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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.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

2 works

c. 1642

Wendat

The Huron Carol

Jesous Ahatonhia

Jean de Brébeuf · 1593–1649

A nativity carol in the Wendat language, with the child wrapped in rabbit skin, visited by hunters, and honoured with gifts of fox and beaver pelt.

Jesuit · HymnsLukeRead elsewhere

1632–1673

French

The Jesuit Relations

The Jesuits of New France

Annual reports from missionaries among the Huron, Iroquois, and Algonquian peoples, describing customs, languages, epidemics, torture, and their own deaths.

Jesuit · ReportsRead elsewhere