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Lactantius

Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods

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Preface.—Of what great value the knowledge of the truth is and always has been

Chap. I.—Of religion and wisdom

Chap. II.—That there is a providence in the affairs of men

Chap. III.—Whether the universe is governed by the power of one God or of many

Chap. IV.—That the one God was foretold even by the prophets

Chap. V.—Of the testimonies of poets and philosophers

Chap. VI.—Of divine testimonies, and of the Sibyls and their predictions

Chap. VII.—Concerning the testimonies of Apollo and the gods

Chap. VIII.—That God is without a body, nor does he need difference of sex for procreation

Chap. IX.—Of Hercules and his life and death

Chap. X.—Of the life and actions of Æsculapius, Apollo, Neptune, Mars, Castor and Pollux, Mercury and Bacchus

Chap. XI.—Of the origin, life, reign, name and death of Jupiter, and of Saturn and Uranus

Chap. XII.—That the stoics transfer the figments of the poets to a philosophical system

Chap. XIII.—How vain and trifling are the interpretations of the stoics respecting the gods, and in them concerning the origin of Jupiter, concerning Saturn and Ops

Chap. XIV.—What the sacred history of Euhemerus and Ennius teaches concerning the gods

Chap. XV.—How they who were men obtained the name of gods

Chap. XVI.—By what argument it is proved that those who are distinguished by a difference of sex cannot be gods

Chap. XVII.—Concerning the same opinion of the stoics, and concerning the hardships and disgraceful conduct of the gods

Chap. XVIII.—On the consecration of gods, on account of the benefits which they conferred upon men

Chap. XIX.—That it is impossible for any one to worship the true God together with false deities

Chap. XX.—Of the gods peculiar to the Romans, and their sacred rites

Chap. XXI.—Of certain deities peculiar to barbarians, and their sacred rites; and in like manner concerning the Romans

Chap. XXII.—Who was the author of the vanities before described in Italy among the Romans, and who among other nations

Chap. XXIII.—Of the ages of vain superstitions, and the times at which they commenced

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