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.
1401–1500
2 works
1413
Latin
De Ecclesia
Jan Hus · c. 1372–1415
The church defined as the whole body of the predestined, whose head is Christ — so that a pope in mortal sin is no true head, and obedience is owed to commands only insofar as they accord with scripture.
c. 1449–1453
Latin
Juan de Torquemada · 1388–1468
A systematic defence of papal authority against conciliarism, arguing that a council's authority derives from the pope and not the reverse.
1501–1600
1 work
1539
Latin
Philipp Melanchthon · 1497–1560
An argument that the church's authority is ministerial rather than legislative — it announces the word and cannot make new articles of faith.
3 of 1780 works