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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.

201–300

The Third Century

1 work

c. 280–300

Latin

On the Creation of the World

De Fabrica Mundi

Victorinus of Pettau · d. c. 304

A short reading of the six days built entirely on the number seven — seven heavens, seven spirits, seven days, seven weeks to Pentecost — and defending the Friday fast and the Sunday assembly from the pattern.

Western · TreatiseGenesisRevelationExodusFull text

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

c. 1441–1450

Ge'ez

The Book of Light

Mashafa Berhan

Zar'a Ya'eqob · 1399–1468

An emperor's treatise ordering the observance of both Sabbath and Sunday, condemning magical practices, and defining correct devotion to Mary and the cross.

Ethiopian · TheologyRead elsewhere