Justin Martyr (100-165)

Major works

•          First Apology

•          Second Apology

•          Dialogue with Trypho

Importance

•          Greatest of the Apologists

•          Wrote more concerning Christianity than any before him

•          First church father to explicitly identify the church as “Israel”

•          Related the Gospel to Greek philosophy

•          Emphasized on logos in each person that enlightens every man

•          Wrote about baptism as “regeneration” and mentioned the Eucharist

•          Martyred in Rome in 165