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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

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

February 1527

German

The Schleitheim Confession

Michael Sattler and the Swiss Brethren · c. 1490–1527

Seven articles: baptism on confession of faith, the ban, the breaking of bread, separation from the world, shepherds, the sword, and the oath.

Anabaptist · ConfessionRead elsewhere

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1644

English

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution

Roger Williams · c. 1603–1683

An argument for a wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, and for liberty of conscience for pagans, Jews, and Turks alike.

Baptist · DialogueFull text