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  2. Christian poetry - Wikipedia

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    Some early Christian poets such as Ausonius continued to include allusions to pagan deities and standard classical figures and allusions continued to appear in his verse. Other Christian poems of the Late Roman Empire, such as the Psychomachia of Prudentius, cut back on allusions to Greek mythology, but continue the use of inherited classical ...

  3. Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi - Wikipedia

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    Dactylic hexameter. Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi (Latin: [ˈkɛntoː wɛrɡɪlɪˈaːnʊs deː ˈlau̯dɪbʊs ˈkʰriːstiː]; A Virgilian Cento Concerning the Glory of Christ) [nb 1] is a Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 352–384) after her conversion to Christianity. A cento is a poetic work composed of verses or ...

  4. Faltonia Betitia Proba - Wikipedia

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    Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 306/315 – c. 353/366) was a Latin Roman Christian poet, perhaps the earliest female Christian poet whose work survives. A member of one of the most influential aristocratic families, she composed the Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a cento composed with verses by Virgil re-ordered to form an epic poem ...

  5. Christian Latin literature - Wikipedia

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    Summa Theologica, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas, was written in Latin. [6] Jesuit poet Diego José Abad wrote the didactic, humanist religious poem De Deo heroica carmina (1769-1780), which was begun in Mexico and finished in Italy. It is written in Latin hexameter, in a strong style. It is divided into two parts, a Summa theologica ...

  6. The Dream of the Rood - Wikipedia

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    The Dream of the Rood is one of the Christian poems in the corpus of Old English literature and an example of the genre of dream poetry. Like most Old English poetry, it is written in alliterative verse. The word Rood is derived from the Old English word rōd 'pole', or more specifically ' crucifix '. Preserved in the 10th-century Vercelli Book ...

  7. List of early Christian writers - Wikipedia

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    Donatus Magnus, bishop of Carthage, (+355), leader of the Donatists from 313. Lactantius, apologist ~317. Arnobius, apologist ~330. Eusebius, wrote History of the Church ~325. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, Latin church father, wrote Confessions and City of God.

  8. Cynewulf - Wikipedia

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    Cynewulf. Cynewulf (/ ˈkɪniwʊlf /, Old English: [ˈkynewuɫf]; also spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf) [1][2] is one of twelve Old English poets known by name, and one of four whose work is known to survive today. [3] He presumably flourished in the 9th century, with possible dates extending into the late 8th and early 10th centuries.

  9. Lactantius - Wikipedia

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    Lactantius. Lucius Caecilius Firmianus, signo Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325), was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, [1] and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae ("The Divine ...

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