St. Justin Martyr
The First Apology
To the Emperor Antoninus Pius, in defense of the Christians
Contents68 sections
- 1Address
- 2Justice demanded
- 3Claim of judicial investigation
- 4Christians unjustly condemned for their mere name
- 5Christians charged with atheism
- 6Charge of atheism refuted
- 7Each Christian must be tried by his own life
- 8Christians confess their faith in God
- 9Folly of idol worship
- 10How God is to be served
- 11What kingdom Christians look for
- 12Christians live as under God’s eye
- 13Christians serve God rationally
- 14The demons misrepresent Christian doctrine
- 15What Christ himself taught
- 16Concerning patience and swearing
- 17Christ taught civil obedience
- 18Proof of immortality and the resurrection
- 19The resurrection possible
- 20Heathen analogies to Christian doctrine
- 21Analogies to the history of Christ
- 22Analogies to the sonship of Christ
- 23The argument
- 24Varieties of heathen worship
- 25False Gods abandoned by Christians
- 26Magicians not trusted by Christians
- 27Guilt of exposing children
- 28God’s care for men
- 29Continence of Christians
- 30Was Christ not a magician?
- 31Of the Hebrew prophets
- 32Christ predicted by Moses
- 33Manner of Christ’s birth predicted
- 34Place of Christ’s birth foretold
- 35Other fulfilled prophecies
- 36Different modes of prophecy
- 37Utterances of the Father
- 38Utterances of the Son
- 39Direct predictions by the Spirit
- 40Christ’s advent foretold
- 41The crucifixion predicted
- 42Prophecy using the past tense
- 43Responsibility asserted
- 44Not nullified by prophecy
- 45Christ’s session in heaven foretold
- 46The Word in the world before Christ
- 47Desolation of Judæa foretold
- 48Christ’s work and death foretold
- 49His rejection by the Jews foretold
- 50His humiliation predicted
- 51The majesty of Christ
- 52Certain fulfilment of prophecy
- 53Summary of the prophecies
- 54Origin of heathen mythology
- 55Symbols of the cross
- 56The demons still mislead men
- 57And cause persecution
- 58And raise up heretics
- 59Plato’s obligation to Moses
- 60Plato’s doctrine of the cross
- 61Christian baptism
- 62Its imitation by demons
- 63How God appeared to Moses
- 64Further misrepresentations of the truth
- 65Administration of the sacraments
- 66Of the Eucharist
- 67Weekly worship of the Christians
- 68Conclusion