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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.

1201–1300

The Thirteenth Century

1 work

c. 1275–1285

Syriac

The Book of the Dove

Bar Hebraeus · 1226–1286

A guide for solitaries without a spiritual director, ending with the author's own account of how he came to peace by ceasing to argue about doctrine.

Miaphysite · MysticalRead elsewhere

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

1453

Latin

On the Peace of Faith

De Pace Fidei

Nicholas of Cusa · 1401–1464

Written weeks after Constantinople fell: representatives of every nation and religion meet in heaven and find that beneath the variety of rites there is one faith.

Western · DialogueRead elsewhere