Book V

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Book V is one of the volumes of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine.

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Book V canonical 1

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instanceOf book
volume of a theological work
author Lactantius
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
follows Divinae Institutiones
surface form: Book IV (Divine Institutes)
genre Christian apologetics
theology
hasApologeticFunction yes
intendedAudience educated Roman readers
language Latin
literaryForm prose
mainSubject Christian doctrine
defense of Christianity
refutation of pagan religion
partOf Divine Institutes
partOfWorkByAuthor Divinae Institutiones
surface form: Lactantius’s Divine Institutes
precedes Divinae Institutiones
surface form: Book VI (Divine Institutes)
purpose persuasion of non‑Christian readers
systematic explanation of Christian teaching
religiousTradition Christianity
seriesOrdinal 5
theologicalTradition Latin patristic theology
workContainedIn standard editions of the Divine Institutes
workPeriod Late Antiquity
writtenInCentury 4th century

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Divine Institutes hasPart Book V