Vergil and the Trinity: Appropriation, Revision, and Distortion of Rome's Greatest Poet

This volume reveals how some Christian authors used the poetry of Vergil to explain important aspects of the three persons of the trinity, shedding new light on the attitudes of early Christians towards non-Christian texts.

Readers gain insight into how Christians employed the work of Rome’s most famous poet in discussions about the trinity, which one might assume were only limited to the use of canonical scripture. The book explores why these authors relied upon Vergil in particular and whi...