“We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons of war. We have exchanged our swords for plowshares, our spears for farm tools...now we cultivate the fear of God, justice, kindness, faith, and the expectation of the future given us through the Crucified One....The more we are persecuted and martyred, the more do others in ever increasing numbers become believers.”
Quote by Justin Martyr
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Justin Martyr
Justin Martyr (100-165 AD) was an ancient Christian philosopher and theologian whose life and writings had a significant impact on the development of Christian doctrine. more