Justin Martyr as a Polemicist

In: Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity
Author:
Sven-Olav Back
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65–77
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466845_005

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Abstract

In his polemical interaction with Greco-Roman religion, philosophers, and heretics, Justin refers to “sound judgment”, “right reason” etc. as a criterion for distinguishing between truth and falsehood. The terms have a Stoic background, but Justin uses them to indicate reason as enlightened by Christian doctrine, i.e., the Old Testament revelation rightly understood.

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Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity

Boundaries, Conversions, and Persuasion

Series:  Studies on the Children of Abraham, Volume: 8
Cover Religious Polemics and Encounters in Late Antiquity
E-Book ISBN:
9789004466845
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
12 Oct 2021

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