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The Divine Institutes of Lactantius was a vigorous riposte to pagan criticism and persecution of Christianity, which came to a head in the ‘Great’ Persecution of Diocletian in the early fourth century AD.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Translator's Preface List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • DIVINE INSTITUTES
  • Book 1 False Religion
  • Book 2 The Origin of Error
  • Book 3 False Wisdom
  • Book 4 True Wisdom and Religion
  • Book 5 Justice
  • Book 6 True Worship
  • Book 7 The Life of Bliss
  • Index of Proper Names

Lactantius Divine Institutes

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    A Paperback by Anthony Bowen, Peter Garnsey


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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780853239888, 978-0853239888
      ISBN10: 0853239886

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Divine Institutes of Lactantius was a vigorous riposte to pagan criticism and persecution of Christianity, which came to a head in the ‘Great’ Persecution of Diocletian in the early fourth century AD.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Translator's Preface List of Abbreviations
      • Introduction
      • DIVINE INSTITUTES
      • Book 1 False Religion
      • Book 2 The Origin of Error
      • Book 3 False Wisdom
      • Book 4 True Wisdom and Religion
      • Book 5 Justice
      • Book 6 True Worship
      • Book 7 The Life of Bliss
      • Index of Proper Names

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