56. St. Justin Martyr
Subtitle: The First and Second Apologies (Ancient Christian Writers)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780809104727
Subjects: Early Church; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Religion - Theology; Individual Theologians And Their Works (General); Religion; Theology; Christianity - History - General; Christianity - Theology - General; Christian Theology - General; Apologetics; Early works to 1800
First sentence: 1. To the Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Caesar, and to his philosopher son Verrissimus, and to Lucius the philosopher, Caesar's natural son and Pius's adopted son, a lover of culture, and to the Sacred Senate and all the Roman people-on behalf of people of every nation who are unjustly hated and grossly abused, I, Justin, son of Priscus and grandson of Bacchius, from Flavia Neapolis in Syria-Palestine, myself being one of them, have drawn up this address and petition.