I Have often observed, Donatus, that many persons hold this opinion, which some philosophers also have maintained, that God is not subject to anger; since the divine nature is either altogether beneficent, and that it is inconsistent with His surpassing and excellent power to do injury to any one; or, at any rate, He takes no notice of us at all, so that no advantage comes to us from His goodness, and no evil from Hi
Surviving excerpts from Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius’s writings, collected here as Fragments of Lactantius. Readers can examine passages preserved apart from their original complete works. The opening subject is “ii. within our memory, also, lactantius speaks of metres,-the pentameter (he says) and the tetrameter. 3.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses prayer, judgment, and the law in Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died. The opening subject is “the fugitive, who slew his own mother, being to come from the uttermost boundaries of the earth; .”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses the soul, truth, and divine providence in On the Workmanship of God, or the Formation of Man. The opening subject is “of the production of the beasts and of man.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses truth, virtue, and marriage in The Divine Institutes Book 1. The opening subject is “of the false worship of the gods.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses the soul, truth, and divine providence in The Divine Institutes Book 2. The opening subject is “of the origin of error.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses the soul, virtue, and knowledge in The Divine Institutes Book 3. The opening subject is “of philosophy, and how vain was its occupation in setting forth the truth.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses truth, the law, and suffering in The Divine Institutes Book 4. The opening subject is “where Wisdom is to be found; why pythagoras and plato did not approach the jews.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses virtue, truth, and the soul in The Divine Institutes Book 5. The opening subject is “to what an extent the Christian truth has been assailed by rash men.”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius discusses virtue, the law, and knowledge in The Divine Institutes Book 6. The opening subject is “of the worship of false gods and the true God.”
