Lactantius

Lactantius is the last, as well as the most eloquent, of the

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

_ -- "SELEUCUS" (No. 13, p. 203.) asks, "Is there any published edition of the hexameter poem by Lactantius, which is said to have suggested the idea of the Anglo-Saxon _Lay of the Phoenix_?"

Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 Various

And is there any published edition of the hexameter poem by Lactantius, which is said by Stephens to have suggested the first idea of this beautiful Anglo-Saxon poem?

Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various

Certain writers of antiquity, such as Lactantius, and others, have too grossly blundered in thinking that the term of human life was limited within this space of time; whereas, it is evident, that the language used in this place refers not to the private life of any one, but to a time of repentance to be granted to the whole world.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

Colet preferred Christian authors, such as Lactantius, Prudentius and Baptista Mantuan.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

It is such as Lactantius who would now condemn Copernicus unread, and produce authorities of the Scripture, of divines, and of councils in support of their condemnation.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909

No one could entertain such a view without also believing that there were antipodes, and that the world was round, not flat, -- errors denounced by not only great theologians of the golden age of ecclesiastical learning, such as Lactantius and St. Augustine, but also directly opposed, it was said, to the very letter of Scripture.

The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829

1527, Valdés wrote the dialogue "Lactantius" in which he violently attacked the pope as a disturber of the public peace, an instigator of war, and a perfidious deceiver, declared the fate of Rome the judgment of God, and called the States of the Church the worst governed dominion in the world.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

The two most prominent defenders of a flat earth were scholars from before the Middle Ages: Lactantius in the third century and Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century.36 But at the time of Columbus, the spherical shape of the earth was in no way under discussion among scientists.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011