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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.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1177–1214

Greek

The Ritual Ordinance and Writings

Neophytos the Recluse · 1134–c. 1214

The rule and commentaries of a Cypriot hermit who carved his own cell out of a cliff, including a bitter account of the English seizure of Cyprus in 1191.

Byzantine · RuleRead elsewhere