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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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

2 works

c. 1440

Latin

The Lives of Groote, Radewijns, and Their Disciples

Thomas à Kempis · c. 1380–1471

Short lives of the founders and early members of the Devotio Moderna, written by a man who had known many of them personally.

Devotio Moderna · BiographyRead elsewhere

c. 1470–1489

Latin

The Collected Treatises

Wessel Gansfort · c. 1419–1489

Writings on prayer, the eucharist, indulgences, and the authority of scripture over papal decree, circulated in manuscript among a small circle.

Devotio Moderna · TreatisesRead elsewhere

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

1561

French

The Belgic Confession

Guido de Brès · 1522–1567

A confession written for the persecuted Reformed churches of the Low Countries and thrown over a castle wall to the authorities with a plea for toleration.

Reformed · ConfessionRead elsewhere