| << | Contents | >> |
Lactantius
Show All Footnotes & Jump to 1250
Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1240] Sanguinem suum.
[1241] i.e., by exposing them, that others may through compassion bring then up.
[1242] Ab uxoris congressione.
[1243] i.e., at the shows of gladiators.
[1244] [How seriously this warning should be considered in our days, when American theatricals have become so generally licentious beyond all bounds, I beg permission to suggest. See Elucidation I. p. 595, vol. v.; also Ibid., pp. 277, 575, this series.]
[1245] Cothurnata scelera.
[1246] Mentiuntur.
[1247] The mimus was a species of dramatic representation, containing scenes from common life, which were expressed by gesture and mimicry more than by dialogue.
[1248] Præfigurat, not a word of classical usage.
[1249] [see Tertullian, vol. iii cap. 25, p. 89, this series.]
[1250] See p. 27, supra; also vol. vi. pp. 487, 488.]
Chap. XXI.—Of the Pleasures of the Ears, and of Sacred Literature.
[1252] Fundati, having the foundation well laid, trained. Some read, “Ab aliquo imperito doctore fundati.”
Chap. XXIII.—De Tactus Voluptate Et Libidine, Atque de Matrimonio Et Continentiâ.
[1253] It has been judged advisable to give this chapter in the original Latin. [Compare Clement, vol. ii. p. 259, notes 3, 7, this series.]
[1254] [Non bene conveniunt igitur legibus divinis quæ supradicta sunt auctore nostro (vide p. 143, apud n. 2) sed hæc verba de naturâ muliebri minime imperita, esse videntur.]
Chap. XXIV.—Of Repentance, of Pardon, and the Commands of God.
[1255] [From a lost book.]
[1256] μετάνοια. The word properly denotes a change of mind, resulting in a change of conduct.
[1257] Resipiscentiam. [Note the admitted superiority of the Greek.]
[1258] Pro pietate suâ. Augustine (De Civitate Dei, x. 1) explains the use of this expression as applied to God.
[1259] [Concerning the “planks after shipwreck,” see Tertullian, pp. 659 and 666, vol. iii., this series.]
[1260] Virg., Æneid, vi. 128.
Search Comments
This page has been visited 0404 times.
| << | Contents | >> |
10 per page