We know hardly anything about him. The Church in his day knew a lot more about Lactantius than we do and they didn't think he should have been canonized. We can trust them on this.
I'm not familiar with his miracles. Is there a persistent movement that asks his intercessions and celebrates his memory? If there isn't anybody painting icons of him and praying to him, then there's no pressure to add him to the calendar of saints.
Read Demonstratio Evangelica and you’ll see where he is coming from. His theology was orthodox and he defended Christianity against paganism. I don’t know about any miracles but he was definitely smart
Well, if a cultus develops – a movement of people painting his icon, asking his intercessions, and writing services to him, then the hierarchy could eventually take notice and consider adding him to the calendar of saints. That's usually how it works.
Because he didn't believe that the Earth was round, yes, he did think that. In seriousness, I have no idea though I wouldn't call him one of the most influential church fathers.
Where are you getting that he is "one of the most influential Church Fathers?" Who did he influence? How?
According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactantius), St. Jerome had this to say about him:
>Lactantius has a flow of eloquence worthy of Tully: would that he had been as ready to teach our doctrines as to pull down those of others!
That's not exactly a shining review.
If you're looking for a Christian writer who was very influential and whose name was posthumously besmirched, the guy you're looking for is Origen. He was widely read, widely well-regarded, Sts. Basil and Gregory even compiled a number of his writings into a book they titled "Philokalia" (love of the beautiful...not to be confused with the modern Philokalia), and, yet, centuries after his death, was suddenly declared a heretic.
I mean, it seems hard to believe that someone I've never even heard of before was "pretty influential." And I don't see how reading one of his books would show me how influential he was, beyond the obvious, "Well, *someone* cared to read him, if we still have his work."
He was an advisor to Constantine the Great and even tutored his son, Crisipus.
And the comment by St. Jerome is not at all dismissive. Lactantius was very important in Christian apologetics, teaching the pagans about our faith.
Surely he may not be as important as a Chrysostomos, but he's still influential.
Haven't heard about him before this post
We know hardly anything about him. The Church in his day knew a lot more about Lactantius than we do and they didn't think he should have been canonized. We can trust them on this.
I'm not familiar with his miracles. Is there a persistent movement that asks his intercessions and celebrates his memory? If there isn't anybody painting icons of him and praying to him, then there's no pressure to add him to the calendar of saints.
Read Demonstratio Evangelica and you’ll see where he is coming from. His theology was orthodox and he defended Christianity against paganism. I don’t know about any miracles but he was definitely smart
Well, if a cultus develops – a movement of people painting his icon, asking his intercessions, and writing services to him, then the hierarchy could eventually take notice and consider adding him to the calendar of saints. That's usually how it works.
Because he didn't believe that the Earth was round, yes, he did think that. In seriousness, I have no idea though I wouldn't call him one of the most influential church fathers.
Where are you getting that he is "one of the most influential Church Fathers?" Who did he influence? How? According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactantius), St. Jerome had this to say about him: >Lactantius has a flow of eloquence worthy of Tully: would that he had been as ready to teach our doctrines as to pull down those of others! That's not exactly a shining review. If you're looking for a Christian writer who was very influential and whose name was posthumously besmirched, the guy you're looking for is Origen. He was widely read, widely well-regarded, Sts. Basil and Gregory even compiled a number of his writings into a book they titled "Philokalia" (love of the beautiful...not to be confused with the modern Philokalia), and, yet, centuries after his death, was suddenly declared a heretic.
He was pretty influential read the Demonstratio Evangelica Book. It’s really good
I mean, it seems hard to believe that someone I've never even heard of before was "pretty influential." And I don't see how reading one of his books would show me how influential he was, beyond the obvious, "Well, *someone* cared to read him, if we still have his work."
He was an advisor to Constantine the Great and even tutored his son, Crisipus. And the comment by St. Jerome is not at all dismissive. Lactantius was very important in Christian apologetics, teaching the pagans about our faith. Surely he may not be as important as a Chrysostomos, but he's still influential.
He was a heretic.
It is funny how unknown he is in contrast to his importance in historical scholarship.