Fathers

Commodianus

Christian poet

Commodianus (fl. 3rd–5th c.) wrote Latin Christian verse of an uncertain date. The poems instruct pagans and believers in a rough, urgent style.

Dates
fl. 3rd–5th c.
Role
Christian poet
See
West

The Instructions and the Carmen apologeticum warn of judgment and call readers to leave the gods. They show popular Christian teaching in the western churches.

Writings