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Author : Robert McQueen Grant
Release : 1988
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Greek Apologists of the Second Century by : Robert McQueen Grant
Download or read book Greek Apologists of the Second Century written by Robert McQueen Grant. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Watson
Release : 1879
Genre : Apologetics
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Book Synopsis The Defenders of the Faith by : Frederick Watson
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Author : Philip Carrington
Release : 2022-06-05
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS OF THE SECOND CENTURY by : Philip Carrington
Download or read book CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS OF THE SECOND CENTURY written by Philip Carrington. This book was released on 2022-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the middle of the second century [150-200 A.D.], there arose churchmen who are today called Apologists. They wrote to defend Christianity against hostile philosophies prevalent in the Roman world. Get to know the lives and thoughts of the earliest Christian apologists. This brief overview of second-century apologetics gives the reader the significant ideas of early Christian apologists. Among the Apologists who wrote in Greek were Justin Martyr, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria. Tertullian was an Apologist who wrote in Latin. In the final chapter, Carrington relates second-century apologetics to modern thought, which will help you understand the importance of classic apologetics.
Author : Alvyn Pettersen
Release : 2020-08-31
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Second-Century Apologists by : Alvyn Pettersen
Download or read book The Second-Century Apologists written by Alvyn Pettersen. This book was released on 2020-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They bring three charges against us: atheism, Thyestean banquets, and Oedipean unions." So a late second-century Christian Apologist wrote with reference to his critics. Against these and other charges the Apologists rallied. Not so, they maintained. It was not the Christians but their critics who were the atheists and the Christians were the true theists. They were atheists only insofar as they denied the fabricated gods of the cults and the immoral deities of theaters. That, they explained, was why Christians absented themselves, whatever the cost, from the imperial cult, theaters, and amphitheaters. They were not cannibals, as Thyestes was when he ate the flesh of his children. To suggest otherwise was to misunderstand Christians consuming Christ's flesh and blood at the Eucharist. Nor were they imitators of Oedipus, who entered into sexual relations with Jocasta, his Queen and, though he knew it not, also his mother. Christians did exchange the kiss of peace. They did love one another. They were not, however, incestuous. Any promiscuous love on their part extended only to a very practical love of every needy soul. This book explores these arguments, especially noting the Apologists' commitment to God's oneness, to Christians not worshipping anything made, and to humans properly caring for fellow creatures.
Author : Alvyn Pettersen
Release : 2020-08-31
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Second-Century Apologists by : Alvyn Pettersen
Download or read book The Second-Century Apologists written by Alvyn Pettersen. This book was released on 2020-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “They bring three charges against us: atheism, Thyestean banquets, and Oedipean unions.” So a late second-century Christian Apologist wrote with reference to his critics. Against these and other charges the Apologists rallied. Not so, they maintained. It was not the Christians but their critics who were the atheists and the Christians were the true theists. They were atheists only insofar as they denied the fabricated gods of the cults and the immoral deities of theaters. That, they explained, was why Christians absented themselves, whatever the cost, from the imperial cult, theaters, and amphitheaters. They were not cannibals, as Thyestes was when he ate the flesh of his children. To suggest otherwise was to misunderstand Christians consuming Christ’s flesh and blood at the Eucharist. Nor were they imitators of Oedipus, who entered into sexual relations with Jocasta, his Queen and, though he knew it not, also his mother. Christians did exchange the kiss of peace. They did love one another. They were not, however, incestuous. Any promiscuous love on their part extended only to a very practical love of every needy soul. This book explores these arguments, especially noting the Apologists’ commitment to God’s oneness, to Christians not worshipping anything made, and to humans properly caring for fellow creatures.
