The First Apology

St. Justin Martyr

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

To the Emperor Titus Ælius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Cæsar, and to his son Verissimus the Philosopher, and to Lucius the Philosopher, the natural son of Cæsar, and the adopted son of Pius, a lover of learning, and to the sacred Senate, with the whole People of the Romans, I, Justin, the son of Priscus and grandson of Bacchius, natives of Flavia Neapolis in Palestine, present this address and petition on behalf of those of all nations who are unjustly hated and wantonly abused, myself being one of them.