unless otherwise stated.
Saint Justin.
Martyr.
Feast Day 14 April.
Double.
Red Vestments.
English:
Saint Justin.
Martyr.
Deutsch:
Justin der Märtyrer (auch: Justin der Philosoph).
Phantasieporträt aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.
Date: 16th-Century.
Source: Saint Justin dans André Thevet,
Author: André Thévet (1502–1590).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The most illustrious at that time was Saint Justin, born at Nablus (Samaria), about 100 A.D.
As a pagan philosopher, he examined the teaching of the pagan philosophical systems and only found error and false wisdom; for human intelligence rejecting Supernatural Light soon goes astray (Epistle, Gradual).
Saint Justin then studied the Word of The Crucified God and became a Christian. Seeing in reason a precious auxiliary of Faith, he opened at Rome the first school of Christian Philosophy and there taught “the eminent science of Jesus Christ” (Collect).
He became celebrated especially by the two Apologies which he had the courage (Gospel) to address successively to the persecuting Emperors Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius (Introit).
An edict of Antoninus mitigated the persecution. Marcus Aurelius, on the contrary, caused Saint Justin to be scourged and condemned him to death. He died a Martyr on 13 April, about 162 A.D.
“Let us conform to the teaching of the Blessed Martyr, Justin” (Postcommunion) “so that we may remain firm in The Faith” (Collect).
Mass: Narravérunt.
Commemoration: Of the Feria, in Lent.
Commemoration: Of the Holy Martyrs Tilburtius and Companions.
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Justin Martyr, known as Saint Justin (100 A.D. – 165 A.D.), was an Early-Christian Apologist, and is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the Theory of the Logos in the 2nd-Century A.D.
Saint Justin then studied the Word of The Crucified God and became a Christian. Seeing in reason a precious auxiliary of Faith, he opened at Rome the first school of Christian Philosophy and there taught “the eminent science of Jesus Christ” (Collect).
He became celebrated especially by the two Apologies which he had the courage (Gospel) to address successively to the persecuting Emperors Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius (Introit).
An edict of Antoninus mitigated the persecution. Marcus Aurelius, on the contrary, caused Saint Justin to be scourged and condemned him to death. He died a Martyr on 13 April, about 162 A.D.
“Let us conform to the teaching of the Blessed Martyr, Justin” (Postcommunion) “so that we may remain firm in The Faith” (Collect).
Mass: Narravérunt.
Commemoration: Of the Feria, in Lent.
Commemoration: Of the Holy Martyrs Tilburtius and Companions.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Justin Martyr, known as Saint Justin (100 A.D. – 165 A.D.), was an Early-Christian Apologist, and is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the Theory of the Logos in the 2nd-Century A.D.
He was Martyred, alongside some of his students, and
is considered a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church,
the Anglican Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Most of his works are lost, but two Apologies and a Dialogue did survive.
Most of his works are lost, but two Apologies and a Dialogue did survive.
The First Apology, his most well-known Text, passionately defends the morality of the Christian Life, and provided various ethical and philosophical arguments to convince the Roman Emperor, Antoninus, to abandon the persecution of the fledgling Sect.
Further, he also indicates, as Saint Augustine did regarding the “True Religion” that pre-dated Christianity, that the “seeds of Christianity” (manifestations of the Logos acting in history) actually pre-dated Christ’s Incarnation.
Further, he also indicates, as Saint Augustine did regarding the “True Religion” that pre-dated Christianity, that the “seeds of Christianity” (manifestations of the Logos acting in history) actually pre-dated Christ’s Incarnation.
