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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.

301–400

The Fourth Century

1 work

c. 390–391

Latin

On the Sacraments

De Sacramentis

Ambrose of Milan · c. 339 – 397

Six addresses to the newly baptised at Milan, apparently taken down by a shorthand writer as Ambrose spoke — repetitive, colloquial, and much less polished than his written work. It quotes the eucharistic prayer he actually used, word for word.

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