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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.

201–300

The Third Century

1 work

c. 200–250

Greek, surviving in Coptic

The Exegesis on the Soul

Anonymous

The soul as a woman who falls into prostitution, is passed between robbers, bears illegitimate children, and finally turns and weeps — at which the Father sends her own brother down to her as bridegroom, and the bridal chamber restores her.

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