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The principal work of Lactantius is the Divine Institutes (Divinae institutions) which was written over a period of years (304-313). It is an apologetic work in seven books which bear the following titles: On False Religion, The Origin of Error, On False Philosophy, True Wisdom and Religion, Concerning Justice, On True Worship, and On the ...
LACTANTIUS Lucius Caelius (or Caecilius) Firmianus, Christian apologist; b. North Africa, c. 240; d. c. 320. As a pagan he was a pupil of arnobius the Elder and long a teacher of rhetoric; he was officially invited to teach at Nicomedia during Diocletian's reign. It is uncertain when he became a Christian, but in the persecution of 303 he lost ...
Jan 6, 2024 · Lactantius the Theologian by Anthony Coleman examines the doctrine of providence as it appears in the works of Lactantius. Lactantius in Translation The Divine Institutes, Books I-VII by Sr. Mary Francis McDonald an apologetic work: On False Religion, The Origin of Error, On False Philosophy, True Wisdom and Religion, Concerning Justice, On ...
God, in the beginning, before He made the world, from the fountain of His own eternity, and from the divine and everlasting Spirit, begot for Himself a Son incorruptible, faithful, corresponding to His Father's excellence and majesty. He is virtue, He is reason, He is the word of God, He is wisdom.
Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... Chapter 1. Of the World, and Those Who are About to Believe, and Those Who are Not; And in This the Censure of the Faithless. It is well: the foundations are laid, as the illustrious orator says.
Hailing from North Africa, Lactantius was an imperial professor of Latin rhetoric, a position that brought him to the courts of the emperors Diocletian and Constantine. This chapter explores themes in his Divine Institutes that bear on his legal thought. In addition to setting out Lactantius’s conception of religious tolerance and its ...
the divine institutes book i. preface.—of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and always has been. Chap. i.— of religion and wisdom.
