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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1277 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.

801–900

The Ninth Century

1 work

c. 890–899

Old English

The Old English Boethius

Alfred the Great and his circle · 849–899

The Consolation of Philosophy rendered into English with substantial additions, Christianising Lady Philosophy and adding discussions of fate, free will, and kingship.

Anglo-Saxon · Translation

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

1418

Latin

The Consolation of Theology

Jean Gerson · 1363–1429

Written in exile after Constance in imitation of Boethius, on how to keep hope when reform has failed and the church one worked for looks no better.

Western · Dialogue