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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.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1139–1150

Latin

The Concord of Discordant Canons

Decretum Gratiani

Gratian · 12th century

Nearly four thousand canons arranged as cases and questions, with the contradictions between them argued out and reconciled rather than merely listed.

Western · Canon lawRead elsewhere