Arnobius of Sicca: source notes

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AFT S1: Against the Heathen II.14

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/06312.htm
• Text: “For they are cast in, and being annihilated, pass away vainly in everlasting destruction. For theirs is an intermediate state … they may on the one hand perish if they have not known God”.
• Context: The rare patristic voice for annihilation, from a recent convert, c. 300.
• Bears on: L5
• Status: verified (English)