Adversus Gentes. Libri VII. Cum Recensiione Viri Celeberi & Integris Ominium Comentariis. Edito Novassima Atque Omnium Accuratissima
Lugduni Batavorum: Joannis Maire, 1651. Full-Leather. Good / No Jacket. Item #000224
8vo (square). Full vellum. Title written on spine. Books followed by commentary and criticism by various writers. Books I-VII: [8] 47 p.p.; Theodore Canteri Notae Arnobium: 32 p.p.; Godeschalci Stewechii Electa: p.p. 35-156 p.p.; Gebharti Elmenhorstii Observationes ad Arnobium: 1-191 p.p., [2], 78 p.p. index; Desiderii Heraldi Animadversiones et Castigationes ad Arnobii...: 3-284 p.p., 17 p.p. index. Tipped-in cancel on *3. Yapped edges, bumped edges and spine. Some soiling to vellum. Loose endpapers with some tears. Notations in pencil throughout text. Otherwise in good condition. Arnobius was an early Christian Apologist, who attempted to defend Christianity and its belief system by way of discourse. In 303, he wrote an apologetic work in seven books which St. Jerome refers to as Adversus Gentes. Originally titled Adverses Nationes, or 'Against the Pagans', Ardversus Nationes was written in response to Roman Emperor Diocletian's (284-305) persecution of Christians. Amobius discusses monotheism, idol worship, and the human soul.
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