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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 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.

901–1000

The Tenth Century

2 works

c. 970–973

Greek

The Typikon of the Great Lavra

Athanasius the Athonite · c. 920–c. 1003

The founding rule of the first great monastery on Mount Athos, setting out the daily office, the common table, and the balance between community and solitary cells.

Byzantine · RuleRead elsewhere

c. 985–1028

Georgian

The Georgian Translations

Euthymius the Athonite · c. 955–1028

Greek scripture, liturgy, and patristic works rendered into Georgian at the Iviron monastery on Athos, along with a Greek version of an Indian Buddhist tale reworked as a Christian romance.

Georgian · TranslationRead elsewhere

1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1044–1065

Georgian

The Georgian Bible and Liturgical Translations

Giorgi Mtatsmindeli · 1009–1065

A revision of the Georgian scriptures and service books against Greek originals, undertaken to bring the Georgian church into line with Byzantine usage.

Georgian · TranslationRead elsewhere

1301–1400

The Fourteenth Century

1 work

1340

Greek

The Hagioritic Tome

Gregory Palamas and the monks of Athos

A declaration signed by the leading monks of Mount Athos affirming that the light of Tabor was uncreated and that the saints genuinely participate in God.

Byzantine · ManifestoRead elsewhere