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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1082] [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]
[1083] [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]
[1084] φω̑τες. There is here a play on the double meaning of the word—φω̑ς, a light, and φώς, a man. Some editions read “φω̑ς nuncupatur.”
[1085] [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]
[1086] [The Lutherans retain altar-lights in Europe, and their use has never been wholly obsolete in the Anglican churches; but it is evident from our author that “from the beginning it was not so.” This is not said with any scruple against their use where it is authorized by competent legislation.]
[1087] Saginam, thick coarse food, such as that which was given to gladiators.
[1088] Persius, Sat., ii. 29.
[1089] [Ad justitiam. In Christian use, it means more than “justice,” which is put here by the translator.]
[1090] [1 John iii. 1-8. The ethical truth of the Gospel was understood and exemplified by the primitive faithful.]
[1091] [One wonders whether the Duæ Viæ here be not a reference to the “Apost. Constitutions” (book vii.), which, with the Bryennios discovery, will receive attention hereafter.]
[1092] [Again the Duæ Viæ. See capp. 1 and 5, in (eds. Hitchcock and Brown) the Bryennios ms., pp. 3 and 13.]
[1093] Virg., Æneid, vi. 540.
[1094] Evadat ad bonam frugem.
[1095] Frugalitatis.
[1096] [Again the Duæ Viæ. See capp. 1 and 5, in (eds. Hitchcock and Brown) the Bryennios ms., pp. 3 and 13.]
[1097] [Again the Duæ Viæ. See capp. 1 and 5, in (eds. Hitchcock and Brown) the Bryennios ms., pp. 3 and 13.]
[1098] [Universal redemption is lovingly set forth by our author.]
[1099] [A reference to the baptismal rite; the catechumen renouncing the works of darkness with his face to the west, and turning eastward to confess the Sun of Righteousness.]
Chap. IV.—Of the Ways of Life, of Pleasures, Also of the Hardships of Christians.
[1100] Virg., Æneid, vi. 542.
[1101] Posita sunt omnia. There is another reading, “posuit Deus omnia.”
[1102] Pignoribus.
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