Interpretation and reception
Oration to the Assembly of the Saints
Attributed to Constantine, transmitted with Eusebius
Uses the Sibylline acrostic and Virgil as witnesses to Christ, while explicitly acknowledging contemporary suspicion of Christian fabrication. Its defense of pre-Christian provenance is an argument requiring external evidence.
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Edition and location
Ernest Cushing Richardson, NPNF second series 1 (1890); New Advent revision
Chapters 18–19