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3505926 No.3505926 [Reply] [Original]

What are the best classic novels based on christian themes/mythology?

>> No.3505946

the da vinci code

>> No.3505962

For Christian mythology, try the bible.

>> No.3505965

>>3505962
This.

If you are more into fanfiction, go for Paradise Lost or The Divine Comedy.

>> No.3505968

>>3505965
Dude, even the bible is fan-fiction of itself. different authors came along later and wrote stories about the mary sue descendants of the earlier heroes.

>> No.3505970

>>3505962
>Christian mythology
>bible
>implying the bible is comprised of mere fables
You're probably an atheist with a drug problem. Late 20s, unshaven, faint smell of despair and aftershave. Am I right? It doesn't matter. The bible is infallible.

>> No.3505977

>>3505970
Don't feed the troll, /lit/.

>> No.3505988
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>>3505970
>complains about being unshaven
>implying leveticus dosent command noit to shave
>mfw

>> No.3506059

>>3505965
This.

>> No.3506064

>>3505965
I'm already aware of these, but this is the kind of thing I'm looking for.

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3506226

The works of Chrétien de Troyes on the quest for the Holy Grail.

The Golden Legend by Jacques de Voragine for the lives of the saints : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Legend

The poems of William Blake, even if it's very personal and mystic.

Tristan and Iseult for a medieval christian view of love.

>> No.3506292

Pilgrim's Progress, motherfucker. And if you like that give Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus a spin, it's like a Gnostic Pilgrim's Progress in early 20th-century sci-fi

>> No.3506932

>>3505970

>drugs a lot
>late twenties
>unshaven
f>aint smell of despair and aftershave
>scum

>drinks a lot
>early thirties
>unshaven
>faint smell of despair because if immanent self-sacrifice and fragrant oil
>lord and savior

You sure are picky.

>> No.3506939

>>3505965

Neither of those are novels, but I agree with the sentiment.

>> No.3507455

>>3505988
lol

>> No.3507519
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3507519

get ready for this:

all of them.