“The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false, and the second, to know that which is true.”

— Lactantius

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About Lactantius

Author • Roman

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author and apologist who became an advisor to the Roman emperor Constantine I. Born in North Africa to pagan parents, he studied rhetoric and eventually...

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