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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1693 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.

1201–1300

The Thirteenth Century

2 works

c. 1232–1235

Latin

The Hexaemeron

Robert Grosseteste · c. 1168–1253

A commentary on the six days combining patristic exegesis with optics, astronomy, and the author's own observations of the natural world.

Scholastic · CommentaryGenesis

c. 1250

Latin

On the Division of the Sciences

Robert Kilwardby · c. 1215–1279

A map of all the sciences and their relations to one another, written for students entering the arts faculty and needing to know what they were studying.

Dominican · Education

1301–1400

The Fourteenth Century

1 work

c. 1344

Latin

On the Cause of God Against Pelagius

Thomas Bradwardine · c. 1300–1349

A mathematician's defence of grace and predestination, arguing more geometrico against contemporaries he thought had made salvation depend on human initiative.

Scholastic · TheologyRomans