List of Lactance’s Works

Each number in this list is based on the one that appears in Clavis Patrum Latinorum (2nd edn, 1961). Though it is meant to be a rough and incomplete list, I will gradually update it.

Collected Works

  • Brandt, S. and G. Laubmann (eds), CSEL 19,27.1-2 (1890-1897).
  • SC 39 (1954): De mortibus persecutorum.
  • SC 204-205 (1973): Diuinae Institutiones, 5.
  • SC 213-214 (1974): De opificio Dei.
  • SC 289 (1982): De ira Dei.
  • SC 326 (1986): Diuinae Institutiones, 1.
  • SC 335 (1987): Epitome Diuinarum Institutionum.
  • SC 337 (1987): Diuinae Institutiones, 2.
  • SC 377 (1992): Diuinae Institutiones, 4.
  • SC 509 (2007): Diuinae Institutiones, 6.

List of his Works

  1. Diuinae Institutiones
    • Editions: Monat, P. (ed), Lactance, Institutions divines, livre V, SC 204-205 (Paris: Cerf, 1974). — Monat, P. (ed), Lactance, Institutions divines, livre I, SC 326 (Paris: Cerf, 1986). — Monat, P. (ed), Lactance, Institutions divines, livre II, SC 337 (Paris: Cerf, 1987). — Monat, P. (ed), Lactance, Institutions divines, livre IV, SC 377 (Paris: Cerf, 1992). — Bowen, A. and P. D. A. Garnsey (eds), Lactantius: Divine Institutes, Translated Texts for Historians 40 (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2003). — Heck, E. and A. Wlosok (eds), L. Cælius Firmianus Lactantius, Divinarum institutionum libri septem, Fasc. 1: Libri I & II, Biblioteca Teubneriana (Leipzig, 2005). — Heck, E. and A. Wlosok (eds), L. Cælius Firmianus Lactantius, Divinarum institutionum libri septem, Fasc. 2: Libri III & IV, Biblioteca Teubneriana (Leipzig, 2007).
    • Translations: McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Divine Institutes, Books I-VII, Fathers of the Church 49 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1964). — Monat, above. — Bowen and Garnsey, above.
  2. Epitome Diuinarum Institutionum
    • Editions: Blakeney, E. H. (ed), Lactantius’ Epitome of the Divine Institutes (London: S. P. C. K., 1950). — Boella, U. (ed), Lactantius Divinæ Institutiones, De opificio Dei, De ira Dei, Collezione Classiche della Filosofia cristiana 5 (Firenze: Sansoni, 1973). — Perrin, M. (ed), Lactance, Épitomé des Institutions divines, SC 335 (Paris: Cerf, 1987). — Heck, E. and A. Wlosok (eds), L. Cæli Firmiani Lactanti Epitome Divinarum Institutionum, Biblioteca Teubneriana (Stuttgardt, 1994).
    • Translations: Blakeney, above. — Boella, above. — Perrin, above.
  3. De opificio Dei
    • Editions: McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Minor Works, Fathers of the Church 54 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1965). — Boella, U. (ed), Lactantius Divinæ Institutiones, De opificio Dei, De ira Dei, Collezione Classiche della Filosofia cristiana 5 (Firenze: Sansoni, 1973). — Perrin, M. (ed), Lactance, L’ouvrage du Dieu créateur, Sources Chrétiennes 213-214 (Paris: Cerf, 1974).
    • Translations: Boella, above. — Perrin, above.
  4. De ira Dei
    • Editions: McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Minor Works, Fathers of the Church 54 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1965). — Boella, U. (ed), Lactantius Divinæ Institutiones, De opificio Dei, De ira Dei, Collezione Classiche della Filosofia cristiana 5 (Firenze: Sansoni, 1973). — Kraft, H. and A. Wlosok (eds), Laktanz: Vom Zorne Gottes, 3rd edn, Texte zur Forschung 4 (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1974). — Ingremeau, C. (ed), Lactance, La Colère de Dieu, SC 289 (Paris: Cerf, 1982).
    • Translations: Boella, above. — Ingremeau, above.
  5. Fragmenta Epistularum
  6. De aue Phoenice
    • Editions: FitzPatrick, M. C. (ed), Lactanti De ave Phoenice (Philadelphia, 1933). — Duff, J. W. and A. M. Duff (eds), Minor Latin poets, Loeb Classical Library 284 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: W. Heinemann, 1934).
    • Translations: FitzPatrick, above. — Duff, above. — McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Minor Works, Fathers of the Church 54 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1965).
  7. De mortibus persecutorum
    • Editions: Moreau, J. (ed), Lactance: De la mort des persécuteurs, 2 vols, SC 39 (Paris: Cerf, 1954). — Creed, J. L. (ed), Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum, Oxford Early Christian Texts (Oxford: Clarendon, 1984).
    • Translations: McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Minor Works, Fathers of the Church 54 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1965). — Creed, above. — Städele, A. (trans), Laktanz: De mortibus persecutorum: Über die Todesarten der Verfolger, Fontes Christiani 43 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2003).
  8. De motibus animi
    • Translations: McDonald, M. F. (trans), Lactantius, The Minor Works, Fathers of the Church 54 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1965).