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Why God Made Man

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

Why God Made Man

Lactantius (ca. 240 – ca. 320) NOTE : Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author who became an advisor to the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine I, guiding his religious policy as it developed, and tutor to his son. “It follows that I show for what purpose God made man himself. As He […]

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Of the Anger of God and Man

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

Of the Anger of God and Man

Lactantius (ca. 240 – ca. 320) “There remains one question, and that the last. For some one will perhaps say, that God is so far from being angry, that in His precepts He even forbids man to be angry. I might say that the anger of man ought to be curbed, because he is often […]

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