“If some should accuse us as if we held that people born before the time of Christ were not accountable to God for their actions, we shall anticipate and answer such a difficulty. We have been taught that Christ is the first-begotten of God, and we have declared him to be the Logos of which all mankind partakes. Those, therefore, who lived according to reason (logos) were really Christians, even though they were thought to be atheists, such as, among the Greeks, Socrates, Heraclitus and others like them.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsHas BeensReasonActionChristianChristBornAnswersMankindTaughtDifficultyAtheistGreekAnticipateLogos Author:Justin Martyr
“If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and, after being initiated [a reference to baptism], live a happy life.” IfsBelieveMayChristSalvationBelieve In GodHappy LifeIf You BelieveBaptismLive Life Happy Author:Justin Martyr
“But if so great a power is shown to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His suffering, how great shall that be which shall follow His glorious advent! For He shall come on the clouds as the Son of man, so Daniel foretold, and His angels shall come with Him.” IfsMenStillsSufferingSonAngelCloudsFollowingGloriousAdvent Book:Dialogue of Justin With a Jew Source: Dialogue of Justin With a Jew
“And if we even affirm that He was born of a virgin, accept this in common with what you accept of Perseus.” IfsBornCommonAcceptingVirginsPerseus Book:The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr (Annotated Edition) Source: The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr (Annotated Edition)
“For I choose to follow not men or men's doctrines, but God and the doctrines [delivered] by Him. For if you have fallen in with some who are called Christians, but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, are taken to heaven; do not imagine that they are Christians” IfsMenSoulChristianDiesHeavenTakenImagineDoctrineFallenResurrectionImagine ThatVentureAbrahamJacobIsaac Book:Dialogue of Justin With a Jew Source: Dialogue of Justin With a Jew
