“Whatever things are rightly said are ours.” St. Justin looked at creation and saw Christ. He looked into the mind of Plato and found a Christian, born centuries before his time. Speaking with Romans, speaking with Greeks, speaking with Jews, he sought the good in his adversaries’ best ideas and showed that the good belonged properly to Christ and Christians. Though he lived in the second century, his description of the Mass was used in the Church’s 20th-century Catechism. He showed us how to be fearless in the face of ideas, and fearless even in the face of death.
Links
Free audiobook of Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-justin-martyr-dialogue-with-trypho/
Free text of Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1612
Free text of Justin Martyr’s First Apology https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1610
Free text of Justin Martyr’s Second Apology https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1611
A contemporary account of Justin’s martyrdom https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1618
An excellent popular study of Justin Martyr https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christianity-Arguments-Religious-Judicial/dp/158979575X/
More works by the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/
Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com
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Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of http://www.ccwatershed.org.
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54—Maximus the Confessor: Where East and West Meet
53—Gregory and His Greatness
52—Benedict of Nursia: The Elusive Man Behind the Rule
51—St. Patrick: Paternal and Patristic
50—Peter Chrysologus: The Doctor of (Short) Sermons
49—Romanus the Melodist: Through Hymns, with Hymns, in Hymns
48—Leo the Great: Who Roared with the Voice of Peter
47—Vincent of Lerins: Believed Everywhere, Always, by All
46—Cyril of Alexandria: The Fifth-Century Man from Uncle
45—John Cassian, Monk on the Move, Solitary in the City
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42—Chrysostom (Part 2): Triumph, Tragedy & Glory
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40—Augustine (Part 3): Last Days and the End of an Age
39—Augustine (Part 2): A Mob-Made Bishop Makes His Mark
38—Augustine (Part 1): Youth and Conversion
37—Jerome, the Choleric Commentator
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