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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

1 work

1642 unauthorised; 1643 authorised

English

Religio Medici

Thomas Browne · 1605–1682

A physician's private account of his own faith, full of paradox and curiosity, professing to love to lose himself in a mystery and to pursue his reason to an O altitudo.

Anglican · EssayFull text