A Literary History of Ecclesiastical Writers
Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum historia literaria
Latin
1688-1698
1206 pages
First Translation
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
William Cave's 'Historia Literaria' (1688) was a seminal Latin reference work for the Republic of Letters. Extensive searches across major library catalogs, including the Internet Archive and scholarly databases via OpenAlex, confirm that while the work is frequently cited in academic literature, no full or partial English translation of this specific bibliographic history has ever been published. The work remains in its original Latin.
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Embark on a scholarly detective mission to separate sacred truth from 'fabulous' legends in the early Church. William Cave’s monumental history reconstructs the 'Middle Path' of the Church of England, mapping the lives and writings of the Apostles against a backdrop of ancient forgeries and Roman overreach.
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