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Roman virtue in the early Christian thought of Lactantius / Jason M. Gehrke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gehrke, Jason M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in historical theology.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in historical theology
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320.
- Lactantius.
- Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Jesus Christ.
- Virtue.
- Virtus (The Latin word).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Known since the Renaissance as the 'Christian Cicero,' Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was a professor of Latin rhetoric, Christian apologist, and theologian at the court of Emperor Constantine. Jason M. Gehrke provides an historical study of Lactantius' major work, 'The Divine Institutes of the Christian Religion', focusing on its core notion of virtus. Gehrke's volume uncovers the Roman political and philosophical traditions that informed arguments about virtus in early Latin Christian writers - especially Tertullian, Minucius Felix, and Cyprian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 27, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-766778-3
- 0-19-766777-5
- 0-19-766776-7
- OCLC:
- 1500260578
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