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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.

1401–1500

The Fifteenth Century

1 work

c. 1495–1510; recorded by disciples

Italian

The Spiritual Dialogue

Catherine of Genoa · 1447–1510

A dialogue among the Soul, the Body, and Self-Love on the long process of being stripped of self-interest, based on her own account of forty years.

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1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

c. 1689–1715

French

The Letters of Spiritual Direction

François Fénelon · 1651–1715

Letters to courtiers, soldiers, and women of the court on detachment, self-love, and bearing with one's own faults without discouragement.

Western · LettersRead elsewhere