The Divine Institutes, Books I–VII

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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 49 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION Editorial Director Roy JOSEPH DEFERRARI The Catholic University of America EDITORIAL BOARD MSGR. JAMES A. MAGNER The Catholic University of America MARTIN R. P. MCGUIRE The Catholic University of America ROBERT P. RUSSELL, O.S.A. Villanova University HERMIGILD DRESSLER, O.F.M. The Catholic University of America BERNARD M. PEEBLES The Catholic University of America REV. THOMAS HALTON The Catholic University of America WILLIAM R. TONGUE The Catholic University of America REV. PETER J. RAHILL The Catholic University of America SISTER M. JOSEPHINE BRENNAN, I.H.M. Marywood College LACTANTIUS THE DIVINE INSTITUTES BOOKS I-VII Translated by SISTER MARY FRANCIS McDONALD, O.P. Mount Saint Mary-on-the-Hudson Newburgh, New York THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS Washington, D. C. 20017 NIHIL OBSTAT: IMPRIMATUR: February 10, 1964 REVEREND HARRY A. ECHLE Censor LibTOrum ~PATRICK A. O'BOYLE, D.D. Archbishop of Washington The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and the imprimatur agree with the content, opinions, or statements expressed. Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 64·18669 ISBN·13: 978·0-8132·1567·9 (pbk) Copyright © 1964 by THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSIlY OF AMERICA PRESS, INC. All rights reserved First paperback reprint 2008 IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER ...