Lactantius

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

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

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“Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII, The Divine Institutes, Book VII — Chap. XXVI”, published in 1885, is a work by Lactantius. It explores elements such as righteousness, carcases and true piety.

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

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

“ None of us, who are alone of all men religious, is any more called irreligious; since despising the images of the dead, we worship the living and true God. The providence of the supreme Deity has raised thee to the imperial dignity, that thou mightest be able with true piety to rescind the injurious decrees of others, to correct faults, to provide with a father’s clemency for the safety of men,—in short, to remove the wicked from the state, whom being cast down by pre-eminent piety, God has delivered into your hands, that it might be evident to all in what true majesty consists. ”

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

“ But thou, who defendest and lovest His name, excelling in virtue and prosperity, enjoyest thy immortal glories with the greatest happiness. They suffer and have suffered the punishment of their guilt. The powerful right hand of God protects thee from all dangers ”

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

“ This is the doctrine of the holy prophets which we Christians follow; this is our wisdom, which they who worship frail objects, or maintain an empty philosophy, deride as folly and vanity, because we are not accustomed to defend and assert it in public, since God orders us in quietness and silence to hide His secret, and to keep it within our own conscience; and not to strive with obstinate contention against those who are ignorant of the truth, and who rigorously assail God and His religion not for the sake of learning, but of censuring and jeering. ”

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

“ Then for seven continuous years the woods shall be untouched, nor shall timber be cut from the mountains, but the arms of the nations shall be burnt; and now there shall be no war, but peace and everlasting rest. But when the thousand years shall be completed, the world shall be renewed by God, and the heavens shall be folded together, and the earth shall be changed, and God shall transform men into the similitude of angels, and they shall be white as snow; and they shall always be employed in the sight of the Almighty, and shall make offerings to their Lord, and serve Him for ever. ”

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

“ But all fictions have now been hushed, most holy Emperor, since the time when the great God raised thee up for the restoration of the house of justice, and for the protection of the human race; for while thou rulest the Roman state, we worshippers of God are no more regarded as accursed and impious. ”

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

“ The mountains shall be filled with carcases, and the plains shall be covered with bones; but the people of God during those three days shall be concealed under caves of the earth, until the anger of God against the nations and the last judgment shall be ended.
Then the righteous shall go forth from their hiding-places, and shall find all things covered with carcases and bones. But the whole race of the wicked shall utterly perish; and there shall no longer be any nation in this world, but the nation of God alone. ”

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

“ They indeed perhaps by nature only resembled the righteous. For he who is ignorant of God, the Ruler of the universe, may attain to a resemblance of righteousness, but he cannot attain to righteousness itself. ”

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

“ And not undeservedly has the Lord and Ruler of the world chosen thee in preference to all others, by whom He might renew His holy religion, since thou alone didst exist of all, who mightest afford a surpassing example of virtue and holiness: in which thou mightest not only equal, but also, which is a very great matter, excel the glory of ancient princes, whom nevertheless fame reckons among the good. ”

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

“ For a mystery ought to be most faithfully concealed and covered, especially by us, who bear the name of faith. [3] But they accuse this silence of ours, as though it were the result of an evil conscience; whence also they invent some detestable things respecting those who are holy and blameless, and willingly believe their own inventions. ”

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

“ Since the truth now comes forth [4] from obscurity, and is brought into light, we are not censured as unrighteous who endeavour to perform the works of righteousness. No one any longer reproaches us with the name of God. ”

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