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Lactantius

Book VII. Of a Happy Life

Chap. I.—Of the world, and those who are about to believe, and those who are not; and in this the censure of the faithless

Chap. II.—Of the error of the philosophers, and of the divine wisdom, and of the golden age

Chap. III.—Of nature, and of the world; and a censure of the Stoics and Epicureans

Chap. IV.—That all things were created for some use, even those things which appear evil; on what account man enjoys reason in so frail a body

Chap. V.—Of the creation of man, and of the arrangement of the world, and of the chief good

Chap. VI.—Why the world and man were created. How unprofitable is the worship of false gods

Chap. VII.—Of the variety of philosophers, and their truth

Chap. VIII.—Of the immortality of the soul

Chap. IX.—Of the immortality of the soul, and of virtue

Chap. X.—Of vices and virtues, and of life and death

Chap. XI.—Of the last times, and of the soul and body

Chap. XII.—Of the soul and the body, and of their union and separation and return

Chap. XIII.—Of the soul, and the testimonies concerning its eternity

Chap. XIV.—Of the first and last times of the world

Chap. XV.—Of the devastation of the world and change of the empires

Chap. XVI.—Of the devastation of the world, and its prophetic omens

Chap. XVII.—Of the false prophet, and the hardships of the righteous, and his destruction

Chap. XVIII.—Of the fortunes of the world at the last time, and of the things foretold by the soothsayers

Chap. XIX.—Of the advent of Christ to judgment, and of the overcoming of the false prophet

Chap. XX.—Of the judgment of Christ, of Christians, and of the soul

Chap. XXI.—Of the torments and punishments of souls

Chap. XXII.—Of the error of the poets, and the return of the soul from the lower regions

Chap. XXIII.—Of the resurrection of the soul, and the proofs of this fact

Chap. XXIV.—Of the renewed world

Chap. XXV.—Of the last times, and of the city of Rome

Chap. XXVI.—Of the loosing of the devil, and of the second and greatest judgment

Chap. XXVII.—An encouragement and confirmation of the pious

General Note