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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[25] [Ingeniously introduced, and afterward very forcibly expanded.]
Chap. III.—Whether the universe is governed by the power of one god or of many.
[26] [A hint to Cæsar himself, the force of which began soon after very sorely to be felt in the empire.]
[27] Cunei; properly, soldiers arranged in the shape of wedge.
Chap. IV.—That the one god was foretold even by the prophets.
[28] [Not David merely, nor only other kings of the Hebrews. Elucidation I.]
Chap. V.—Of the testimonies of poets and philosophers.
[29] πρωτόγονον.
[30] φάνητα, the appearer.
[31] Æn., vi. 724.
[32] Georg., iv. 221. [These passages seem borrowed from the Octavius of Minucius, cap. 19, vol. iv. p. 183.]
[33] [Fabricatorem mundi, rerum opificem.]
[34] [Concerning the Orphica, see vol. i. p. 178, note 1, and pp. 279, 290. For Sibyllina, Ibid., p. 169, note 9, and pp. 280–289. Note also vol. ii. p. 194, note 2, and T. Lewis, Plato cont. Ath., p. 99.]
[35] Virg., Georg., ii. 325–327.
[36] [See (Sigonius) p. 144, ed. Paris, 1818.]
Chap. VI.—Of divine testimonies, and of the sibyls and their predictions.
[37] [See vol. i. p. 289 note 2, this series.]
[38] The Quindecemviri were the fifteen men to whom the care of the Sibylline books was entrusted. At first two (Duumviri) were appointed. The number was afterwards increased to ten, and subsequently to fifteen. It appears probable that this last change was made by Sulla.
[39] [i.e., Counsel of God. See p. 14 supra, and 16 infra.]
[40] [Concerning the Sibyls, see also, fully, Lardner, Credib., ii. 258, 334, etc. On the use here and elsewhere made of them by our author, Ibid., p. 343, and iii. 544; also pp. 14 and 15, supra.]
[41] [Vol. ii. cap. 28, p. 143.]
chap. VII.—Concerning the testimonies of apollo and the gods.
[42] [1 John iv. 8. The Divine Triad “is Love.”]
[43] Subductis et consummatis.
Chap. VIII.—that god is without a body, nor does he need difference of sex for procreation.
[44] [The bees, according to Virgil, Georg., iv. 199.]
Chap. IX.—Of hercules and his life and death.
[45] [Vol. ii. p. 179. It is interesting to observe the influence of Justin and Clement on the reasoning of the later fathers, not excepting St. Augustine.]
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