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	Julius Firmicus Maternus: Profile of a Roman Astrologer By David McCann
		Firmicus also wrote two small essays on prediction while he was preparing his main work, but these have been lost.
		His fatalism made Firmicus a rather uncomfortable author for a Christian readership and the survival of his work is a tribute to the broad-mindedness of those medieval monks who copied and preserved his manuscripts.
		In his fascination with 'ancient lore', Firmicus occasionally includes material which seems to have been as mysterious to him as it is to us; though most of the work is concerned with the basic elements of the horoscope and things which are assumed by the more philosophic work of Ptolemy are presented here in detail.
	www.skyscript.co.uk /firmicus.html (2789 words)

	Constans
		Constans, or Flavius Julius Constans (AD 320 - January 18, 350), was a Roman emperor who ruled from 337 to 350.
		The writer Julius Firmicus Maternus mentioned that Constans visited Britain in the early months of 343, but did not explain why.
		The speed of his trip, paired with the fact he crossed the English Channel during the dangerous winter months, suggests it was in response to a military emergency of some kind.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Constans.html (189 words)

	Hellenistic Astrology [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Fourth century astrologer turned Christian, Firmicus Maternus, associated apokatastasis with the Thema Mundi (or Genesis Cosmos), which is a 'birth chart' for the world consisting of each planet in the 15th degree of its own sign.
		Julius Firmicus Maternus was a fourth century Sicilian astrologer who authored an astrological work in eight books, Matheseos, and about ten years later, a Christian polemical work, On the Error of Profane Religions (De errore profanarium religionum).
		Firmicus' oath is upon the creator god (demiurge) who is responsible for the order of the cosmos and for arranging the planets as stations along the way of the souls' ascent and descent (7.1.2).
	www.iep.utm.edu /a/astr-hel.htm (19010 words)

	On the Daemon - Phil Meade - Theandros - Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy
		As we see in Julius Firmicus Maternus this Part is also known as the Part of the Sun and indicates that to which the native aspires, the highest possible goal to which the individual can aspire.
		Both Plutarch and Julius Firmicus Maternus connect the daemon somehow with the Moon.
		Julius Firmicus Maternus, "Matheseos" Libri IV & VIII.
	www.theandros.com /daemon.html (3040 words)

	Griekse, Hellenistische astrologie: boekbesprekingen
		Maternus, Julius Firmicus Mathesis; Ancient Astrology, Theory and Practice trans.
		Firmucus Maternus has the distinction of being the only serious writer on astrology who was also a Father of the Church, hence his works were not destroyed.
		Firmicus Maternus is essentially a literary astrologer, and only a few of his charts really represent attempts to record the heavenly positions at a particular time.
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	Charles Saba: History: Rome
		The major astrological figure of the Roman era was Julius Firmicus Maternus, an astrologer, lawyer and Christian.
		Firmicus lived in the 4th century AD and is notable for spanning the divide between Christian and pagan thought.
		With the fall of the Roman Empire, and the barbarization of Europe, it entered its 'dark ages' when knowledge of classical science and philosophy was lost for several centuries.
	www.chsaba.com /history/rome.html (137 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 152 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Arbitio, in the year 355, the conclusion of the work might be referred to an epoch somewhat later ihan this date.
		Although we can trace in several passages a correspondence with the Astronomica of Manilius, we are led to suppose that Firmicus was ignorant of the existence of that poem; for his expressions on two occasions (lib.
		Firmicus Maternus was first printed at Venice, fol.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1260.html (843 words)

	Amazon.fr : Mathesis: Livres en anglais: Julius Firmicus Maternus,J.R. Bram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Amazon.fr : Mathesis: Livres en anglais: Julius Firmicus Maternus,J.R. Bram
		Firmicus seemed worthy of note for many reasons.
		Julius Firmicus Maternus, a native of Sicily, was a Roman lawyer of the senatorial class.
	www.amazon.fr /Mathesis-Julius-Firmicus-Maternus/dp/0815550375 (371 words)

	The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn: Library: Flying Roll #VII
		The syllable AL is the Arabic indefinite article, like the Hebrew He, meaning 'The' chemistry—the Higher Chemistry, treating of the essential nature of the Elements, metals and minerals; while modern chemistry rejoices rather in being a science of utilitarian and commercial uses.
		The earliest use of the word Alchemy is believed to be found in the works of Julius Firmicus Maternus, the Astronomer, who lived in the time of the Emperor Constantine.
		Firmicus wrote that 'he should be well skilled in Alchemy, who is born when the Moon is in the House of Saturn'.
	www.osogd.org /library/rolls/roll07.html (2981 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600.
		Julius Firmicus Maternus: De errore profanarum religionum (not mentioned by the ancients, but edited several times in the sixteenth century, and latterly by F. Münter, Havn.
		The benefits of the incarnation are incalculable, like the waves of the sea pursuing one another in constant succession.
		It is uncertain whether he was the author of a mathematical and astrological work written some years earlier and published at Basel in 1551, which treats of the influence of the stars upon men, but conjures its readers not to divulge these Egyptian and Babylonian mysteries, as astrology was forbidden at the time.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc3.iii.v.iv.html?bcb=0 (1089 words)

	Abaris' arrow
		Julius Firmicus Maternus, De errore profanarum religionum (1662 published book is in the Early English Books Online collection).
		Lives of the Necromancers, by William Godwin "The time in which he flourished is very uncertain, some having represented him as having constructed the Palladium, which, as long as it was preserved, kept Troy from being taken by an enemy.
		Godwin cites Julius Firmicus, apud Scaliger, (in Eusebium) as the source of this tidbit.
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		He was a student of Greek astrology, which forms the basis of this book.
		Firmicus wrote for his patron, one Quintus Flavius Maesius Lollianus Egnatius, known in the book as Mavortius.
		Firmicus differs from Ptolemy (two centuries earlier) in that he employs houses & his work is practical, where Ptolemy is theoretical.
	www.astrology-books.com /store/Maternus_Firmicus.html (252 words)

	MATERNUS JULIUS FIRMICUS - Online Information article about MATERNUS JULIUS FIRMICUS
		MATERNUS JULIUS FIRMICUS - Online Information article about MATERNUS JULIUS FIRMICUS
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		FIRMICUS, a Latin writer, who lived in the reign of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FAT_FLA/FIRMICUS_MATERNUS_JULIUS.html (358 words)

	Julius Firmicus Maternus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Julius Firmicus Maternus wrote a treatise on astrology, entitled Mathesis, around A.D. 334-7, and this page is from Book 2, chapter 29, sections 8-10.
		This page first continues a discussion of antiscia (planets "casting shadows" on each other in an astrological sense), and then gives the start of an account of how to cast a horoscope, explaining the location of the planets at the birth of an unamed person who subsequently had a political career.
		I am not terribly well up on ancient astrology, but the diagram represents the position of the planets in the various signs of the zodiac at the moment of the man's birth, as described above in the Latin text.
	star.arm.ac.uk /history/puzzle.html (200 words)

	Firmicus Maternus and the Star of Bethlehem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Mathesis of Julius Firmicus Maternus describes astrological aspects responsible for bestowing divinity and immortality.
		These conditions have been identified as the major astrological components of the Star of Bethlehem.
		Moreover, closer examination reveals that Firmicus juxtaposed pagan and Christian themes, which suggests he was a pagan making the transition to Christianity.
	www.cultureandcosmos.com /abstracts/vol_2_no_2_2.htm (51 words)

	Ides of March - Beware! The Nero Prediction
		In an insightful article, astronomer Michael Molnar reminds us that because Venus was the legendary ancestress of the Julian family, the planet Venus held special significance for Caesar who had her zodiacal house Taurus emblazoned on the shields of his favorite legion (the 10th).
		According to the astrologer Julius Firmicus Maternus, writing in the 4th century AD, the waxing moon was fortunate but the waning moon "indicates destruction for everyone".
		The moon of the Ides of March was in her last quarter and Caesar's moon was also waning.
	www.neroprediction.com /idesmarch/ides_march.html (1765 words)

	Astrology Original Sources - © Dr Shepherd Simpson
		However, he is quoted by Flavius Josephus, Nicholas of Damascus, Julius Africanus, Eusebius, Syncellus and several others.
		De Nativitatibus sive Matheseos Julius Firmicus Maternus Siculus, c 337 AD.
		The Errors of the Pagan Religions ["De Errore Profanarum Religionum"] Firmicus Maternus, c 335-350 AD.
	www.geocities.com /astrologysources/index.htm (823 words)

	CHAPTER 2.
		Whence it appears that he thought the Jews were not redeemed by Christ, only such as are Christians.
		A.D. JULIUS FIRMICUS MATERNUS was a native of Sicily.
		He was brought up in the pagan religion, and wrote some books of astrology, A. 336 or 337, being still a heathen.
	www.godrules.net /library/gill/190gill25.htm (1589 words)

	Thomas Taylor
		“On the Nature of the Universe” and Extracts from Taurus, Julius Firmicus Maternus and Proclus (Rare Reprint)
		This facsimile reprint of a 1831 edition is collection of brief translations dealing with astrotheology.
		Maternus was one of many early astronomers, and second in authority only to Ptolemy of Alexandria.
	www.prs.org /ttaylor.htm (585 words)

	Exegesis V4 Issue 51 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The following statement of his is cited by Rupert Gleadow: "There is in man a double-spring of action, namely nature and the will; and nature for its part is ruled by the stars, while the will is free; but unless it resists it is swept along by nature and becomes mechanical." (5)
		Firmicus Maternus was a minor official in the employ of one of the provincial governors of the Byzantine empire, to whom he addressed his textbook on astrology.
		"Julius Firmicus Maternus was a Christian astrologer, his Mathesis was composed between 334 and 337AD.
	exegesis.dyndns.org /exegesis/exgv4i051.html (1917 words)

	Amazon.com: "Julius Firmicus Maternus": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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		III tion of Thebes,' Paul of Alexandria, and Julius Firmicus Maternus...
		Minucius Felix is said to have written Contra Mathematicos,94 while, in the fourth century of our era, Julius Firmicus Maternus defended as- 85 Ioannes Laurentius Lydus, De Ostentis 27 Eq5 jUEpos povro*Ko7rta.
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	Julius Firmicus Maternus Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Julius Firmicus Maternus Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Of this book, James Herschel Holden writes, "The Mathesis is the lengthiest astrological treatise that has come...
		Firmicus Maternus: the error of the pagan religions.
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	The First Church of Rome Part 5
		The one party, indeed, kept the Paschal day on the fourteenth day of the first month, according to the Gospel, as they thought, adding nothing of an extraneous kind, but keeping through all things the rule of faith.
		Julius Firmicus Maternus, De Errore Profanarum Religionum, xxvii.
		This is known to have been the practice in Egypt.
	www.christianhospitality.org /pages_20items/pt5_first_church_rome.htm (11189 words)

	World Mysteries - Astrology, Horoscope, Biorhythm, Mind Reader and more...
		At 92, she continues to read widely and tutor students.
		Comment: Julius Firmicus Maternus, a native of Sicily, was a Roman lawyer of the senatorial class.
		Firmicus differs from Ptolemy (two centuries earlier) in that he employs houses and his work is practical, where Ptolemy is theoretical.
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	A Reader's Guide to The Recognitions, II.3 pp. 421-442
		Is it surprising that in the face of this astonishing similarity the Christian apologists denounced the Mysteries as a most crafty and insidious attack upon the Truth, made not, be it observed, by men (human plagiarism is never suggested), but by that great Counterfeiter, the Devil himself?
		431.11] Born of the Rock: Mithra was said to have been born from a rock, as illustrated in various Mithraic bas-reliefs (e.g., M 54); see the reaction of Firmicus Maternus to this belief below (436.40).
		436.40] De Errore Profanarum Religionum of Firmicus Maternus: Julius Firmicus Maternus was a Latin writer of the fourth century
	www.williamgaddis.org /recognitions/23anno4.shtml (2024 words)

	Powell's Books - Ancient Astrology Theory and Practice: Matheseos Libri VIII by Julius Firmicus Maternus
		Powell's Books - Ancient Astrology Theory and Practice: Matheseos Libri VIII by Julius Firmicus Maternus
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Firmicus Maternus
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		Christian author of the fourth century; wrote a work "De errore profanarum religionum".
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06080a.htm (265 words)

	Ancient, Traditional Astrology Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		He was also a student of Greek astrology, which forms the basis of this book.
		If the misconceptions surrounding this ancient art can be laid to rest, perhaps astrology may once again take its place as a valid course of study within the academy.
		Noonan studied Aristotle, Ptolemy, Al Biruni, Masha'allah, Firmicus Maternus, Plato & Abu'mashar, among others.
	www.astroamerica.com /ancient.html (3830 words)

	Research Sources For Astrology
		Houseman is probably better known to most readers as a poet than a classical scholar.}
		Jean Rhys Bram, (Park Ridge, Jew Jersey, Noyes Press, 1975 {Firmicus was the other well-known Latin writer on astrology, and lived in the fourth century CE.
		Firmicus Maternus is essentially a literary astrologer...." -- Win Rowe.}
	www.smoe.org /arcana/astrol5.html (2499 words)

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