Re: Justin Martyr Apologia I Chs 1-6
by John Weicher
I went back through the First Apology to find the anti-Calvin passage. It's in Chapter 43: "We have learned from the prophets, and we hold it to be true, that punishments, and chastisements, and good rewards, are rendered according to the merit of each man's actions. Since if it be not so, but all things happen by fate, neither is anything at all in our own power. For if it be fated that this man, e.g., be good, and this other evil, neither is the former meritoriouis not the latter to be blamed. And again, unless the human race have the power of avoiding evil and choosing good by free choice, they are not accountable for their actions, of whatever kind they be." And he goes on from there. (Molly doesn't seem to be a Calvinist, either.) Also, he seems to have a good grasp of the Trinity. That was an impressive class today - a summary of Morton Smith and Clement's letter, then reading Pliny and Trajan, then Justin Martyr. We covered a lot of territory. I used to write emails like Pliny to appropriate people.
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