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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[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.
[1103] It was customary in many of the ancient states to connect the year with the name of the chief magistrate who was then in office. Thus at Athens the title of the chief magistrate was Archon Eponymus, giving name to the year; and at Rome, the year was reckoned by the names of the consuls then in office.
[1104] [Ut infinita et perpetua potestate dominos se dici velint universi generis humani. A bold hint to Constantine.]
[1105] Variis. Another reading is “vanis.”
[1106] Philosophiam in oculos impingit. [A warning to the emperor, a reflection on such as the Antonines, and a prolepsis of Julian.]
Chap. V.—Of False and True Virtue; And of Knowledge.
[1107] [Inutilia.]
[1108] Hostem atque inimicum: the former word signifies a “public,” the latter a “private enemy.”
[1109] [De Officiis, passim. Notably, to begin with, book i. cap. 3: “Triplex igitur,” etc.]
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