Book seven, "Of a happy life" (De uita beata), closes Lactanius´ (AD 250-325) "Introduction to Christianity" (Diuinae institutiones). In it the church father, who was renowned as a Christian Cicero, describes the end of the world, the thousand year Kingdom of God and the Last Judgment, from a standpoint influenced by the Christian persecutions. This significant text, which offers insight into early Christians´ views of the end of the world, is presented together with an introduction, translation (the first since 1787) and an extensive commentary.
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