c. 356–360
Latin
On the Trinity
De Trinitate
Hilary of Poitiers · c. 310–367
Twelve books written in exile in Asia Minor, bringing the Greek arguments against Arianism into Latin for a Western church that had barely followed the controversy.
301–400
The Fourth Century
1 work
401–500
The Fifth Century
1 work
c. 450
Syriac
The Bazaar of Heracleides
Nestorius · c. 386–c. 451
A long self-defence written in exile under a pseudonym, arguing that the author had never taught what he was condemned for and welcoming Leo's Tome as his own position.
Antiochene · Apologia
1401–1500
The Fifteenth Century
1 work
1418
Latin
The Consolation of Theology
Jean Gerson · 1363–1429
Written in exile after Constance in imitation of Boethius, on how to keep hope when reform has failed and the church one worked for looks no better.
Western · Dialogue
1501–1600
The Sixteenth Century
1 work
1582; Old Testament at Douai 1609–1610
English
The Rheims New Testament
Gregory Martin and the English College
An English Catholic translation from the Vulgate, made by exiles and deliberately literal, with notes answering Protestant readings verse by verse.
Western · Translation
1601–1700
The Seventeenth Century
2 works
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
1686–1688
French
Philosophical Commentary on the Words Compel Them to Come In
Pierre Bayle · 1647–1706
A refutation of the text used to justify forced conversion, arguing that an erring conscience binds as much as a correct one and must therefore be left free.
Reformed · PolemicLuke