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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1577 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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

9 October 1417

Latin

Frequens

The Council of Constance

A decree requiring general councils to meet at fixed intervals — five years, then seven, then every ten — so that the church could correct itself without waiting for a crisis.

Western · Decree