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Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
The divine institutes

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1 I, 11| hymns, and shrines, and images demonstrate this. And yet 2 I, 11| falsely; for they so frame the images of the gods, that, from 3 I, 11| effect:--~"Inanimate demons, images of the dead,~Whose tombs 4 I, 15| themselves. Therefore men formed images of them, that they might 5 I, 17| assigned to each, because their images were fashioned in that dress 6 I, 18| expressed by statues and images, and consecrated, so that 7 I, 20| design in consecrating the images of Cupids and Loves in the 8 I, 20| forming or worshipping of images? The human breast is a stronger 9 I, 20| who pursue the shadows and images of virtues--cannot hold 10 I, 20| monstrous and ridiculous images. These however, have some 11 I, 21| that instead of real men, images made from rushes were cast 12 I, 21| of Hercules, cast in the images of human bodies." The Vestal 13 I, 21| from the wooden bridge the images of ancient men made from 14 I, 22| of those who imagine that images are gods: "The terrestrial 15 I, 22| they (infants) suppose that images are men, whereas these take 16 II, 2 | THE FIRST CAUSE OF MAKING IMAGES; OF THE TRUE LIKENESS OF 17 II, 2 | say, we do not fear the images themselves, but those beings 18 II, 2 | what, in short, of the images themselves, which are memorials 19 II, 2 | they are,--it follows that images are superfluous, since the 20 II, 2 | be at hand at their own images. It is entirely so, as the 21 II, 2 | and therefore they set up images; and since these are representations 22 II, 2 | it be supposed that these images resemble God, which have 23 II, 2 | men understand, that if images could exercise perception 24 II, 2 | regarded as the parent of these images; for they were produced 25 II, 2 | treatises: They worship the images of the gods, they supplicate 26 II, 2 | and while they value these images so highly, they despise 27 II, 2 | to refrain from adoring images, because they are made of 28 II, 3 | captivated with the form of images; and they are unable to 29 II, 3 | therefore, who worship images are mere bodies without 30 II, 3 | those worshippers of fragile images, however foolish they may 31 II, 4 | IV. OF IMAGES, AND THE ORNAMENTS OF TEMPLES, 32 II, 4 | What majesty, then, can images have, which were altogether 33 II, 4 | scythe, settle upon the images which are skilfully made, 34 II, 4 | men. But they who make the images fancy that they are performing 35 II, 4 | did not see that the very images and statues of the gods, 36 II, 4 | spoils, and some little images which were held in the extended 37 II, 4 | their ceremonies, and their images? Why, even when he had carried 38 II, 4 | Sicily, carrying away the images of the gods, and the ornaments 39 II, 4 | taken away the most sacred images from their most venerable 40 II, 5 | these three verses:--~"These images, so many in number, and 41 II, 7 | form. For they form the images of the sun and moon after 42 II, 7 | and the more beautiful the images, so much the greater majesty 43 II, 11| art of making statues and images; inasmuch as he lived in 44 II, 14| earth, the sea, without any images and temples, and offered 45 II, 17| they who taught men to make images and statues; who, in order 46 II, 17| astonished by them, may attach to images a belief in their divine 47 II, 17| temples are vowed, and new images consecrated; herds of victims 48 II, 18| first place, because those images which are worshipped are 49 II, 18| second place, that the sacred images themselves, to which most 50 II, 19| XIX. OF THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES AND EARTHLY OBJECTS.~Whoever, 51 II, 19| things; it follows that images are without religion, because 52 II, 19| there is no religion in images, but a mimicry of religion. 53 III, 24| upon them certain monstrous images, which they said were constellations. 54 IV, 14| aside to the worship of images, and when rebuked by the 55 IV, 17| they do not serve earthly images, and thus defile themselves 56 IV, 28| parents, reverenced their images at their houses as household 57 V, 3 | sepulchres? why statues and images? why by some illustrious 58 V, 10| they honour those earthy images, so much the more wicked 59 VI, 8 | not to serve these earthly images, but the heavenly God; not 60 VI, 13| of gods adore senseless images, and bestow upon them whatever 61 VI, 13| to reverence the living images of God, that you may gain 62 VII, 19| hands be worshipped; but the images being thrust out from their 63 VII, 19| shall break in pieces the images and all the wealth."~The 64 VII, 26| irreligious; since despising the images of the dead, we worship


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