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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.

501–600

The Sixth Century

1 work

c. 547–550

Greek

Christian Topography

Cosmas Indicopleustes · 6th century

A merchant-turned-monk argues that the universe is shaped like the tabernacle of Moses, and reports at first hand on the Christians of Ceylon and the Malabar coast.

Church of the East · CosmologyExodusHebrewsRead elsewhere

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1680

English

The Life and Death of Mr Badman

John Bunyan · 1628–1688

The biography of a thoroughly bad man — a cheating tradesman and cruel husband — told as a conversation between two neighbours who knew him.

Baptist · DialogueRead elsewhere