Justin Martyr on Christians, Sacraments, and the Church (Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology)

By Robert Alan King

Justin Martyr on Christians, Sacraments, and the Church from the series Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 8,500 words. This booklet discusses Justin's views on what it really means to be a Christian, the practice and purpose of the sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist, and the administration and functions of the Christian church. It also provides insight into an actual Sunday service, where we discover that it is very similar to how we worship today. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has spent years studying the writings of Justin Martyr.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Alan King
• Release date: Mar 10, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466148611

Robert Alan King

Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.

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Justin Martyr on Christians, Sacraments, and the Church

from the series

Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology

By Robert Alan King

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Copyright 2011 by King & Associates. All Rights Reserved.

Published by King & Associates, Casa Grande, Arizona

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Acknowledgements

To the Almighty Living God for his great love, and for providing the resources to complete this work.

To my wife and children for their sacrifice and support.

To Justin Martyr and the other great men of faith in all ages who sacrificed their well-being and lives for Christ.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Genuine Christian

Christian Behavior and Sin

The Definition and Authority of Scripture

The Purpose and Authority of Philosophy

Church Structure, Administration and Function

Church Worship and The Sacraments

Footnotes

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Introduction

The purpose of this series is to provide both laymen and clergy with a general understanding of just who Justin Martyr was and what he actually believed.

In the preparation of this work, I have focused on the three documents in which there is a general consensus that they are genuine works of Justin Martyr. Though there are other documents that may have been written by him, I have not used them due to some valid arguments against their authenticity.

Below is a list of the books I have most commonly cited and the abbreviations I will be using in this work to identify those books:

Dialogue with Trypho (Dialogue)

The First Apology of Justin (1 Apology)

The Second Apology of Justin (2 Apology)

The Martyrdom of Justin (Martyrdom)

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The Genuine Christian

When examining the writings of Justin Martyr, we get an in-depth look into his definition of a true Christian. His letters also give us insight into the lifestyle of Christians in the second century.

Genuine Christians came from all races of men and all types of lifestyles, but the true Christian was a transformed man. He was made new and any bad habits or evil patterns of living were reformed in Christ; he was a changed man with a new outlook and purpose of life.¹ Justin describes the transformed Christian below:

... we who formerly delighted in fornication, but now embrace chastity alone; we who formerly used magical arts, dedicate ourselves to the good and unbegotten God; we who valued above all things the acquisition of wealth and possessions, now bring what we have