2. also known
as Justin the
Philosopher,
was an early
Christian
apologist
and
philosopher.
- c. AD 100
â c. AD 165),
3. Most of his works are lost, but two apologies and a dialogue did
survive. The First Apology, his most well-known text, passionately
defends the morality of the Christian life, and provides various ethical
and philosophical arguments to convince the Roman emperor,
Antoninus, to abandon the persecution of the Church.
4. he also indicates, that the "seeds of Christianity"
(manifestations of the Logos acting in history)
actually predated Christ's incarnation.
5. This notion allows him to claim many historical Greek
philosophers (including Socrates and Plato), in whose
works he was well studied, as unknowing Christians
6. Justin Martyr was born around AD 90-100, into a
Greek family, at Flavia Neapolis (today Nablus) near
the ancient biblical city of Shechem, in Samaria.
7. He knew little or no Hebrew and
Aramaic, and had only a passing
acquaintance with Judaism. His
family may have been pagan,
since he was uncircumcised, and
defined himself as a Gentile.
8. His grandfather, Bacchius, had a Greek name, while his father, Priscus,
bore a Latin name, which has led to speculations that his ancestors
may have settled in Neapolis soon after its establishment or that
they were descended from a Roman "diplomatic" community there
9. In the opening of the Dialogue, Justin describes his
early education, stating that his initial studies left
him unsatisfied due to their failure to provide a
belief system that would afford theological and
metaphysical inspiration to their young pupil.
10. He says he
tried first the
school of a Stoic
philosopher,
who was
unable to
explain God's
being to him.
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11. He then attended a Peripatetic philosopher but was put
off because the philosopher was too eager for his fee.
12. Then he went to hear a Pythagorean philosopher who demanded that
he first learn music, astronomy, and geometry, which he did not wish
to do. Subsequently, he adopted Platonism after encountering
a Platonist thinker who had recently settled in his city
14. He travelled throughout the land, spreading the knowledge of
Christianity as the "true philosophy." His conversion is
commonly assumed to have taken place at Ephesus
15. During the reign of Antoninus Pius (138â161), he arrived in Rome and
started his own school of philosophy. Tatian was one of his pupils.
16. In the reign of Marcus Aurelius, after disputing with the cynic philosopher
Crescens, he was denounced by the latter to the authorities,
17. Justin was tried,
together with six
friends (two of
them slaves
educated by him;
Euelpistus and
Hierax), by the
urban prefect
Junius Rusticus,
and was
beheaded.
18. the prefectoral
term of Rusticus
(who governed
from 162
and 168).
The martyrdom
of Justin
preserves the
court record
of the trial
19. The church of St. John the Baptist in Sacrofano, a few miles
north of Rome, claims to have his relics
20. The Church of the Jesuits in Valletta, Malta, founded by papal
decree in 1592 also boasts relics of this second century Saint
21. During a period of unrest in Italy, a noble family in possession of his
remains sent them in 1873 to a priest in Baltimore for safekeeping.
22. They were displayed in St. Mary's Church for a period of time before
they were again locked away for safekeeping, Annapolis, Maryland.
23. The remains were rediscovered and given a proper burial at St. Mary's, with
Vatican approval, in 1989. It is now asserted that the bones were of St. Justin
of the third century who was martyred during the persecution of Maximus
25. WRITINGS
-The First Apology addressed to Antoninus Pius, his sons, and the
Roman Senate;
-A Second Apology of Justin Martyr addressed to the Roman Senate;
-The Discourse to the Greeks, a discussion with Greek philosophers
on the character of their gods;
-An Hortatory Address to the Greeks (known now not to have been
written by Justin);
-A treatise On the Sovereignty of God, in which he makes use of
pagan authorities as well as Christian;
-A work entitled The Psalmist;
-A treatise in scholastic form On the Soul; and
-The Dialogue with Trypho.
Eusebius implies that other works were in circulation;
from St Irenaeus he knows of the apology "Against Marcion,"
and from Justin's "Apology" of a "Refutation of all Heresies".
St Epiphanius and St Jerome mention Justin
26. Justin, thought that the Greek philosophers had derived,
if not borrowed, the most essential elements of truth
found in their teaching from the Old Testament.
27. he adopted the Stoic doctrine of the "seminal word," and so philosophy was
to him an operation of the Wordâin fact, through his identification of the
Word with Christ, it was brought into immediate connection with him
28. Thus he does not hesitate to declare that Socrates and Heraclitus were Christians (Apol.,
i. 46, ii. 10). His aim was to emphasize the absolute significance of Christ, so that all that
ever existed of virtue and truth may be referred to him. The old philosophers and law-
givers had only a part of the Logos, while the whole appears in Christ
29. Justin used the
metaphor of fire to
describe the Logos as
spreading like a flame,
rather than "dividing"
the substance of the
Father. He also
defended the Holy
Spirit as a member
of the Trinity, as well
as the virginal birth
of Jesus Christ
30. "And this food is called
among us ÎáœÏαÏÎčÏÏία [the
Eucharist] ... For not as
common bread and common
drink do we receive these; but
in like manner as Jesus Christ
our Saviour, having been
made flesh by the Word of
God, had both flesh and blood
for our salvation, so likewise
have we been taught that the
food which is blessed by the
prayer of His word, and from
which our blood and flesh by
transmutation are nourished,
is the flesh and blood of that
Jesus who was made flesh-
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31. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection â according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 â bible and doctrine â
Haurietis aquas â the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processionsâ Hispanic
Diwali â Festival of lights â Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 â 4,5,6 â 7,8,9
Dignity of women â John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 â festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2â Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints â Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas â the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week â Views of the last hours of JC â the passion
Sunday â Lord's Day â JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS â TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe â parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
â world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama â WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima â History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico â apparitions
Virgen de Pilar â Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence â Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life â participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity â declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation â www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII â Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II â
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS â DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia â 1.2 â 3.4 â
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 â 4,5,6 â 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 â 3,4,5 â 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 â care of the common home
2 â gospel of creation
3 â The root of the ecological crisis
4 â integral ecology
5 â lines of action
6 â Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI â chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish â Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4