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Lucius Caecilius Firmianus signo Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus.
Lactantius was a Christian apologist and one of the most reprinted of the Latin Church Fathers, whose Divinae institutiones (“Divine Precepts”), a classically styled philosophical refutation of early-4th-century anti-Christian tracts, was the first systematic Latin account of the Christian attitude.
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Nov 26, 2019 · A comprehensive overview of the life and works of Lactantius, a Christian Latin author and tutor of Constantine the Great. Find introductions, translations, commentaries, and bibliographies on his apologetic, historical, and philosophical writings.
Lactantius argues that God has emotions and anger in his treatise De ira Dei, contrasting with Eusebius' impassible God. He uses Latin rhetorical discourse and biblical texts to defend Christianity against pagan critics and persecutors.
Lactantius was a Latin apologist and tutor of Constantine in the 4th century A.D. He wrote several treatises and poems on Christian doctrine, philosophy, and history, some of which are available online.
May 25, 2024 · Lactantius (c. 240—320) was a Roman rhetorician and a convert to Christianity. He wrote several works in Latin, including Divinae Institutiones, De Opificio Dei, De Ira Dei, and De Mortibus Persecutorum.
Lactantius was a North African rhetorician who became a Christian and wrote several works defending Christianity against paganism and philosophy. He used pagan sources and Ciceronian style, and was influential in the Renaissance.
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