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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.

401–500

The Fifth Century

1 work

c. 400–430

Greek

The Letters

Nilus of Ancyra · d. c. 430

Over a thousand short letters to monks, officials, and bishops, most only a few lines: what to do about a brother who talks in chapel, why an official should not decorate a church he oppresses a province to pay for, how to read a psalm.

Egyptian Monastic · LettersMatthewPsalms1 CorinthiansProverbsRead elsewhere