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St. Justin Martyr Church is a Catholic Church community under the Archdiocese of Toronto in the Markham - Unionville area that caters to the spiritual needs of families in and around the location. When the community of St. Justin Martyr opened the doors of its first Church, it served an estimated 1,200 families.
Justin, known posthumously as Justin Martyr (Greek: Ἰουστῖνος ὁ μάρτυς, romanized: Ioustinos ho martys; c. AD 100 – c. AD 165), also known as Justin the Philosopher, was an early Christian apologist and philosopher.
Jun 9, 2024 · Saint Justin Martyr, one of the most important of the Greek philosopher-Apologists in the early Christian church. His writings represent one of the first positive encounters of Christian revelation with Greek philosophy and laid the basis for a theology of history.
Jun 23, 2024 · A surviving eyewitness account shows how Justin the philosopher became known as “St. Justin Martyr.” The prefect made it clear how Justin might save his life: “Obey the gods, and comply with...
St. Justino Orona Madrigal →. Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Two 'Apologies' bearing his name and his 'Dialogue with the Jew Tryphon' have ...
Justin Martyr, Saint, Christian apologist, b. at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Two “Apologies” bearing his name and his “Dialogue with the Jew Tryphon” have come down to us.
Jun 1, 2022 · Saint Justin Martyr was the first recognized philosopher of the Christian era. Converted to Christianity, he continued his love of philosophy and used it to defend the faith.
Jun 1, 2024 · Justin attacks the professional slanderers, but his public controversy with the philosopher Crescentius – a rabidly anti-Christian thinker backed by the politically powerful – is fatal. Justin is thrown in jail, ironically, as an “atheist,” that is, as a subversive and an enemy of the State.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ST. JUSTIN MARTYR. By George A. Jackson. Philosopher and Martyr are the distinguishing titles of this chief of the early apologists. He was born in Samaria, of Greek parents, somewhere about A.D. 100.
When Justin was arrested for his faith in Rome, the prefect asked him to denounce his faith by making a sacrifice to the gods.
