Lactantius

Latin apologist, called the Christian Cicero.

Writings

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

• A Treatise on the Anger of God Older English 86 min read
• Fragments of Lactantius Older English 2 min read
• Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died Older English 82 min read
• On the Workmanship of God, or the Formation of Man Older English 79 min read
• The Divine Institutes Book 1 Older English 2.1 h read
• The Divine Institutes Book 2 Older English 1.9 h read
• The Divine Institutes Book 3 Older English 2.2 h read
• The Divine Institutes Book 4 Older English 2.1 h read
• The Divine Institutes Book 5 Older English 1.8 h read
• The Divine Institutes Book 6 Older English 64 min read
• The Divine Institutes Book 7 Older English 1.9 h read
• The Epitome of the Divine Institutes Older English 19 min read
• The Phoenix Older English 8 min read

Original-language texts

The Latin and Greek texts as edited and digitised by the Open Greek and Latin project (CC BY-SA 4.0): one column, with the standard references, and plain-text and TEI XML downloads for scholars. They have been corrected from print by machine and may still contain errors.

• De ave phoenice (Latin) Latin 5 min read
• De Mortibus Persecutorum (Latin) Latin 50 min read
• Carmen de Passione Domini (Latin) Latin 2 min read
• De Ira Dei (Latin) Latin 55 min read
• De Opificio Dei (Latin) Latin 50 min read
• Epitome Divinarum Institutionum (Latin) Latin 81 min read
• Divinarum Institutionum (Latin) Latin 9.0 h read
• Fragmenta (Latin) Latin 9 min read