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Old 05-28-2013, 09:55 AM   #1
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Default [aa5874's theory] & Justin Martyr

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Do we have any evidence apart from what we find in "apologetic writers" not only that Justin existed, but that the writings attributed to him are actually from him?

Do we have any non apologetic evidence that corroborates what he tells us about himself -- that he was a Gentile, that he received a Greek education that he tried first the school of a Stoic philosopher, who was unable to explain God's being to him, that he went to hear a Pythagorean philosopher who demanded that he first learn music, astronomy and geometry, which he did not wish to do, etc., etc.?

Is Justin ever quoted by non Christian writers? If so, by whom? And where? Is he ever mentioned by non Christian writers as the author of On the Sovereignty of God or a work entitled The Psalmist or a treatise in scholastic form entitled On the Soul?

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Irenaeus, Tertullian.

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Irenaeus, Tertullian.

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Are you AA?

And how do Irenaeus and Tertullian qualify as non apologetic sources, given how AA defines that term?

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Keep the players here straight:

AA= Apostate Abe (or Alcoholics Anonymous)

aa= aa5874
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Keep the players here straight:

AA= Apostate Abe (or Alcoholics Anonymous)
HA!

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aa= aa5874
This last poster. I can never remember his numbers.


Besides, who else appeals to Justin as his touchstone of truth so often and with such hobby horse regularity?

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aa5874 is apparently ignoring this? I wonder why? Jeffrey
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If he has you on ignore, he won't see this thread.
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Besides, who else appeals to Justin as his touchstone of truth so often...
As I don't have you on ignore, and I am reading this thread, :wave: Or is the question rhetorical?
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I think there are people here who just want to chase away people with knowledge. I don't understand the antipathy toward Jeffrey. Yes he can be difficult. But that's the price you have to pay to get knowledge sometimes. I'd rather have him telling me I am wrong than you, aa or duvduv. That's the bottom line. Like it or not, he does have knowledge and if you like the truth you have to at least tolerate Jeffrey until another published scholar decides to waste his time hanging around here. Men do worse things for beauty and beauty = the good = the truth or so they say.
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