Latin

Rule for Monks

Regula ad Monachos

Caesarius of Arles · c. 470 – 542

A short rule for a men's community, notably milder than the one he wrote for his sister's nuns: no absolute enclosure, no punishment specified beyond correction, and a working day arranged around the office rather than the other way round.

Western Monastic · RuleActsMatthew1 ThessaloniansRead elsewhere