c. 155 – 325 AD

Justin Martyr

c. 100 – 165 AD

Rome (born in Samaria)

Overview

A philosopher-convert who argued that Christianity was the "True Philosophy."

Provides the earliest detailed description of the Sunday Eucharist (Mass) in his First Apology.

Defense of Christianity to Emperor Antoninus Pius. Contains one of the earliest descriptions of Christian liturgy/Eucharist.

A shorter defense regarding Christian persecution.

A philosophical debate with a Jewish scholar regarding Jesus as the Messiah.

The "Apologists" and early theologians living under persecution before the Council of Nicaea.

7 Church Fathers in this era

Part of The Ante-Nicene Fathers