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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.

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

1570

Latin

The Roman Missal

Pope Pius V and the Tridentine commission

A single order of mass imposed on the Western church, replacing local uses except those more than two centuries old.

Western · LiturgyRead elsewhere