A biography of Saint Justin, philosopher, apologist, doctor of the church, and martyr for the faith

1. Saint
Justin,
Martyr,
Doctor of
the Church

2. also known
as Justin the
Philosopher,
was an early
Christian
apologist
and
philosopher.
- c. AD 100
– c. AD 165),

3. Most of his works are lost, but two apologies and a dialogue did
survive. The First Apology, his most well-known text, passionately
defends the morality of the Christian life, and provides various ethical
and philosophical arguments to convince the Roman emperor,
Antoninus, to abandon the persecution of the Church.

4. he also indicates, that the "seeds of Christianity"
(manifestations of the Logos acting in history)
actually predated Christ's incarnation.

5. This notion allows him to claim many historical Greek
philosophers (including Socrates and Plato), in whose
works he was well studied, as unknowing Christians

6. Justin Martyr was born around AD 90-100, into a
Greek family, at Flavia Neapolis (today Nablus) near
the ancient biblical city of Shechem, in Samaria.

7. He knew little or no Hebrew and
Aramaic, and had only a passing
acquaintance with Judaism. His
family may have been pagan,
since he was uncircumcised, and
defined himself as a Gentile.

8. His grandfather, Bacchius, had a Greek name, while his father, Priscus,
bore a Latin name, which has led to speculations that his ancestors
may have settled in Neapolis soon after its establishment or that
they were descended from a Roman "diplomatic" community there

9. In the opening of the Dialogue, Justin describes his
early education, stating that his initial studies left
him unsatisfied due to their failure to provide a
belief system that would afford theological and
metaphysical inspiration to their young pupil.

10. He says he
tried first the
school of a Stoic
philosopher,
who was
unable to
explain God's
being to him.
ZENO

11. He then attended a Peripatetic philosopher but was put
off because the philosopher was too eager for his fee.

12. Then he went to hear a Pythagorean philosopher who demanded that
he first learn music, astronomy, and geometry, which he did not wish
to do. Subsequently, he adopted Platonism after encountering
a Platonist thinker who had recently settled in his city

13. Justin
renounced
both his former
religious faith and
his philosophical
background,
choosing instead
to re-dedicate
his life to
the service
of the Divine.

14. He travelled throughout the land, spreading the knowledge of
Christianity as the "true philosophy." His conversion is
commonly assumed to have taken place at Ephesus

15. During the reign of Antoninus Pius (138–161), he arrived in Rome and
started his own school of philosophy. Tatian was one of his pupils.

16. In the reign of Marcus Aurelius, after disputing with the cynic philosopher
Crescens, he was denounced by the latter to the authorities,

17. Justin was tried,
together with six
friends (two of
them slaves
educated by him;
Euelpistus and
Hierax), by the
urban prefect
Junius Rusticus,
and was
beheaded.

18. the prefectoral
term of Rusticus
(who governed
from 162
and 168).
The martyrdom
of Justin
preserves the
court record
of the trial

19. The church of St. John the Baptist in Sacrofano, a few miles
north of Rome, claims to have his relics

20. The Church of the Jesuits in Valletta, Malta, founded by papal
decree in 1592 also boasts relics of this second century Saint

21. During a period of unrest in Italy, a noble family in possession of his
remains sent them in 1873 to a priest in Baltimore for safekeeping.

22. They were displayed in St. Mary's Church for a period of time before
they were again locked away for safekeeping, Annapolis, Maryland.

23. The remains were rediscovered and given a proper burial at St. Mary's, with
Vatican approval, in 1989. It is now asserted that the bones were of St. Justin
of the third century who was martyred during the persecution of Maximus

24. Justin is remembered in the Church of
England with a Lesser Festival on 1 June

25. WRITINGS
-The First Apology addressed to Antoninus Pius, his sons, and the
Roman Senate;
-A Second Apology of Justin Martyr addressed to the Roman Senate;
-The Discourse to the Greeks, a discussion with Greek philosophers
on the character of their gods;
-An Hortatory Address to the Greeks (known now not to have been
written by Justin);
-A treatise On the Sovereignty of God, in which he makes use of
pagan authorities as well as Christian;
-A work entitled The Psalmist;
-A treatise in scholastic form On the Soul; and
-The Dialogue with Trypho.
Eusebius implies that other works were in circulation;
from St Irenaeus he knows of the apology "Against Marcion,"
and from Justin's "Apology" of a "Refutation of all Heresies".
St Epiphanius and St Jerome mention Justin

26. Justin, thought that the Greek philosophers had derived,
if not borrowed, the most essential elements of truth
found in their teaching from the Old Testament.

27. he adopted the Stoic doctrine of the "seminal word," and so philosophy was
to him an operation of the Word—in fact, through his identification of the
Word with Christ, it was brought into immediate connection with him

28. Thus he does not hesitate to declare that Socrates and Heraclitus were Christians (Apol.,
i. 46, ii. 10). His aim was to emphasize the absolute significance of Christ, so that all that
ever existed of virtue and truth may be referred to him. The old philosophers and law-
givers had only a part of the Logos, while the whole appears in Christ

29. Justin used the
metaphor of fire to
describe the Logos as
spreading like a flame,
rather than "dividing"
the substance of the
Father. He also
defended the Holy
Spirit as a member
of the Trinity, as well
as the virginal birth
of Jesus Christ

30. "And this food is called
among us Εὐχαριστία [the
Eucharist] ... For not as
common bread and common
drink do we receive these; but
in like manner as Jesus Christ
our Saviour, having been
made flesh by the Word of
God, had both flesh and blood
for our salvation, so likewise
have we been taught that the
food which is blessed by the
prayer of His word, and from
which our blood and flesh by
transmutation are nourished,
is the flesh and blood of that
Jesus who was made flesh-
1º Apology ch66

31. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4

32. SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of God
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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33. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los
derechos humanos.
Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la
doctrina de la fe
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates

34. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Libia
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno,
- fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman,
-fundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Donnán, misionario a Escocia
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Fidelis of Simaringen, martir
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San Jorge, y la leyenda del dragón
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan Damascene
San Juan de Dios
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Ogilvie, Jesuita, Escosés, Martir
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
Santa Perpetua y Felicidad
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires
San Zacharias e Isavel,
- padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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