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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.

1001–1100

The Eleventh Century

1 work

c. 1092–1094

Latin

On the Incarnation of the Word

Anselm of Canterbury · 1033–1109

A refutation of Roscelin's claim that if the three persons are one thing then all three became incarnate, turning on what it means for a universal to be real.

Scholastic · TheologyRead elsewhere

1301–1400

The Fourteenth Century

1 work

c. 1323

Latin

The Sum of Logic

Summa Logicae

William of Ockham · c. 1287–1347

A complete logic built on the claim that only individuals exist and universals are signs in the mind, with the principle that entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.

Franciscan · LogicRead elsewhere

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

2 works

c. 1488

Latin

Exposition of the Canon of the Mass

Gabriel Biel · c. 1420–1495

A detailed commentary on the eucharistic prayer combining nominalist theology with the devotional temper of the Common Life.

Scholastic · LiturgyRead elsewhere

c. 1484–1495

Latin

The Collectorium on the Sentences

Gabriel Biel · c. 1420–1495

A summary of Ockham's theology, teaching that God accepts those who do what lies within them and rewards it with grace.

Scholastic · Systematic theologyRead elsewhere