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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1693 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.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

2 works

1608

Dutch

The Declaration of Sentiments

Jacobus Arminius · 1560–1609

A defence before the States of Holland of his views on predestination, arguing that election is conditional on foreseen faith and that God's grace may be resisted.

Reformed · ApologiaRomans

1610

Dutch

The Remonstrance

The followers of Arminius

Five articles submitted to the Dutch government: conditional election, universal atonement, total depravity, resistible grace, and uncertainty about final perseverance.

Reformed · Articles