Lactantius - Wikipedia Lucius Caecilius Firmianus 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, [1] and a tutor to his son Crispus
Lactantius | Early Church, Latin Apologist, Roman Empire | Britannica 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
CHURCH FATHERS: Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died (Lactantius) Behold, all the adversaries are destroyed, and tranquillity having been re-established throughout the Roman empire, the late oppressed Church arises again, and the temple of God, overthrown by the hands of the wicked, is built with more glory than before
Lactantius - Early Christian Writings Lactantius marks the end of the age of apologetics in the West, but his apologetics are already much more different from those of Tertullian, thus reflecting the changing times
Lactantius - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius (c 250– c 325 CE) was a Christian Latin author during the Diocletianic persecution and the times of Constantine the Great Lactantius was born in Africa, studied with the rhetor Arnobius in Sicca Veneria, and became a teacher of rhetoric himself
EarlyChurch. org. uk: Lactantius (c. 250 -c. 325) Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius trained as a rhetorician under Arnobius the Elder [1] He was appointed by Emperor Diocletian (c 245-313) as head of rhetoric at Nicomedia in about AD 300, which he resigned upon his conversion to Christianity
Author info: Lactantius - Christian Classics Ethereal Library Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author (ca 240 – ca 320) who became an advisor to the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine I, guiding his religious policy as it developed, and tutor to his son
Lactantius - Encyclopedia. com Its authorship is no longer questioned Lactantius's Epitome of his Institutiones and a poem on the phoenix are also extant In style Lactantius is the most classical of the early Christian Latin authors He uses pagan authors, especially Cicero, Lucretius, and Vergil
Lactantius – Toms Theology Blog Lactantius criticized the moral failings and absurdities of pagan religions, particularly their idolatry and myths He argued that these practices degraded humanity and failed to provide a meaningful foundation for ethics or worship