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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

2 works

c. 313–316

Latin

On the Deaths of the Persecutors

De Mortibus Persecutorum

Lactantius · c. 250–c. 325

A grimly satisfied account of how each emperor who persecuted the church came to a bad end, closing with Constantine's victory and the edict of toleration.

Early Church · HistoryFull text

c. 337–339

Greek

The Life of Constantine

Vita Constantini

Eusebius of Caesarea · c. 260–339

A frankly admiring portrait of the first Christian emperor, including the vision of the cross before the Milvian Bridge and the documents of his religious policy quoted in full.

Early Church · BiographyRead elsewhere