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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[800] Magistri Dei.
[801] i.e., the new doctrine which they announced.
[802] In memoriam scripta. This is said to have been the title of a spurious book now lost.
[803] Expugnaret. The word properly signifies to take by storm.
Chap. XXII.—Arguments of Unbelievers Against the Incarnation of Jesus.
[804] Ut naturæ immortali quidquam decederet.
[805] Citra.
[806] Professi Dei. The expression denotes one who shows himself in his real character, without any veiling or concealment. There is another reading—“professi Deum.”
[807] Divinitate.
Chap. XXIII.—Of Giving Precepts, and Acting.
[808] Ipse præceptis suis fidem detrahat.
[809] Contumacibus.
[810] Præsentibus factis.
[811] [See Augustine, quoted in elucidation, vol. vi. p. 541.]
[812] Præstare.
[813] Abest ab iis fides.
[814] Leves.
[815] [What neither Platonists nor Censors, in their judgments, could effect by their sophia, the crucified Jesus has done by His Gospel. The impotence of philosophers as compared with the Carpenter’s Son, to change the morals of nations, cannot be gainsaid. See Young’s Christ of History ]
[816] Præsenti virtute.
Chap. XXIV.—The Overthrowing of the Arguments Above Urged by Way of Objection.
[817] Propria.
[818] Tabe corporis.
[819] Thus our Lord tells us that flesh and blood cannot reveal to us mysteries.
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