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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.

301–400

The Fourth Century

1 work

c. 380–385; recovered at Würzburg in 1885

Latin

The Würzburg Tractates

Priscillian of Ávila · c. 340 – 385

Eleven pieces by a Spanish ascetic accused of Manichaeism and magic: a defence answering the charges point by point, an argument that apocryphal books may be read with discernment rather than banned outright, and instruction on fasting and scripture for a lay movement of men and women studying together.

Contested · TreatisesMatthew1 CorinthiansGalatiansColossiansRead elsewhere

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

1553

Latin

The Restoration of Christianity

Christianismi Restitutio

Michael Servetus · c. 1511–1553

A complete alternative theology rejecting the Trinity and infant baptism, containing in passing the first European description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood.

Radical Reformation · TheologyRead elsewhere