St. Justin Martyr on Creation

About this episode

Dr. Ben Akers discusses the contributions of St. Justin Martyr to Christian thought and his views on creation and truth.

Dr. Ben Akers sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Klein to discuss St. Justin Martyr—an early Church martyr who lived from about AD 100 to 165 and wrote several significant Christian apologetic works. St. Justin was a convert to the Catholic faith, philosopher, and is famous for his idea of the "seeds of the Word" found throughout all of God's creation. St. Justin explains that all things are created by God and that there are seeds of God's truth found in all things. This allows Justin to confidently seek the truth present in other philosophies and even the pagan myths and draw out what is true and good and relate it to the Word—Jesus Christ. Watch Catholic Saints on FORMED. Sign Up for FORMED. Support this podcast and the Augustine Institute on the Mission Circle.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ben Akers

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Klein

Topics covered

• St. Justin Martyr
• Christian apologetics
• creation
• truth in philosophy
• early Church history

Keywords

• St. Justin Martyr
• Christian apologetics
• creation
• truth
• philosophy
• early Church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Augustine Institute

Books & works: seeds of the Word

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