Divinae institutiones lactantius biography
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Lactantius
Roman Christian initiator (c. 250 – c. 325)
For say publicly 4th-century originator, see Lactantius Placidus.
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Fourth-century picture possibly portraying Lactantius | |
| Born | Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius c. 250 Possibly Cirta, Numidia |
| Died | c. 325 (aged c. 75) |
| Citizenship | Roman |
| Notable works | Institutiones Divinae |
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Lactantius - LAST REVIEWED: 26 November 2019
- LAST MODIFIED: 26 November 2019
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0344
- LAST REVIEWED: 26 November 2019
- LAST MODIFIED: 26 November 2019
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0344
Bowen, Anthony, and Peter Garnsey. 2003. Lactantius, Divine Institutes. Translated Texts for Historians 40. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool Univ. Press.
DOI: 10.3828/978-0-85323-988-8
Offers a precise and helpful introduction.
Colot, Blandine. 2016. Lactance. Penser la conversion de Rome au temps de Constantin. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore.
A comprehensive study of Lactantius’s political and religious concepts, particularly as they appear in the Divine Institutes.
Fontaine, Jacques, and Michel Perrin. 1978. Lactance et son temps. Recherches actuelles. Paris: Éditions Beauchesne.
A collection of sixteen essays on historical, literary, and religious topics raised by Lactantius and his work. Most contributions are still of fundamental importance.
Guillaumin, Jean-Yves, and Stéphane Ratti. 2003. Autour de Lactance. Hommages à Pierre Monat. Besançon, France: Presses Univ. de Franche-Comté.
A collection of essays of which five refer to Lactantius.
Jackson Bryce’s Bibliography of Lactantius.
An excellent annotated bibliography in four parts (bibliographical works, early editi
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The Divine Institutes
Theological work by Lactantius
Institutiones Divinae (Classical Latin:[ĩːstɪtuːtiˈoːneːsdiːˈwiːnae̯], Ecclesiastical Latin:[institutsiˈonesdiˈvine]; The Divine Institutes) is the name of a theological work by the Christian Roman philosopher Lactantius, written between AD 303 and 311.
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[edit]Arguably the most important of Lactantius's works, the Divinae institutiones—the title of which was meant to correspond to the institutiones that expressed the workings of civil law—is both a systematic as well as apologetic work that, as Patrick Healy argues, "point out the futility of pagan beliefs and to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity."[1][2] The work was the first full attempt to defend Christian theology in Latin, and it was likely written to appeal to and convince educated pagans.[1][3] While Lactantius focused much of Divinae institutiones on combating the claims of pagan writers (who at the time were aiding the persecutors of Christianity by writing specialized attack pamphlets), the author also sought to make his work "sufficiently broad" so that it might stem criticisms from all directions.[1]
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[edit]Book VII of the work indica