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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

c. 1640–1697

Portuguese

The Sermons

António Vieira · 1608–1697

Preaching in Brazil and Lisbon against the enslavement of Indigenous peoples and the cruelty of colonists, including a sermon preached to fish when the people would not listen.

Jesuit · HomiliesRead elsewhere