[TRANSLATED BY THE REV M. DODS, M.A.] CHAP. I.—JUSTIN JUSTIFIES HIS DEPARTURE FROM GREEK CUSTOMS. Do not suppose, ye Greeks, that my separation from your customs is unreasonable and unthinking; for I found in them nothing that is holy or…
Read more[TRANSLATED BY THE REV. G. REITH, M.A.] CHAP. I.—OBJECT OF THE AUTHOR. ALTHOUGH human nature at first received a union of intelligence and safety to discern the truth, and the worship due to the one Lord of all, yet envy,…
Read more[TRANSLATED BY THE REV. M. DODS, M.A.] CHAP. I.—THE SELF-EVIDENCING POWER OF TRUTH. THE word of truth is free, and carries its own authority, disdaining to fall under any skilful argument, or to endure the logical scrutiny of its hearers.…
Read moreJUSTIN, CHARITON, CHARITES, PAEON, AND LIBERIANUS, WHO SUFFERED AT ROME. [TRANSLATED BY THE REV. M. DODS, M.A.] CHAP. I.—EXAMINATION OF JUSTIN BY THE PREFECT. IN the time of the lawless partisans of idolatry, wicked decrees were passed against the godly…
Read moreVISION FIRST. AGAINST FILTHY AND PROUD THOUGHTS, AND THE CARELESSNESS OF HERMAS IN CHASTISING HIS SONS. CHAP. I. He who had brought me up, sold me to one Rhode in Rome.(1) Many years after this I recognised her, and I…
Read moreCOMMANDMENT FIRST. ON FAITH IN GOD. FIRST Of all, believe(1) that there is one God who created and finished all things, and made all things out of nothing. He alone is able to contain the whole, but Himself cannot be…
Read moreINTRODUCTORY NOTE TO TATIAN THE ASSYRIAN. It was my first intention to make this author a mere appendix to his master, Justin Martyr; for he stands in an equivocal position, as half Father and half heretic. His good seems to…
Read moreTHEOPHILUS TO AUTOLYCUS. BOOK I. CHAP. I.—AUTOLYCUS AN IDOLATER AND SCORNER OF CHRISTIANS. A FLUENT tongue and an elegant style afford pleasure and such praise as vainglory delights in, to wretched men who have been corrupted in mind; the lover…
Read moreINTRODUCTORY NOTE TO CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA The second century of illumination is drawing to a close, as the great name of this Father comes into view, and introduces us to a new stage of the Church’s progress. From Britain to…
Read moreCHAP. I. THE OFFICE OF THE INSTRUCTOR. AS there are these three things in the case of man, habits, actions, and passions; habits are the department appropriated by hortatory discourse the guide to piety, which, like the ship’s keel, is…
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The Model of Christian Liberty. This DVD includes “Dawn’s Early Light: A Brief History of America’s Christian Foundations” and bonus features.
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Featuring Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry at the 1999 Ligonier conference
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Explodes the myths of the liberal critics and the movies, books and television programs that have popularized their views.
