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The First Apology

St Justin Martyr (AD 100–165) · PG 6, 336–430

  1. 1. Chapter I.—Address
  2. 2. Chapter II.—Justice demanded
  3. 3. Chapter III.—Claim of judicial investigation
  4. 4. Chapter IV.—Christians unjustly condemned for their mere name
  5. 5. Chapter V.—Christians charged with atheism
  6. 6. Chapter VI.—Charge of atheism refuted
  7. 7. Chapter VII.—Each Christian must be tried by his own life
  8. 8. Chapter VIII.—Christians confess their faith in God
  9. 9. Chapter IX.—Folly of idol worship
  10. 10. Chapter X.—How God is to be served
  11. 11. Chapter XI.—What kingdom Christians look for
  12. 12. Chapter XII.—Christians live as under God’s eye
  13. 13. Chapter XIII.—Christians serve God rationally
  14. 14. Chapter XIV.—The demons misrepresent Christian doctrine
  15. 15. Chapter XV.—What Christ himself taught
  16. 16. Chapter XVI.—Concerning patience and swearing
  17. 17. Chapter XVII.—Christ taught civil obedience
  18. 18. Chapter XVIII.—Proof of immortality and the resurrection
  19. 19. Chapter XIX.—The resurrection possible
  20. 20. Chapter XX.—Heathen analogies to Christian doctrine
  21. 21. Chapter XXI.—Analogies to the history of Christ
  22. 22. Chapter XXII.—Analogies to the sonship of Christ
  23. 23. Chapter XXIII.—The argument
  24. 24. Chapter XXIV.—Varieties of heathen worship
  25. 25. Chapter XXV.—False Gods abandoned by Christians
  26. 26. Chapter XXVI.—Magicians not trusted by Christians
  27. 27. Chapter XXVII.—Guilt of exposing children
  28. 28. Chapter XXVIII.—God’s care for men
  29. 29. Chapter XXIX.—Continence of Christians
  30. 30. Chapter XXX.—Was Christ not a magician?
  31. 31. Chapter XXXI.—Of the Hebrew prophets
  32. 32. Chapter XXXII.—Christ predicted by Moses
  33. 33. Chapter XXXIII.—Manner of Christ’s birth predicted
  34. 34. Chapter XXXIV.—Place of Christ’s birth foretold
  35. 35. Chapter XXXV.—Other fulfilled prophecies
  36. 36. Chapter XXXVI.—Different modes of prophecy
  37. 37. Chapter XXXVII.—Utterances of the Father
  38. 38. Chapter XXXVIII.—Utterances of the Son
  39. 39. Chapter XXXIX.—Direct predictions by the Spirit
  40. 40. Chapter XL.—Christ’s advent foretold
  41. 41. Chapter XLI.—The crucifixion predicted
  42. 42. Chapter XLII.—Prophecy using the past tense
  43. 43. Chapter XLIII.—Responsibility asserted
  44. 44. Chapter XLIV.—Not nullified by prophecy
  45. 45. Chapter XLV.—Christ’s session in heaven foretold
  46. 46. Chapter XLVI.—The Word in the world before Christ
  47. 47. Chapter XLVII.—Desolation of Judæa foretold
  48. 48. Chapter XLVIII.—Christ’s work and death foretold
  49. 49. Chapter XLIX.—His rejection by the Jews foretold
  50. 50. Chapter L.—His humiliation predicted
  51. 51. Chapter LI.—The majesty of Christ
  52. 52. Chapter LII.—Certain fulfilment of prophecy
  53. 53. Chapter LIII.—Summary of the prophecies
  54. 54. Chapter LIV.—Origin of heathen mythology
  55. 55. Chapter LV.—Symbols of the cross
  56. 56. Chapter LVI.—The demons still mislead men
  57. 57. Chapter LVII.—And cause persecution
  58. 58. Chapter LVIII.—And raise up heretics
  59. 59. Chapter LIX.—Plato’s obligation to Moses
  60. 60. Chapter LX.—Plato’s doctrine of the cross
  61. 61. Chapter LXI.—Christian baptism
  62. 62. Chapter LXII.—Its imitation by demons
  63. 63. Chapter LXIII.—How God appeared to Moses
  64. 64. Chapter LXIV.—Further misrepresentations of the truth
  65. 65. Chapter LXV.—Administration of the sacraments
  66. 66. Chapter LXVI.—Of the Eucharist
  67. 67. Chapter LXVII.—Weekly worship of the Christians
  68. 68. Chapter LXVIII.—Conclusion
  69. epistle-of-adrian-in-behalf-of. Epistle of Adrian in behalf of the Christians
  70. epistle-of-antoninus-to-the-co. Epistle of Antoninus to the common assembly of Asia
  71. epistle-of-marcus-aurelius-to. Epistle of Marcus Aurelius to the senate, in which he testifies that the Christians were the cause of his victory

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Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, A. Cleveland Coxe (eds.), Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885-1896. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Ante-Nicene Fathers). Greek: First1KGreek transcription of public-domain editions, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Open Greek and Latin).

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