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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.

801–900

The Ninth Century

1 work

843, expanded later

Greek

The Synodikon of Orthodoxy

The Synod of Constantinople

A proclamation read aloud on the first Sunday of Lent, blessing the defenders of icons by name and anathematising their opponents, expanded over the centuries as new errors were added.

Byzantine · ProclamationRead elsewhere

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1610–1625

Latin

Theological Commonplaces

Loci Theologici

Johann Gerhard · 1582–1637

Nine folio volumes covering the whole of doctrine with exhaustive citation of scripture, the fathers, and opponents, in the full scholastic apparatus.

Lutheran · Systematic theologyRead elsewhere