1. To the Emperor Titus ^.lius Adrianus Antoninus Pius
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THE FIRST APOLOGY
S. JUSTIN MARTYR
FOR THE CHRISTIANS
TO ANTONINUS
PIUS.
1. To the Emperor Titus ^.lius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Caesar, to his son Verissimus the philosopher, ^res'g. and Lucius the philosopher % the natural son of Csesar, but the adopted son of Pius, and the lover of learning; and to the sacred Senate, and to the whole people of Rome, in favour of those men of all nations who are unjustly hated and oppressed,
I, Justin, the son of Priscus, and grandson of Bacchius, natives of Flavia Neapolis, a city of Palestine, being one of them, have composed this address and petition.
2. Reason directs that all who are really pious, and truly philosophers, should l ove tha t alone whicli is_ true, and tVJus- ^^^^ refuse to follow the opinions of~tlie ancients, should they*'^^' prove to be worthless ; for sound reason requires that we should not only reject those who act, or teach, any thing ^ Aovk'k}} <piXocr6(j)C{).
Eusebius, who of St.
Justin.
In the second section has translated this exordium of St. of the second Apology, the same words Justin, has (pi\oa-6(pov instead of cpiKoare repeated; and the Codices of St. a6(})C(>, and refers the term to Lucius Justin read as above (t)i\o(r6(p(f}, whilst ^lius Verus, the Csesar and father of those of Kusebius, who also cites the Lucius.
Valesius, in his note on the whole section, are again found to conpassage, whilst admitting that the Mss. tsi'm (pL\oa6(pou.
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