Saint Justin Martyr, one of the most important of the Greek philosopher-Apologists in the early Christian church. His writings represent one of the first positive encounters of Christian revelation with Greek philosophy and laid the basis for a theology
St. Stephen was a Christian deacon in Jerusalem who is believed to have been the first Christian martyr. His defense of his faith before the Sanhedrin prior to being stoned to death points to a distinct strand of belief in early Christianity. He is the p
A collection of Christian thinkers who are now collectively referred to as the Church Fathers—including Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and others—wrote extensively against these Gnostic Christians around the middle of the second century CE. ...
Emperor Justinianwas born in a village in Thrace. The life of this peasant boy named Petrus Sabbatius would change thanks to his uncle Justin. Justin had left the village at a young age and went to the capital, Constantinople. He rose in the army in a short time as he was an excellent...
Apologists of the 2nd century like Justin Martyr, Theophilus, and Athenagoras went as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought. Irenaeus, in his book Adversus haereses (Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” ...
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Apologistsof the 2nd century likeJustin Martyr,Theophilus, andAthenagoraswent as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought.Irenaeus, in his bookAdversus haereses(Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” (a reference...
Apologists of the 2nd century like Justin Martyr, Theophilus, and Athenagoras went as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought. Irenaeus, in his book Adversus haereses (Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” ...
Apologists of the 2nd century like Justin Martyr, Theophilus, and Athenagoras went as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought. Irenaeus, in his book Adversus haereses (Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” ...
Apologists of the 2nd century like Justin Martyr, Theophilus, and Athenagoras went as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought. Irenaeus, in his book Adversus haereses (Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” ...