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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. 200–206

Latin

To His Wife

Ad Uxorem

Tertullian · c. 155–c. 220

Two books asking his wife not to remarry if he dies first, and if she must, not to marry a pagan — closing with a famous description of a household where both partners share the faith.

Early Church · Letter1 CorinthiansFull text