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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.

701–800

The Eighth Century

1 work

c. 775–784

Latin

The Conflict of the Vices and Virtues

De Conflictu Vitiorum et Virtutum

Ambrosius Autpertus · c. 730 – 784

Each vice speaks in its own voice and the answering virtue replies with a verse of scripture: pride against humility, gluttony against abstinence, anger against patience. It is a debate script rather than a treatise, and short enough to memorise.

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