The seven books of the Diuinae institutiones the most important work by Lactantius the
Christian author and contemporary of Constantine the Great are an apologetic treatise that
includes a defense of Christianity and a criticism of pagan religion philosophy and morals.
The third fascicle consisting of books V and VI (Christian ethics views on the state and
religion) continues the critical edition of this work of which fascicle 1 containing books I
and II as well as a praefatio was published in 2005 and fascicle 2 with books III and IV in
2007. Book VII and indices will comprise a fourth fascicle planned for 2011.
