"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. Contents: The Divine Institutes Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods. Book II. Of the Origin of Error. Book III. Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers. Book IV. Of True Wisdom and Religion. Book V. Of Justice. Book VI. Of True Worship. Book VII. Of a Happy Life. The Epitome of the Divine Institutes A Treatise on the Anger o...

Known since the Renaissance as the "Christian Cicero," Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was a professor of Latin rhetoric, Christian apologist, and theologian at the court of Emperor Constantine. In this historical study, Jason M. Gehrke examines the central notion ofÂvirtusÂin Lactantius's major work,ÂThe Divine Institutes of the Christian Religion. This book begins by tracing the reception of classical Roman political and philosophical arguments about divineÂvi...

This anthology edited by Philip Schaff, a renowned ecclesiastic historian, includes the most important works by early Christian theologians. Their comportment and sacrifice, their lectures and preaching, their moral values, and their understanding of Christianity and its most precious messages - shaped the foundations of the Christianity, helping it spread throughout the Roman Empire and beyond its borders during the first centuries after the death of Jesus. The edition includes: Volume I:...

A thought-provoking work that offers a commentary on the love and kindness of God as well as His fairness and anger. Lactantius dwells on these seemingly conflicting ideas and beautifully expresses that God is compassionate yet impartial in meting out justice. Profound!

Firmianus Lactantius wird nicht umsonst der "christliche Cicero" genannt. In seinen Schriften verteidigt er in bestechender Weise die christliche Religion gegen Heiden und Atheisten und führt unwiderlegbare Argumente gegen die damaligen Philosophenschulen an. Seine Werke sind in historischer und religiöser Betrachtung wertvolle Zeugnisse des frühen Christentums und eines unerschütterlich festen Charakters, der für seinen Glauben an die Wahrheit, auch in letzter Konsequenz, den Tod nicht sc...