Justin Martyr — Overview

We have been taught that Christ is the first-born of God, and we have declared above that He is the Word of whom every race of men were partakers; and those who lived reasonably are Christians, even though they have been thought atheists; as, among the Greeks, Socrates and Heraclitus, and men like them.

First Apology, 46.2–3 (ANF 1) (John 1:1–4; Col. 1:15–17)

But no one trusts in Socrates so as to die for this doctrine, but in Christ, who was partially known even by Socrates (for He was and is the Word who is in every man, and who foretold the things that were to come to pass both through the prophets and in His own person when He was made of like passions, and taught these things).

Second Apology, 10.8 (ANF 1) (John 1:9; Heb. 1:1–2)

For the prophetical gifts remain with us even to the present time...if you are willing to be persuaded, you may understand that [the gifts] formerly among your nation have been transferred to us.

Dialogue with Trypho, 82.1 (ANF 1) (Acts 2:17–18; 1 Cor. 14:1)

And when you hear that we look for a kingdom, you suppose, without making any inquiry, that we speak of a human kingdom; whereas we speak of that which is with God, as appears also from the confession of their faith made by those who are charged with being Christians, though they know that death is the punishment awarded to him who so confesses.

First Apology, 11.1 (ANF 1) (John 18:36; Matt. 4:17)

For the law given on Horeb is now old, and belongs to yourselves alone; but this is for all universally. Now, law placed against law has abrogated that which is before it, and a covenant which comes after in like manner has put an end to the previous one.

Dialogue with Trypho, 11.2 (ANF 1) (Heb. 8:6–7; Jer. 31:31–33)

And this food is called among us Eucharist...For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word...is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.

First Apology, 66.1–2 (ANF 1) (John 6:53–56; 1 Cor. 11:23–26)

And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.

First Apology, 67.3 (ANF 1) (Acts 20:7; Col. 4:16)

And that God the Father of all would bring Christ to heaven after He had raised Him from the dead, and would keep Him there until He has subdued His enemies the devils, and until the number of those who are foreknown by Him as good and virtuous is complete, on whose account He has still delayed the consummation.

First Apology, 44.11–12 (ANF 1) (Acts 1:9–11; Ps. 110:1; 2 Pet. 3:9)

We expect to receive again our own bodies, though they be dead and cast into the earth, for we maintain that with God nothing is impossible.

First Apology, 18.6 (ANF 1) (1 Cor. 15:42–44; Luke 18:27)