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The Divine Institutes

Lactantius · c. 304–313 AD

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Section 28

The Epitome of the Divine Institutes

Addressed to His Brother Pentadius.

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← Chap. XXVII.—An encouragement and confirmation of the pious The Preface.—The plan and purport of the whole Epitome, and of the Institutions →

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Chap. XVIII.—Of the fortunes of the world at the last time, and of the things foretold by the soothsayers
Chap. XIX.—Of the advent of Christ to judgment, and of the overcoming of the false prophet
Chap. XX.—Of the judgment of Christ, of Christians, and of the soul
Chap. XXI.—Of the torments and punishments of souls
Chap. XXII.—Of the error of the poets, and the return of the soul from the lower regions
Chap. XXIII.—Of the resurrection of the soul, and the proofs of this fact
Chap. XXIV.—Of the renewed world
Chap. XXV.—Of the last times, and of the city of Rome
Chap. XXVI.—Of the loosing of the devil, and of the second and greatest judgment
Chap. XXVII.—An encouragement and confirmation of the pious
The Epitome of the Divine Institutes
The Preface.—The plan and purport of the whole Epitome, and of the Institutions
Chap. I.—Of the divine providence
Chap. II.—That there is but one God, and that there cannot be more
Chap. III.—The testimonies of the poets concerning the one God
Chap. IV.—The testimonies of the philosophers to the unity of God
Chap. V.—That the prophetic women—that is, the Sibyls—declare that there is but one God
Chap. VI.—Since God is eternal and immortal, he does not stand in need of sex and succession
Chap. VII.—Of the wicked life and death of Hercules
Chap. VIII.—Of Æsculapius, Apollo, Mars, Castor and Pollux, and of Mercurius and Bacchus
Chap. IX.—Of the disgraceful deeds of the gods

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