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The Church Fathers · 393
On Illustrious Men
De Viris Illustribus
Jerome · c. 347–420
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What it is
Short notices of a hundred and thirty-five Christian writers and their books, from Peter to Jerome himself, compiled to show pagans that Christianity had a literature.
Why it lasted
The first history of Christian literature, and often the only evidence that a given ancient work existed at all.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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