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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. 350–380

Gothic

The Gothic Bible

Ulfilas · c. 311–383

A translation of most of the Bible into Gothic by a missionary bishop who invented an alphabet to do it, said to have omitted the books of Kings as too warlike for his converts.

Arian · TranslationRead elsewhere

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1144–1149

Latin

On What Was Done Under His Administration

Abbot Suger · 1081–1151

An account of rebuilding the abbey church of Saint-Denis, with the reasoning behind its light-filled choir: the dull mind rises to truth through material things.

Western · MemoirRead elsewhere