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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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

1457–1467

Czech

The Founding Documents of the Unity of the Brethren

The Unitas Fratrum

The agreements by which a group of Chelčický's readers separated from both Rome and the Utraquist church and chose their own ministers by lot.

Hussite · ConfessionRead elsewhere

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

2 works

written 1623; published 1631

Czech

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

Jan Amos Comenius · 1592–1670

A pilgrim tours the city of the world with two guides who make everything look better than it is, finds every trade absurd, and returns inward to find Christ.

Hussite · AllegoryFull text

written c. 1633; published 1657

Latin

The Great Didactic

Jan Amos Comenius · 1592–1670

A complete art of teaching all things to all people, proposing universal schooling for girls and boys, in the vernacular, in graded stages, without beating.

Hussite · EducationFull text