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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1577 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.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1138–1139

Latin

Know Thyself

Scito Te Ipsum

Peter Abelard · 1079–1142

An argument that sin lies in consent rather than in the deed or even the desire, so that those who crucified Christ without knowing who he was did not sin in doing it.

Scholastic · Ethics