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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1046] Officium.
Chap. XIX.—Of Virtue and the Tortures of Christians, and of the Right of a Father and Master.
[1047] Thus far he has refuted the arguments of Furius, the advocate of injustice. He now shows the reasons why Lælius, who was esteemed most wise, does not worthily maintain the cause of justice, i.e., because he was ignorant of heavenly wisdom. [See cap. xvii. p. 152, supra.]
[1048] De Republ., i. 3.
[1049] Vid. ch. xii.
[1050] [In focum. Here it means the brazier placed before an image.]
[1051] Generandi ministrum.
[1052] [Perpetually recurring are such ideas and interpretations of God’s warnings. Vol. iv. p. 542.]
Chap. XX.—Of the Vanity and Crimes, Impious Superstitions, and of the Tortures of the Christians.
[1053] Prædonum. Some refer this to the priests; others, with greater probability, to the demons alluded to in the sentence.
[1054] Ludibriis.
[1055] Ex mortibus. Another reading is, ex moribus.
[1056] [That is, the introductions, historically recorded, of such rites; e.g., by Numa. See vol. iii. p. 36, this series.]
[1057] Carnificina.
[1058] Virg., Æn., iii. 112.
[1059] Suscepta publicè sacra.
[1060] [“Parcus Deorum cultor et infrequens:” so Horace describes himself in this spirit. Odes, book i. 34, p. 215, ed. Delphin.]
[1061] [See p. 155, note 2, supra.]
[1062] [Lib ii. cap. 10. A noble reference in this chapter to equality among men.]
[1063] Mimos agi.
Chap. XXII.—Of the Rage of the Demons Against Christians, and the Error of Unbelievers.
[1064] Pergitur enim…furore. Another reading is, “Perciti enim perferuntur…furore.”
[1065] Exsulantur. Other readings are, “exsolantur,” “expelluntur,” “exultantur.” [Compare p. 393, note 1, vol. v., this series.]
[1066] Eos ipsos, i.e., Christians.
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