Justin Martyr

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Justin Martyr was a 2nd-century Christian apologist and philosopher known for his defenses of the faith against pagan criticism and his influential early theological writings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologist
Christian martyr
Christian philosopher
Church Father
saint
birthDate c. 100
birthEmpire Roman Empire
birthName Justin
birthPlace Flavia Neapolis
Nablus
birthProvince Roman Syria
surface form: Roman Syria Palaestina
birthRegion Samaria
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
causeOfDeath martyrdom
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
deathCentury 2nd century
deathDate c. 165
deathEmpire Roman Empire
deathPlace Rome
era Late Antiquity
surface form: Patristic period
feastDay 1 June
genre apologetics
philosophy
theology
givenName Justin
honorificSuffix Martyr
influenced Athenagoras of Athens
Early Christian apologetics
Irenaeus of Lyons
surface form: Irenaeus

Tatian
influencedBy Classical Greek philosophy
surface form: Greek philosophy

New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Plato
Stoicism
knownFor defense of Christianity against pagan criticism
early Christian apologetic writings
engaging Greco-Roman philosophy
language Greek
mannerOfDeath execution
movement Apostolic Age
surface form: Early Christianity
notableWork Dialogue with Trypho
First Apology
Second Apology
occupation apologist
philosopher
theologian
philosophicalSchool Middle Platonism
religion Christianity
religionBeforeConversion Platonism
paganism
subjectOf Patristic studies
theologicalConcept Logos theology
theologicalPosition Christ as pre-existent Logos
Christianity as true philosophy
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Logos developedBy Justin Martyr
Church Fathers notableMember Justin Martyr