Habilitation-Universitat, Eichstatt, 2005/2006. / Includes bibliographical references and index.

Zugl.: Habil.-Schrift Univ. Eichstätt, 2006 (leicht überarb. Fassung). / Literaturverzeichnis: S. 623-645.

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Thesis advisor: Stephen F. Brown / This dissertation examines the doctrine of providence as it appears in the works of the North African Latin apologist, L. Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (c.245 - c.325). In the early fourth century the Roman Empire was struggling to come to terms with its own religious self-identity. While the persecutions under Diocletian were still raging, the rhetorician Lactantius authored several apologetic works in order to advocate for Christianity's inclusion into the traditional Roman culture. Lactantius' apologetic goal is twofold: 'to defend and build up' (defendere et instituere) (cf. DI 5.4.3). The apologist is not merely concerned with the tearing down of fallacious arguments, but also with the constructing of a positive Christian theology; in Lactantius' own words, with the totius doctrinae substantiam (DI 5.4.3). Throughout his apologetic corpus the doctrine of providence functions as Lactantius' grundaxiom; a foundation upon which he can construct his own positive Christian theology. At the same time, the near unanimity among philosophers as to the existence of providence allowed Lactantius to engage his non-Christian audience through a concept of shared philosophical inheritance. By employing the doctrine of providence to support and integrate his entire theological system, therefore, Lactantius has made the linchpin of his theology a doctrine which finds common ground among both Christians and non-Christians. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2014. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Theology.

In the early centuries of Christianity every Christian writer even from New Testament times attempted in his own way to come to terms with the apparent opposition inherent in the confrontation of Christianity and classical thought. The inspired word of God in Sacred Scripture revealed to man the way, the truth and the life of his salvation, to which he had no access except through this revelation which was to be gained only through faith. What need, then, was there that man possessing this faith should turn to pagan thought? Speculation, no matter how deeply concerned with the quest for truth, could add nothing to what God had already revealed. [...]

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Radcliffe College. / Without thesis note. "This volume is the first in a series of publications begun at Radcliffe college in the spring of 1929 in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the college." Bibliography: p. [207]-209.

Thesis--Catholic University of America, 1942. / Bibliography: p. xiii-xix.

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Diss. : Sprachen und Kulturen des Mittelmeerraumes und Osteuropas : Giessen : 1982. - Bibliogr. p. 218-227. -