Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes, Book IV — Chapter IV
Author: Lactantius

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ But with respect to God, who is one only, inasmuch as He sustains the twofold character both of Father and Lord, we are bound both to love Him, inasmuch as we are sons, and to fear Him, inasmuch as we are servants. [1] Religion, therefore, cannot be divided from wisdom, nor can wisdom be separated from religion; because it is the same God, who ought to be understood, which is the part of wisdom, and to be honoured, which is the part of religion. But wisdom precedes, religion follows; for the knowledge of God comes first, His worship is the result of knowledge. ”

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ For He must have fashioned man, who, before the creation of man, finished the heaven and the earth. He alone is to be called Father who created us; He alone is to be considered Lord who rules, who has the true and perpetual power of life and death. ”

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ But if none of those who are worshipped is said to have originally formed and created man, it follows that none of these can be called the father of man, and so none of them can be God. Therefore it is not lawful to worship those by whom man was not produced, for he could not be produced by many. ”

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ By these things it is evident how closely connected are wisdom and religion. Wisdom relates to sons, and this relation requires love; religion to servants, and this relation requires fear. For as the former are bound to love and honour their father, so are the latter bound to respect and venerate their lord. ”

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ But that the gods cannot be fathers or lords, is declared not only by their multitude, as I have shown above, [3] but also by reason: because it is not reported that man was made by gods, nor is it found that the gods themselves preceded the origin of man, since it appears that there were men on the earth before the birth of Vulcan, and Liber, and Apollo, and Jupiter himself. But the creation of man is not accustomed to be assigned to Saturnus, nor to his father Cœlus. ”

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Lactantius, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes… (1885)

“ And as they who are disinherited do not attain to the inheritance of their father, nor runaway slaves impunity, so neither will philosophers receive immortality, which is the inheritance of the heavenly kingdom, that is, the chief good, which they especially seek; nor will the worshippers of gods escape the penalty of everlasting death, which is the punishment of the true Master against those who are deserters [2] of His majesty and name. ”

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