lactantius
A Treatise on the Anger of God Addressed to Donatus
An argument that a God who loves the good must also be moved against evil.
Fragments of Lactantius
Surviving pieces of Lactantius' lost works, preserved by later writers.
Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
A contemporary account of the great persecution and the ends met by the emperors who ordered it.
On the Workmanship of God, or the Formation of Man
A study of the human body and mind as evidence of design and of the Creator's care.
The Divine Institutes: Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods
An examination of the old gods, and an argument from the poets themselves that God is one.
The Divine Institutes: Book II. Of the Origin of Error
How the worship of images began, and how the human race came to forget its Maker.
The Divine Institutes: Book III. Of the False Wisdom of the Philosophers
A review of the philosophic schools and where their search for wisdom stopped short.
The Divine Institutes: Book IV. Of True Wisdom and Religion
On wisdom and religion as one thing, and on Christ in whom both are found.
The Divine Institutes: Book V. Of Justice
On justice: what it truly is, why the world lost it, and how the gospel restores it.
The Divine Institutes: Book VI. Of True Worship
On the worship God actually asks for: mercy, purity, and a life offered rather than a victim.
The Divine Institutes: Book VII. Of a Happy Life
On the end of all things, the judgment, and the happy life for which humanity was made.
The Divine Institutes: The Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Lactantius' own abridgement of his great work, made for readers who wanted the argument in short.