Selected Writings of St. Justin Martyr

Name: Selected Writings of St. Justin Martyr
Author: Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr

Early Church

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Chapters 269

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CONTENTS ≈ 24 min
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE* ≈ 52 min
CHAP. II.--JUSTICE DEMANDED. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. III.--CLAIM OF JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. IV.--CHRISTIANS UNJUSTLY CONDEMNED FOR THEIR MERE NAME. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. V.--CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH ATHEISM. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. VI.--CHARGE OF ATHEISM REFUTED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. VII.--EACH CHRISTIAN MUST BE TRIED BY HIS OWN LIFE. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. VIII.--CHRISTIANS CONFESS THEIR FAITH IN GOD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. IX.--FOLLY OF IDOL, WORSHIP. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. X.--HOW GOD IS TO BE SERVED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XI.--WHAT KINGDOM CHRISTIANS LOOK FOR. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XII.--CHRISTIANS LIVE AS UNDER GOD'S EYE. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XIIL.--CHRISTIANS SERVE GOD RATIONALLY. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XIV.--THE DEMONS MISREPRESENT CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XV.--WHAT CHRIST HIMSELF TAUGHT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XVI.--CONCERNING PATIENCE AND SWEARING. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XVII.--CHRIST TAUGHT CIVIL OBEDIENCE. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XVIII.--PROOF OF IMMORTALITY AND THE RESURRECTION. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XIX.--THE RESURRECTION POSSIBLE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XX.--HEATHEN ANALOGIES TO CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXI.--ANALOGIES TO THE HISTORY OF CHRIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXII.--ANALOGIES TO THE SONSHIP OF CHRIST. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXIII.--THE ARGUMENT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXIV.--VARIETIES OF HEATHEN WORSHIP. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXV.--FALSE GODS ABANDONED BY CHRISTIANS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXVI.--MAGICIANS NOT TRUSTED BY CHRISTIANS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXVII.--GUILT OF EXPOSING CHILDREN. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXVIII.--GOD'S CARE FOR MEN. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXIX.--CONTINENCE OF CHRISTIANS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXX.--WAS CHRIST NOT A MAGICIAN? ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXXI.--OF THE HEBREW PROPHETS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXXII.--CHRIST PREDICTED BY MOSES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXIII.--MANNER OF CHRIST'S BIRTH PREDICTED. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXXIV.--PLACE OF CHRIST'S BIRTH FORETOLD. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXV.--OTHER FULFILLED PROPHECIES. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXXVI.--DIFFERENT MODES OF PROPHECY. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXVII.--UTTERANCES OF THE FATHER. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXXVIII.--UTTERANCES OF THE SON. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXIX.--DIRECT PREDICTIONS BY THE SPIRIT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XL.--CHRIST'S ADVENT FORETOLD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XLI.--THE CRUCIFIXION PREDICTED. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XLII.--PROPHECY USING THE PAST TENSE. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XLIII--RESPONSIBILITY ASSERTED. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XLIV.--NOT NULLIFIED BY PROPHECY. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLV.--CHRIST'S SESSION IN HEAVEN FORETOLD. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XLVI.--THE WORD IN THE WORLD BEFORE CHRIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XLVII.--DESOLATION OF JUDAEA FORETOLD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XLVIII.--CHRIST'S WORK AND DEATH FORETOLD. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XLIX.--HIS REJECTION BY THE JEWS FORETOLD. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. L.--HIS HUMILIATION PREDICTED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LI.--THE MAJESTY OF CHRIST. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LII.--CERTAIN FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LIII.--SUMMARY OF THE PROPHECIES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LIV.--ORIGIN OF HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LV.--SYMBOLS OF THE CROSS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LVI.--THE DEMONS STILL MISLEAD MEN. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LVII.--AND CAUSE PERSECUTION. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LVIII.--AND RAISE UP HERETICS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LIX.--PLATO'S OBLIGATION TO MOSES. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LX.--PLATO'S DOCTRINE OF THE CROSS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. LXI.--CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXII.--ITS IMITATION BY DEMONS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXIII.--HOW GOD APPEARED TO MOSES. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXIV.--FURTHER MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE TRUTH. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. LXV.--ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXVI.--OF THE EUCHARIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXVII.--WEEKLY WORSHIP OF THE CHRISTIANS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXVIII.--CONCLUSION. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXVIII.--CONCLUSION. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. II.--URBICUS CONDEMNS THE CHRISTIANS TO DEATH. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. V.--THE OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS RESPECTING GOD. ≈ 11 min
CHAP. VI.--BY DIVINE INSPIRATION PHILOSOPHERS SOMETIMES HIT ON THE TRUTH. ≈ 7 min
CHAP. VII.--THE POETS ALSO BEAR TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTH. ≈ 11 min
CHAP. VIII.--THE TRUE DOCTRINE IS TO BE SOUGHT IN THE PROPHETS. ≈ 7 min
"So He is all sure and unerring: ≈ 7 min
CHAP. III.--JUSTIN NARRATES THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. IV.--THE SOUL OF ITSELF CANNOT SEE GOD. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. V.--THE SOUL IS NOT IN ITS OWN NATURE IMMORTAL. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. VI.--THESE THINGS WERE UNKNOWN PLATO AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. VII.--THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH TO BE SOUGHT FROM THE PROPHETS ALONE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. VIII.--JUSTIN BY HIS COLLOQUY IS KINDLED WITH LOVE TO CHRIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. IX.--THE CHRISTIANS HAVE NOT BELIEVED GROUNDLESS STORIES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. X.--TRYPHO BLAMES THE CHRISTIANS FOR THIS ALONE--THE NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XI.--THE LAW ABROGATED; THE NEW TESTAMENT PROMISED AND GIVEN BY GOD. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XII.--THE JEWS VIOLATE THE ETERNAL LAW, AND INTERPRET ILL THAT OF MOSES. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XIII.--ISAIAH TEACHES THAT SINS ARE FORGIVEN THROUGH CHRIST'S BLOOD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XIV.--RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT PLACED IN JEWISH RITES, BUT IN THE CONVERSION OF THE HEART GIVEN IN ... ≈ 6 min
CHAP. XV.--IN WHAT THE TRUE FASTING CONSISTS. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XVI.--CIRCUMCISION GIVEN AS A SIGN, THAT THE JEWS MIGHT BE DRIVEN AWAY FOR THEIR EVIL DEEDS DON... ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XVII.--THE JEWS SENT PERSONS THROUGH THE WHOLE EARTH TO SPREAD CALUMNIES ON CHRISTIANS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XVIII.--CHRISTIANS WOULD OBSERVE THE LAW, IF THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY IT WAS INSTITUTED. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XIX.--CIRCUMCISION UNKNOWN BEFORE ABRAHAM. THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES ON ACCOUNT OF THE HARDNES... ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XX.--WHY CHOICE OF MEATS WAS PRESCRIBED. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXI.--SABBATHS WERE INSTITUTED ON ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE'S SINS, AND NOT FOR A WORK OF RIGHTEOUS... ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXII.--SO ALSO WERE SACRIFICES AND OBLATIONS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXIII.--THE OPINION OF THE JEWS REGARDING THE LAW DOES AN INJURY TO GOD. ≈ 8 min
CHAP. XXIV.--THE CHRISTIANS' CIRCUMCISION FAR MORE EXCELLENT. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXV.--THE JEWS BOAST IN VAIN THAT THEY ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXVI.--NO SALVATION TO THE JEWS EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXVII.--WHY GOD TAUGHT THE SAME THINGS BY THE PROPHETS AS BY MOSES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXVIII.--TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OBTAINED BY CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXIX.--CHRIST IS USELESS TO THOSE WHO OBSERVE THE LAW. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXX.--CHRISTIANS POSSESS THE TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXI.--IF CHRIST'S POWER BE NOW SO GREAT, HOW MUCH GREATER AT THE SECOND ADVENT! ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXII.--TRYPHO OBJECTING THAT CHRIST IS DESCRIBED AS GLORIOUS BY DANIEL, JUSTIN DISTINGUISHES TWO ADVENTS. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXXIII.--PS, CX. IS NOT SPOKEN OF HEZEKIAH. HE PROVES THAT CHRIST WAS FIRST HUMBLE, THEN SHALL BE GLORIOUS. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXXIV.--NOR DOES PS. LXXII. APPLY TO SOLOMON, WHOSE FAULTS CHRISTIANS SHUDDER AT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXV.--HERETICS CONFIRMTHE CATHOLICS IN THE FAITH. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. XXXVI.--HE PROVES THAT CHRIST IS CALLED LORD OF HOSTS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXXVII.--THE SAME IS PROVED FROM OTHER PSALMS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXXVIII.--IT IS AN ANNOYANCE TO THE JEW THAT CHRIST IS SAID TO BE ADORED. JUSTIN CONFIRMS IT, HOWEVER, FROM PS. XL ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXIX.--THE JEWS HATE THE CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE THIS. HOW GREAT THE DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN BOTH! ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XL.--HE RETURNS TO THE MOSAIC LAWS, AND PROVES THAT THEY WERE FIGURES OF THE THINGS WHICH PERTAIN TO CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XLI.--THE OBLATION OF FINE FLOUR WAS A FIGURE OF THE EUCHARIST. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLII.--THE BELLS ON THE PRIEST'S ROBE WERE A FIGURE OF THE APOSTLES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLIII.--HE CONCLUDES THAT THE LAW HAD AN END IN CHRIST, WHO WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLIV.--THE JEWS IN VAIN PROMISE THEMSELVES SALVATION, WHICH CANNOT BE OBTAINED EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XLV.--THOSE WHO WERE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE AND UNDER THE LAW SHALL BE SAVED BY CHRIST. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLVI.--TRYPHO ASKS WHETHER A MAN WHO KEEPS THE LAW EVEN NOW WILL BE SAVED. JUSTIN PROVES THAT IT CONTRIBUTES NOTHI ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XLVII.--JUSTIN COMMUNICATES WITH CHRISTIANS WHO OBSERVE THE LAW. NOT A FEW CATHOLICS DO OTHERWISE. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XLVIII.--BEFORE THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST IS PROVED, HE [TRYPHO] DEMANDS THAT IT BE SETTLED THAT HE IS CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XLIX.--TO THOSE WHO OBJECT THAT ELIJAH HAS NOT YET COME, HE REPLIES THAT HE IS THE PRECURSOR OF THE FIRST ADVENT. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. L.--IT IS PROVED FROM ISAIAH THAT JOHN IS THE PRECURSOR OF CHRIST. ≈ 6 min
JUSTIN: IT IS PROVED THAT THIS PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED AND OTHER ARTICLES (CHAP. LI to Chap C) ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LII.--JACOB PREDICTED TWO ADVENTS OF CHRIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LIII.--JACOB PREDICTED THAT CHRIST WOULD RIDE ON AN ASS, AND ZECHARIAH CONFIRMS IT. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LV.--TRYPHO ASKS THAT CHRIST BE PROVED GOD, BUT WITHOUT METAPHOR. JUSTIN PROMISES TO DO SO. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. LVI.--GOD WHO APPEARED TO MOSES IS DISTINGUISHED FROM GOD THE FATHER. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LVII.--THE JEW OBJECTS, WHY IS HE SAID TO HAVE EATEN, IF HE BE GOD? ANSWER OF JUSTIN. ≈ 16 min
CHAP. LVIII.--THE SAME IS PROVED FROM THE VISIONS WHICH APPEARED TO JACOB. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LIX.--GOD DISTINCT FROM THE FATHER CONVERSED WITH MOSES. ≈ 9 min
CHAP. LX.--OPINIONS OF THE JEWS WITH REGARD TO HIM WHO APPEARED IN THE BUSH. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXI--WISDOM IS BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, AS FIRE FROM FIRE. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. LXII.--THE WORDS "LET US MAKE MAN" AGREE WITH THE TESTIMONY OF PROVERBS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXIII.--IT IS PROVED THAT THIS GOD WAS INCARNATE. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXIV.--JUSTIN ADDUCES OTHER PROOFS TO THE JEW, WHO DENIES THAT HE NEEDS THIS CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXV.--THE JEW OBJECTS THAT GOD DOES NOT GIVE HIS GLORY TO ANOTHER. JUSTIN EXPLAINS THE PASSAGE. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. LXVI.--HE PROVES FROM ISAIAH THAT GOD WAS BORN FROM A VIRGIN. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. LXVII.--TRYPHO COMPARES JESUS WITH PERSEUS; AND WOULD PREFER [TO SAY] THAT HE WAS ELECTED[TO BE CHRIST] ON ACCOUNT ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXVIII.--HE COMPLAINS OF THE OBSTINACY OF TRYPHO; HE ANSWERS HIS OBJECTION; HE CONVICTS THE JEWS OF BAD FAITH. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. LXIX.--THE DEVIL, SINCE HE EMULATES THE TRUTH, HAS INVENTED FABLES ABOUT BACCHUS, HERCULES, AND ÆSCULAPIUS. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. LXX.--SO ALSO THE MYSTERIES OF MITHRAS ARE DISTORTED FROM THE PROPHECIES OF DANIEL AND ISAIAH. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. LXXI.--THE JEWS REJECT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE LXX., FROM WHICH, MOREOVER, THEY HAVE TAKEN AWAY SOME PASSAGES. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXII.--PASSAGES HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THE JEWS FROM ESDRAS AND JEREMIAH. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXXIII.--[THE WORDS] "FROM THE WOOD" HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF PS. XCVI ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXXIV.--THE BEGINNING OF PS. XCVI. IS ATTRIBuTED TO THE FATHER [BY TRYPHO]. BUT[IT REFERS] TO CHRIST BY THESE WORD ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXV.--IT IS PROVED THAT JESUS WAS THE NAME OF GOD IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXXVI.--FROM OTHER PASSAGES THE SAME MAJESTY AND GOVERNMENT OF CHRIST ARE PROVED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. LXXVII.--HE RETURNS TO EXPLAIN THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXVIII.--HE PROVES THAT THIS PROPHECY HARMONIZES WITH CHRIST ALONE, FROM WHAT IS AFTERWARDS WRITTEN. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXXIX.--HE PROVES AGAINST TRYPHO THAT THE WICKED ANGELS HAVE REVOLTED FROM GOD. ≈ 7 min
CHAP. LXXX.--THE OPINION OF JUSTIN WITH REGARD TO THE REIGN OF A THOUSAND YEARS. SEVERAL CATHOLICS REJECT IT. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXXXI.--HE ENDEAVOURS TO PROVE THIS OPINION FROM ISAIAH AND THE APOCALYPSE. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXXII.--THE PROPHETICAL GIFTS OF THE JEWS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE CHRISTIANS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXXIII.--IT IS PROVED THAT THE PSALM, "THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD," ETC., DOES NOT SUIT HEZEKIAH. ≈ 3 min
CHAP.LXXXIV.--THAT PROPHECY, "BEHOLD, A VIRGIN," ETC., SUITS CHRIST ALONE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXXXV.--HE PROVES THAT CHRIST IS THE LORD OF HOSTS FROM PS. XXIV., AND FROM HIS AUTHORITY OVER DEMONS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. LXXXVI.--THERE ARE VARIOUS FIGURES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE WOOD OF THE CROSS BY WHICH CHRIST REIGNED. ≈ 7 min
CHAP. LXXXVII.--TRYPHO MAINTAINS IN OBJECTION THESE WORDS: "AND SHALL REST ON HIM," ETC. THEY ARE EXPLAINED BY JUSTIN. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXXVIII.--CHRIST HAS NOT RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT ON ACCOUNT OF POVERTY. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. LXXXIX.-- THE CROSS ALONE IS OFFENSIVE TO TRYPHO ON ACCOUNT OF THE CURSE, YET IT PROVES THAT JESUS IS CHRIST. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XC.--THE STRETCHED-OUT HANDS OF MOSES SIGNIFIED BEFOREHAND THE CROSS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XCI.--THE CROSS WAS FORETOLD IN THE BLESSINGS OF JOSEPH, AND IN THE SERPENT THAT WAS LIFTED UP.. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XCII.--UNLESS THE SCRIPTURES BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH GOD'S GREAT GRACE, GOD WILL NOT APPEAR TO HAVE TAUGHT ALWAYS TH ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XCIII.--THE SAME KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BESTOWED ON ALL. CHRIST COMPREHENDS IT IN TWO PRECEPTS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XCIV.-- IN WHAT SENSE HE WHO HANGS ON A TREE IS CURSED. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XCV.--CHRIST TOOK UPON HIMSELF THE CURSE DUE TO US. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XCVI.--THAT CURSE WAS A PREDICTION OF THE THINGS WHICH THE JEWS WOULD DO. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XCVII.--OTHER PREDICTIONS OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XCVIII.-- PREDICTIONS OF CHRIST IN PS. XXII. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XCIX.--IN THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PSALM ARE CHRIST'S DYING WORDS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. C.--IN WHAT SENSE CHRIST IS [CALLED] JACOB, AND ISRAEL, AND SON OF MAN. ≈ 3 min
JUSTIN: CHRIST REFERS ALL THINGS TO THE FATHER AND OTHER ARTICLES (CHAP. CI to Chap CXLII) ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CII.--THE PREDICTION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED TO CHRIST WHEN HE WAS BORN. WHY GOD PERMITTED IT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. CIII.--THE PHARISEES ARE THE BULLS: THE ROARING LION IS HEROD OR THE DEVIL. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. CIV.--CIRCUMSTANCES OF CHRIST'S DEATH ARE PREDICTED IN THIS PSALM. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. CV.--THE PSALM ALSO PREDICTS THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE SUBJECT OF THE LAST PRAYERS OF CHRIST ON EARTH. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. CVI.--CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS FORETOLD IN THE CONCLUSION OF THE PSALM. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CVII.--THE SAME IS TAUGHT FROM THE HISTORY OF JONAH. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CVII.--THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST DID NOT CONVERT THE JEWS. BUT THROUGH THE WHOLE WORLD THEY HAVE SENT MEN TO ACCU ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CIX.--THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES HAS BEEN PREDICTED BY MICAH. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. CX.--A PORTION OF THE PROPHECY ALREADY FULFILLED IN THE CHRISTIANS: THE REST SHALL BE FULFILLED AT THE SECOND ADVE ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXI.--THE TWO ADVENTS WERE SIGNIFIED BY THE TWO GOATS. OTHER FIGURES OF THE FIRST ADVENT, IN WHICH THE GENTILES AR ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CXII.--THE JEWS EXPOUND THESE SIGNS JEJUNELY AND FEEBLY, AND TAKE UP THEIR ATTENTION ONLY WITH INSIGNIFICANT MATTE ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXIII. --JOSHUA WAS A FIGURE OF CHRIST. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXIV.--SOME RULES FOR DISCERNING WHAT IS SAID ABOUT CHRIST. THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE JEWS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM TH ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXV.--PREDICTION ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS IN ZECHARIAH. THE MALIGNANT WAY WHICH THE JEWS HAVE IN DISPUTATIONS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXVI.--IT IS SHOWN HOW THIS PROPHECY SUITS THE CHRISTIANS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXVII.--MALACHI'S PROPHECY CONCERNING THE SACRIFICES OF THE CHRISTIANS. IT CANNOT BE TAKEN AS REFERRING TO THE PRA ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXVIII.---HE EXHORTS TO REPENTANCE BEFORE CHRIST COMES; IN WHOM CHRISTIANS, SINCE THEY BELIEVE, ARE FAR MORE RELIG ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXIX.--CHRISTIANS ARE THE HOLY PEOPLE PROMISED TO ABRAHAM. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED LIKE ABRAHAM. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXX. -- CHRISTIANS WERE PROMISED TO ISAAC, JACOB, AND JUDAH. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CXXI.--FROM THE FACT THAT THE GENTILES BELIEVE LN JESUS, IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE IS CHRIST. ≈ 5 min
CHAP.CXXII.--THE JEWS UNDERSTAND THIS OF THE PROSELYTES WITHOUT REASON. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXIII.--RIDICULOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF THE JEWS. CHRISTIANS ARE THE TRUE ISRAEL. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXXIV.--CHRISTIANS ARE THE SONS OF GOD. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. CXXV.--HE EXPLAINS WHAT FORCE THE WORD ISRAEL HAS, AND HOW IT SUITS CHRIST. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXVI.--THE VARIOUS NAMES OF CHRIST ACCORDING TO BOTH NATURES. IT IS SHOWN THAT HE IS GOD, AND APPEARED TO THE PAT ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXXVII.--THESE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE DO NOT APPLY TO THE FATHER, BUT TO THE WORD. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CXXVIII.--THE WORD IS SENT NOT AS AN INANIMATE POWER, BUT AS A PERSON BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER'S SUBSTANCE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXIX.--THAT IS CONFIRMED FROM OTHER PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXX.--HE RETURNS TO THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES, AND SHOWS THAT IT WAS FORETOLD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. CXXXI.--HOW MUCH MORE FAITHFUL TO GOD THE GENTILES ARE WHO ARE CONVERTED TO CHRIST THAN THE JEWS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXXII.--HOW GREAT THE POWER WAS OF THE NAME OF JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CXXXIII.--THE HARD-HEARTEDNESS OF THE JEWS, FOR WHOM THE CHRISTIANS PRAY. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXXIV.--THE MARRIAGES OF JACOB ARE A FIGURE OF THE CHURCH. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. CXXXV.--CHRIST IS KING OF ISRAEL, AND CHRISTIANS ARE THE ISRAELITIC RACE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXXVI.--THE JEWS, IN REJECTING CHRIST, REJECTED GOD WHO SENT HIM. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXXXVII.--HE EXHORTS THE JEWS TO BE CONVERTED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. CXXXVIII.--NOAH IS A FIGURE OF CHRIST, WHO HAS REGENERATED US BY WATER, AND FAITH, AND WOOD: [i.e., the Cross.] ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXXXIX.--THE BLESSINGS, AND ALSO THE CURSE, PRONOUNCED BY NOAH WERE PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. CXL.--IN CHRIST ALL ARE FREE. THE JEWS HOPE FOR SALVATION IN VAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. CXLI.--FREE-WILL IN MEN AND ANGELS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXLII.--THE JEWS RETURN THANKS, AND LEAVE JUSTIN. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. CXLII.--THE JEWS RETURN THANKS, AND LEAVE JUSTIN. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. II--THE POETS ARE UNFIT TO BE RELIGIOUS TEACHERS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. III.--OPINIONS OF THE SCHOOL OF THALES. ≈ 6 min
CHAP. IV.--OPINIONS OF PYTHAGORAS AND EPICURUS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. V.--OPINIONS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. VI.--FURTHER DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. VII.--INCONSISTENCIES OF PLATO'S DOCTRINE. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. VIII.--ANTIQUITY, INSPIRATION, AND HARMONY OF CHRISTIAN TEACHERS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. IX.--THE ANTIQUITY OF MOSES PROVED BY GREEK WRITERS. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. X--TRAINING AND INSPIRATION OF MOSES.(6) ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XI.--HEATHEN ORACLES TESTIFY OF MOSES. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XII.--ANTIQUITY OF MOSES PROVED. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XIII.--HISTORY OF THE SEPTUAGINT. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XIV.--A WARNING APPEAL TO THE GREEKS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XV.--TESTIMONY OF ORPHEUS TO MONOTHEISM. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XVI.--TESTIMONY OF THE SIBYL. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XVII--TESTIMONY OF HOMER. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XVIII.--TESTIMONY OF SOPHOCLES. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XIX.--TESTIMONY OF PYTHAGORAS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XX.--TESTIMONY OF PLATO. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXI.--THE NAMELESSNESS OF GOD. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXII.--STUDIED AMBIGUITY PLATO. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXIII.--PLATO'S SELF-CONTRADICTION. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXIV.--AGREEMENT OF PLATO AND HOMER. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXV.--PLATO'S KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S ETERNITY. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXVI.--PLATO INDEBTED TO THE PROPHETS. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXVII.--PLATO'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE JUDGEMENT. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXVIII.--HOMER'S OBLIGATIONS TO THE SACRED WRITERS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. XXIX.--ORIGIN OF PLATO'S DOCTRINE OF FORM. ≈ 7 min
CHAP. XXX.--HOMER'S KNOWLEDGE OF MAN'S ORIGIN. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXI.--FURTHER PROOF OF PLATO'S ACQUAINTANCE WITH SCRIPTURE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXII.--PLATO'S DOCTRINE OF THE HEAVENLY GIFT. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXIII.--PLATO'S IDEA OF THE BEGINNING OF TIME DRAWN FROM MOSES. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXIV.--WHENCE MEN ATTRIBUTED TO GOD HUMAN FORM. ≈ 2 min
CHAP. XXXV.--APPEAL TO THE GREEKS. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. XXXVI.--TRUE KNOWLEDGE NOT HELD BY THE PHILOSOPHERS. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. XXXVII.--OF THE SIBYL.(5) ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXXVIII.--CONCLUDING APPEAL. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. XXXVIII.--CONCLUDING APPEAL. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. II.--TESTIMONIES TO THE UNITY OF GOD. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. III.--TESTIMONIES TO A FUTURE JUDGMENT ≈ 5 min
CHAP. III.--TESTIMONIES TO A FUTURE JUDGMENT ≈ 1 min
CHAP. II.--OBJECTIONS TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. III.--IF THE MEMBERS RISE, MUST THEY DISCHARGE THE SAME FUNCTIONS AS NOW? ≈ 2 min
CHAP. IV.--MUST THE DEFORMED RISE DEFORMED? ≈ 4 min
CHAP. V.--THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ≈ 1 min
CHAP. VI.--THE RESURRECTION CONSISTENT WITH THE OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. ≈ 4 min
CHAP. VII.--THE BODY VALUABLE IN GOD'S SIGHT. ≈ 5 min
CHAP. VIII.--DOES THE BODY CAUSE THE SOUL TO SIN? ≈ 2 min
CHAP. IX.--THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST PROVES THAT THE BODY RISES. ≈ 7 min
CHAP. X.--THE BODY SAVED, AND WILL THEREFORE RISE. ≈ 3 min
CHAP. X.--THE BODY SAVED, AND WILL THEREFORE RISE. ≈ 4 min
OTHER FRAGMENTS FROM THE LOST WRITINGS OF JUSTIN ≈ 14 min

Author	Justin Martyr
Language	English
Era	Early Church
Categories	Early Church · Christian Classics
Length	269 chapters · ≈ 16 h 26 min read
Formats	Web Book · EPUB

Selected Writings of St. Justin Martyr

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