The Library
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.
201–300
1 work
c. 203
Greek
Quis Dives Salvetur
Clement of Alexandria · c. 150 – c. 215
A sermon on the rich young ruler arguing that the command is to be poor in the soul's attachment rather than in the purse, since a man stripped of property may still be consumed by wanting it. It closes with the story of John and the young man who became a bandit chief, whom the old apostle rode into the hills to reclaim.
1301–1400
3 works
c. 1294–1302
Middle High German
Die rede der underscheidunge
Meister Eckhart · c. 1260–1328
Table talk for young friars on obedience, detachment, and why a person who has learned to find God in one place will find him everywhere, including in the stable.
c. 1308–1318
Middle High German
Meister Eckhart · c. 1260–1328
Written for a queen in grief: consolation not by softening loss but by arguing that whoever is wholly given over to God cannot be robbed of anything that matters.
c. 1300–1327
Middle High German
Meister Eckhart · c. 1260–1328
Sermons preached to nuns and laypeople on the birth of the Word in the soul, the ground where God and the soul are one, and the counsel to pray God to be rid of God.
1501–1600
1 work
c. 1578–1585
Spanish
John of the Cross · 1542–1591
A systematic account of the active night, in which memory, understanding, and will are emptied of every attachment — including attachment to spiritual consolations.
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