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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.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1125–1136

Latin

The Meditations

Guigo I · 1083–1136

Private notes of extraordinary bleakness and precision on self-deception, on wanting to be thought good, and on the difference between loving God and loving one's feelings about God.

Western Monastic · AphorismsRead elsewhere

1301–1400

The Fourteenth Century

1 work

c. 1347–1353

Latin

My Secret Book

Secretum Meum

Francesco Petrarca · 1304–1374

An imagined dialogue in which Augustine cross-examines the author about his desire for fame and his love for Laura, and the author declines to be cured.

Western · DialogueRead elsewhere