The works of Lactantius. Translated by William Fletcher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ante-Nicene Christian library ; v. 21-22Publication details: Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 1871.Description: 2 v. ; 23 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 281.23 An86c v.21, v.22
LOC classification:
  • BR60 .A4 1871
Contents:
Vol. 1. Of the false worship of the gods. Of the origin of error. Of the false wisdom of philosophers. Of the true wisdom and religion. Of justice. Of true worship. Of a happy life.--Vol. 2. A treatise on the anger of God. On the workmanship of God, or the formation of man. The epitome of The divine institutes. Of the manner in which the persecutors died. Fragments of Lactantius Firmianus. The phoenix. A poem on the passion of the Lord. Poem on Easter. Index.
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"[The poem] on Easter (De paschâ) is believed to have been composed by Venantius Honorianus Clementianus Fortunatus in the sixth century. The poem on the passion of the Lord ... bears the impress of a later age." -- Introductory notice, vol. I, p. xi.

"The translation has been made from Migne's edition, from which most of the notes have been taken." -- Introductory notice, vol. I, p. xii.

Vol. 1. Of the false worship of the gods. Of the origin of error. Of the false wisdom of philosophers. Of the true wisdom and religion. Of justice. Of true worship. Of a happy life.--Vol. 2. A treatise on the anger of God. On the workmanship of God, or the formation of man. The epitome of The divine institutes. Of the manner in which the persecutors died. Fragments of Lactantius Firmianus. The phoenix. A poem on the passion of the Lord. Poem on Easter. Index.

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