c. 155 – 325 AD

Justin Martyr

c. 100 – 165 AD

Rome (born in Flavia Neapolis, Samaria)

Overview

A philosopher-convert who argued that Christianity was the true philosophy, the fulfillment rather than the enemy of reason.

His First Apology gives the earliest full description of Sunday Christian worship and the Eucharist.

Defense of Christianity to Emperor Antoninus Pius. Contains one of the earliest descriptions of Christian liturgy/Eucharist.

A shorter defense regarding Christian persecution.

A philosophical debate with a Jewish scholar regarding Jesus as the Messiah.

See what Justin Martyr wrote about Scripture. Open any book in the Bible reader and switch to the Commentary tab to find their insights.

Apologists, pastors, and theologians writing before Nicaea, often under pressure from persecution and from rival visions of Christianity.

7 Church Fathers in this era

Part of The Ante-Nicene Fathers