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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.

1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1049

Latin

The Book of Gomorrah

Liber Gomorrhianus

Peter Damian · c. 1007–1072

An unsparing denunciation addressed to the pope concerning sexual misconduct among the clergy and the practice of confessors absolving their own partners.

Western · PolemicRead elsewhere