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ANF07. Fathers of the Third and FourthCenturies: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius,Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teachingand Constitutions, Homily, and Liturgies
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Philip Schaff 
 
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ANF07. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius,Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily,and Liturgies 
by Philip Schaff
ANF07. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius,Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching andConstitutions, Homily, and Liturgies
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Schaff, Philip
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Grand Rapids,MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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Public Domain
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2004-07-04
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Carefully proofed except for extended Latin sections on pp. 189-190,293-294 of the print edition.
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All;EarlyChurch; Symbols; Proofed
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Table of Contents
p. ii
About This Book ......................................
p. 1Title Page..........................................p. 3Introductory Notice....................................p. 5Lactantius..........................................p. 5Introductory Notice to Lactantius...........................p. 10The Divine Institutes..................................p. 10Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods....................p. 10Preface.—Of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and alwayshas been........................................p. 11Chap. I.—Of religion and wisdom........................p. 13Chap. II.—That there is a providence in the affairs of men........p. 13Chap. III.—Whether the universe is governed by the power of one Godor of many.......................................p. 15Chap. IV.—That the one God was foretold even by the prophets....p. 16Chap. V.—Of the testimonies of poets and philosophers.........p. 19Chap. VI.—Of divine testimonies, and of the Sibyls and theirpredictions.......................................p. 21Chap. VII.—Concerning the testimonies of Apollo and the gods.....p. 23Chap. VIII.—That God is without a body, nor does he need differenceof sex for procreation................................p. 24Chap. IX.—Of Hercules and his life and death...............p. 25Chap. X.—Of the life and actions of Æsculapius, Apollo, Neptune, Mars,Castor and Pollux, Mercury and Bacchus...................p. 26Chap. XI.—Of the origin, life, reign, name and death of Jupiter, and ofSaturn and Uranus.................................p. 32Chap. XII.—That the stoics transfer the figments of the poets to aphilosophical system................................p. 33Chap. XIII.—How vain and trifling are the interpretations of the stoicsrespecting the gods, and in them concerning the origin of Jupiter,concerning Saturn and Ops............................p. 35Chap. XIV.—What the sacred history of Euhemerus and Ennius teachesconcerning the gods................................p. 36Chap. XV.—How they who were men obtained the name of gods....p. 39Chap. XVI.—By what argument it is proved that those who aredistinguished by a difference of sex cannot be gods............
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