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Ante-Nicene Christian Library; The Works of Lactantius (Classic Reprint)

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We see those shaken off from the first step, who, though they understand things which are false, do not, however, dis cover that which is true and though they despised earthly and frail images, do not betake themselves to the worship of God, of whom they are ignorant. But viewing with admiration the elements of the universe, they worship the heaven, the earth, the sea, the sun, the moon, and the other heavenly bodies.

But we have already reproved their ignorance in the second book of the Divine Institutes.2 But we say that those fall from the second step, who, though they understand that there is but one supreme God, nevertheless, ensnared by the philosophers, and captivated by false arguments, entertain opinions concern ing that excellent majesty far removed from the truth; who either deny that God has any figure, or think that He is moved by no affection, because every affection is a Sign of Weakness, which has no existence in God. But they are precipitated from the third step, who, though they know the Ambassador of God, who is also the Builder of the divine and immortal temple,3 either do not receive Him, or receive Him otherwise than faith demands whom we have partly refuted in the fourth book of the above-named work.4 And we will here after refute more carefully, when we shall begin to reply to all the sects, which, while they dispute,5 have destroyed the truth.

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ISBN: 9781331115250
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Author: Lactantius Lactantius
Publisher: Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 494 pages
Genres: Christianity