The Instructions of Commodianus
Commodianus
Chapter 50
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.
L.—Who Have Apostatized from God.
Moreover, when war is waged, or