5/20/2023 0 Comments Justin sin legend makerJustin replied, “No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false.” Agree together and sacrifice with one accord to the gods.” Junius said to Justin at his trial, “Let us come to the pressing matter at hand. Junius ordered that Justin and six of his companions be scourged and beheaded. Crescens denounced Justin and his companions to the urban prefect Junius Rusticus, in essence bringing the power of the Roman State down upon Justin’s head. 3 When Crescens realized that he couldn’t win the argument, he did what we see many people do today in similar circumstances – appeal to the power of the state. One day, he debated a Cynic philosopher named Crescens, getting the better of him in the debate. Around the age of 35, he started moving from city to city in the Roman Empire, becoming an iterant preacher, trying to convert educated pagans to the faith.Įventually, he ended up in Rome and spent a considerable amount of time there, debating and defending the faith. From an early age, he studied the Stoic and Platonic philosophers 2 and at the age of 32, he converted to Christianity in Asia Minor, possibly in Ephesus. He was raised in a Jewish environment in Palestine, but as a pagan. One reason for this may have been the role philosophy played in his upbringing. He saw Greek philosophy in more of a positive light and saw the synthesis between the two as a beneficial thing for Christianity. Unlike Tertullian, who was opposed to Greek philosophy and viewed it as a dangerous pagan influence, Justin Martyr took a more optimistic approach. The purpose of this post is to explore the relationship between Greek reason and Hebrew revelation in the Catholic Church, which is where Justin Martyr comes in. John the Apostle died, a symbolic passing of the baton. If tradition holds true, he could have been born in the same year that St. ![]() This would make Justin a Samaritan by birth. Justin Martyr (100-165 A.D.) was born in Flavia Neapolis, Palestine (modern day Nablus) 1, located in Samaria near Jacob’s well. The operative question we’re asking in this post is why Justin Martyr is so important in exploring the relationship between reason and revelation, faith and philosophy. ![]() Well, we have finally come to the end of this miniseries on Logos that started in post 32 with Heraclitus and will end with the life of Justin Martyr in this post.
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