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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.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

2 works

1676

Latin

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

Robert Barclay · 1648–1690

Fifteen propositions setting out Quaker belief systematically — the inward light, the universal saving seed, silent worship, and refusal of oaths and war.

Quaker · Systematic theologyRead elsewhere

dictated c. 1673–1676; published 1694

English

The Journal

George Fox · 1624–1691

The founder of the Quakers records his search, the opening that Christ can speak to a person's condition directly, and years of imprisonment for refusing oaths and hat-honour.

Quaker · AutobiographyRead elsewhere