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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.

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

1595–1596

Latin

The Articles of the Union of Brest

The Ruthenian bishops

Thirty-three conditions on which Orthodox bishops of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth entered communion with Rome while keeping the Byzantine rite and married clergy.

Byzantine · ArticlesRead elsewhere

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1640; approved 1642

Latin

The Orthodox Confession

Peter Mogila · 1596–1646

A catechism written to answer Lucaris and to arm Orthodox clergy in Poland-Lithuania against Catholic and Protestant argument, structured like a Western catechism.

Byzantine · CatechismRead elsewhere