Justin Martyr: The First Apology

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Justin Martyr was a Christian catechist living in Rome who was martyred, along with several of his students, in the mid-second century. His First Apology, written in the style of a classical speech of defense, was addressed to the household of the non-Christian Emperor Antoninus Pius, defending the new faith and arguing for their conversion to Christianity.

Introduction

In Chapters 6167, Justin described aspects of Christian worship, primarily to clarify for non-Christians that the worship...

 

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