The Instructions of Commodianus
Commodianus
Chapter 24
About this work
A collection of Latin acrostic poems offering moral exhortation, criticism of pagan and Jewish practices, instruction for Christians, and vivid apocalyptic expectation in an unusual popular style.
- Author
- Commodianus
- Date
- 3rd to 5th century; disputed
- Origin
- Latin West (uncertain)
- Genre
- Poetry
Both the author’s setting and the work’s date are unusually disputed; the broad bounds are intentionally cautious.
XXIV.—Of Those Who Live Between the Two.
Thou who thinkest that, by living doubtfully