The Library
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.
801–900
1 work
c. 885–886
Greek
Attributed to Photius, for Basil I
An introduction to a projected revision of the law, whose second and third titles define the emperor and the patriarch as the two parts of one body politic — the emperor guarding what exists, the patriarch alone entitled to interpret the canons and to speak freely to the emperor about the salvation of souls.
1101–1200
1 work
1163–1170
Latin
Thomas Becket and his circle · c. 1120–1170
Hundreds of letters from the six-year quarrel over whether clergy accused of crimes could be tried in royal courts, preserved by both sides.
1301–1400
2 works
18 November 1302
Latin
Pope Boniface VIII · c. 1230–1303
A bull declaring that there is one church outside which there is no salvation, that both swords are the church's, and that submission to the Roman pontiff is necessary for salvation.
c. 1375–1376
Latin
John Wycliffe · c. 1328–1384
An argument that all lawful authority depends on being in a state of grace, so that sinful clergy hold their endowments unjustly and the crown may take them away.
4 of 1774 works