The Library
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.
1401–1500
1 work
c. 1440–1443
Czech
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Petr Chelčický · c. 1390–c. 1460
The church as a net torn by two great whales — pope and emperor — and an argument that a Christian may not swear oaths, hold office, own another's labour, or take up arms at all.
1501–1600
2 works
February 1527
German
Michael Sattler and the Swiss Brethren · c. 1490–1527
Seven articles: baptism on confession of faith, the ban, the breaking of bread, separation from the world, shepherds, the sword, and the oath.
1539–1540
Dutch
Menno Simons · c. 1496–1561
A former priest sets out a peaceable Anabaptism after the catastrophe at Münster — believers' baptism, discipleship, non-resistance, and separation from violence.
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