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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.

1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

2 works

c. 1065–1070

Latin

On the Holy Supper

De Sacra Coena

Berengar of Tours · c. 1010–1088

A defence, using grammatical and logical analysis, of the claim that the bread remains bread while becoming a sign that truly conveys Christ's body.

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c. 1063–1070

Latin

On the Body and Blood of the Lord

Lanfranc of Bec · c. 1005–1089

The reply to Berengar, arguing that the substance of the bread is converted while its appearances remain, and using the very dialectic Berengar had deployed.

Western · Sacramental theologyRead elsewhere