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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.

501–600

The Sixth Century

1 work

543

Greek

Letter to Menas Against Origen

Justinian I · 482–565

An imperial letter listing and condemning the errors attributed to Origen — pre-existent souls, the restoration of all things — and requiring bishops to subscribe.

Byzantine · EdictRead elsewhere

601–700

The Seventh Century

1 work

634

Latin

Letter to Sergius

Honorius I · d. 638

Rome's reply to Sergius, agreeing that the question should be dropped and adding the sentence that would cost him: we confess one will of our Lord Jesus Christ. He appears to have meant that Christ had no divided will, not that he had only one.

Western · Papal letterJohnMatthewLukeRomansRead elsewhere

1201–1300

The Thirteenth Century

1 work

7 March 1277

Latin

The Condemnation of 219 Propositions

Stephen Tempier · d. 1279

A bishop of Paris condemns two hundred and nineteen propositions taught in the arts faculty, including several that limited what God could have done.

Western · CondemnationRead elsewhere