Epitome of the Divine Institutes
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Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
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abridgment → epitome → |
| associatedPerson |
Lactantius
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| associatedWith |
Latin Church Fathers
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| author |
Lactantius
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| basedOn |
Divine Institutes
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| contains |
summary of arguments from Divine Institutes
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| doctrinalContent |
Christian apologetic arguments
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| genre |
Christian apologetics
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philosophy of religion → theology → |
| intendedAudience |
readers seeking a shorter version of Divine Institutes
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| language |
Latin
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| period |
Late Antiquity
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| philosophicalFocus |
critique of pagan religion
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defense of Christian truth → |
| purpose |
to make Lactantius’s apologetic arguments more accessible
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to present the arguments of the Divine Institutes in a shorter form → |
| religiousPerspective |
Christian
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| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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| theologicalFocus |
Christian doctrine
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| titleOf |
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
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| workType |
concise abridgment
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Lactantius
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Epitome of the Divine Institutes
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