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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.

601–700

The Seventh Century

1 work

633–634

Greek

The Psephos and the Letter to Honorius

Sergius I of Constantinople · d. 638

A patriarch's attempt to reunite an empire split by Chalcedon: stop arguing about one energy or two, he rules, and simply confess one will in Christ. The letter to Rome presents this as a settled peace and asks for agreement.

Contested · Decree and letterJohnLukePhilippiansMatthewRead elsewhere

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1152

Armenian

Jesus the Son

Hisus Ordi

Nerses Shnorhali · 1102–1173

Some eight thousand lines running from creation to the last judgement, written in a single rhyme and intended to teach the whole faith in verse.

Armenian · PoetryRead elsewhere