The Library
1277 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.
301–400
2 works
c. 363
Latin
Marius Victorinus · c. 290–c. 364
The work of an elderly and celebrated rhetorician whose late conversion caused a sensation in Rome, reading Paul with a Neoplatonist's philosophical vocabulary.
c. 366–384
Latin
Ambrosiaster
A complete Latin commentary on thirteen letters of Paul by an anonymous Roman writer, plain, historically minded, and free of allegory.
401–500
2 works
c. 405–410
Latin
Pelagius · c. 354–c. 420
A brisk, practical commentary emphasising moral effort and the example of Christ, which circulated widely under other names after its author was condemned.
412
Latin
De Spiritu et Littera
Augustine of Hippo · 354–430
The first sustained answer to Pelagius: the law shows what to do but cannot supply the will to do it, which only grace poured into the heart provides.
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