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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.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

written c. 1592–1608; published 1609

French

The Rule of Perfection

Benet of Canfield · 1562–1610

The will of God in three degrees — exterior, interior, and essential — taught by an English Capuchin who directed much of the French spiritual revival.

Franciscan · MysticalRead elsewhere