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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1277 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

2 works

c. 1440–1443

Czech

The Net of Faith

Sít víry

Petr Chelčický · c. 1390–c. 1460

The church as a net torn by two great whales — pope and emperor — and an argument that a Christian may not swear oaths, hold office, own another's labour, or take up arms at all.

Hussite · Treatise

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

written 1623; published 1631

Czech

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

Jan Amos Comenius · 1592–1670

A pilgrim tours the city of the world with two guides who make everything look better than it is, finds every trade absurd, and returns inward to find Christ.

Hussite · Allegory