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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.

201–300

The Third Century

1 work

c. 252

Latin

To Demetrian

Ad Demetrianum

Cyprian of Carthage · c. 210–258

A reply to a magistrate who blamed Christians for the wars, plagues, and failing harvests of the age, arguing that a world grown old is not a world being punished for the church.

Early Church · ApologyFull text