A Treatise on the Anger of God Addressed to Donatus
by Lactantius
An argument that a God who loves the good must also be moved against evil.
Chap. I.—Of divine and human wisdomChap. II.—Of the truth and its steps, and of GodChap. III.—Of the good and evil things in human affairs, and of their authorChap. IV.—Of God and his affections, and the censure of EpicurusChap. V.—The opinion of the Stoics concerning God; of His anger and kindnessChap. VI.—That God is angryChap. VII.—Of man, and the brute animals, and religionChap. VIII.—Of ReligionChap. IX.—Of the providence of God, and of opinions opposed to itChap. X.—Of the origin of the world, and the nature of affairs, and the providence of GodChap. XI.—Of God, and that the one God, and by whose providence the world is governed and existsChap. XII.—Of religion and the fear of GodChap. XIII.—Of the advantage and use of the world and of the seasonsChap. XIV.—Why God made manChap. XV.—Whence sins extended to manChap. XVI.—Of God, and his anger and affectionsChap. XVII.—Of God, His care and angerChap. XVIII.—Of the punishment of faults, that it cannot take place without angerChap. XIX.—Of the soul and body, and of providenceChap. XX.—Of offences, and the mercy of GodChap. XXI.—Of the anger of God and manChap. XXII.—Of sins, and the verses of the Sibyls respecting them recitedChap. XXIII.—Of the anger of God and the punishment of sins, and a recital of the verses of the Sibyls respecting it; and, moreover, a reproof and exhortation