Lactantius

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Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.

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instanceOf Christian apologist ⓘ
Christian author ⓘ
Church Father ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
Roman rhetorician ⓘ
advisorTo Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus
associatedWith Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus

court of Trier ⓘ
birthName Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius ⓘ
linked to: Lactantius
centuryOfActivity 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 250 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 320 ⓘ
describedAs Christian Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
educatedAt school of rhetoric at Nicomedia ⓘ
employer Roman Empire ⓘ
court of Constantine the Great ⓘ
genre Christian apologetics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanists ⓘ
early Latin Christian writers ⓘ
influencedBy Cicero ⓘ
classical Roman rhetoric ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
movement Latin Christian literature ⓘ
notableWork De Ira Dei ⓘ
De Mortibus Persecutorum ⓘ
De Opificio Dei ⓘ
Divine Institutes ⓘ
Epitome of the Divine Institutes ⓘ
occupation Christian apologist ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
author ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
placeOfBirth North Africa ⓘ
probable region of Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
positionHeld professor of rhetoric at Nicomedia ⓘ
tutor of Crispus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Nicene Christianity ⓘ
student Crispus ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs Latin Church Father ⓘ
workSubject creation and providence ⓘ
critique of Roman persecution of Christians ⓘ
defense of Christian doctrine ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
refutation of pagan religions ⓘ

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Lactantius → birthName → Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius ⓘ
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Diocletianic Persecution → describedIn → Lactantius’ On the Deaths of the Persecutors ⓘ
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Crispus → educatedBy → Lactantius ⓘ
Divine Institutes → author → Lactantius ⓘ
Divine Institutes → workOf → Lactantius ⓘ
De Ira Dei → author → Lactantius ⓘ
De Opificio Dei → author → Lactantius ⓘ
Flavius Julius Crispus → teacher → Lactantius ⓘ
Divinae Institutiones → author → Lactantius ⓘ
Book I (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
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Book II (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
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Book III (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
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Book V (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
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Book VI (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
subject linked to: Book VI
Book VII (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
subject linked to: Book VII
Book IV (Divine Institutes) → author → Lactantius ⓘ
subject linked to: Book IV
court of Maximinus Daia → documentedIn → Lactantius’ writings ⓘ
linked to: Lactantius
De Mortibus Persecutorum → author → Lactantius ⓘ