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.
1201–1300
1 work
c. 1222–1225, revised 1234
Latin
Raymond of Peñafort · c. 1175–1275
A confessor's manual sorting sins by kind and circumstance, with detailed treatment of usury, marriage, restitution, and what to do about a penitent who cannot pay back what he stole.
1601–1700
2 works
1656–1657
French
Blaise Pascal · 1623–1662
Eighteen anonymous letters ridiculing Jesuit casuistry by quoting it at length, on grace, probable opinions, and how to kill a man without breaking a commandment.
1673
English
Richard Baxter · 1615–1691
A million words of practical cases of conscience covering private devotion, family life, church duties, contracts, lawsuits, servants, and trade.
3 of 1780 works