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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.

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

3 works

28 January 1573

Latin

The Warsaw Confederation

The Polish nobility

A sworn agreement among nobles of differing religions that they will not shed blood over faith, made a condition of every subsequent royal election.

Western · LawRead elsewhere

1574

Polish

The Confession of the Polish Brethren

The Minor Reformed Church of Poland

A catechism of the Polish anti-trinitarians, teaching one God the Father, a fully human Christ, believers' baptism, and refusal of the magistrate's sword.

Radical Reformation · CatechismRead elsewhere

1595–1596

Latin

The Articles of the Union of Brest

The Ruthenian bishops

Thirty-three conditions on which Orthodox bishops of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth entered communion with Rome while keeping the Byzantine rite and married clergy.

Byzantine · ArticlesRead elsewhere