The Library
1693 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
2 works
c. 208–212
Latin
De Resurrectione Carnis
Tertullian · c. 155–c. 220
A defence of the resurrection of the body in its full physicality against those who would spiritualise it, arguing that flesh is the hinge of salvation.
252
Latin
De Mortalitate
Cyprian of Carthage · c. 210–258
Written during a plague that killed Christians and pagans alike, answering the complaint that the faithful were not being spared, and asking why people who say they long for heaven grieve at going there.
1401–1500
1 work
1418
Latin
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.
2001–2100
1 work
2008
English
N. T. Wright · b. 1948
A New Testament historian argues that the Christian hope is not disembodied souls in heaven but resurrection into a renewed creation, and works out what that does to funerals, politics, and the point of present work.
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