May 20, 2013

Lecture 7 Material — Persecution in the Second Century (con.) and the Apologists

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Mar­tyr Our best guess is that he was born around 114 in Shechem, which cor­re­sponds to Nablus, Pales­tine. His par­ents were pagan Greeks. As he grew up, it was clear that St. Justin loved knowl­edge and con­stantly searched for the truth. This love led him to the var­i­ous schools of Greek phi­los­o­phy, but […]

Lecture 6 Material — Persecution in the Second Century

St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Ignatius of Anti­och In the year 107, this elderly bishop was con­demned to death by the Roman author­i­ties. Since the Romans at that time were cel­e­brat­ing their vic­to­ries in war, they decided to trans­port St. Ignatius to the cap­i­tal so that his exe­cu­tion might pro­vide some enter­tain­ment for the Roman cit­i­zens. On his way […]