Justin Martyr on the Trinity: God as Father, Son, and Spirit (Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology)

By Robert Alan King

Justin Martyr on the Trinity: God as Father, Son, and Spirit from the series Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 8,000 words. This booklet discusses Justin's beliefs on the Trinity as consisting of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It also examines his views about the Divine Word (Logos) and the incarnation. In addition, it explores Justin's historical view of Jesus during his life, resurrection and ascension. 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 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476087290

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 the Trinity: God as Father, Son, and Spirit

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 Trinity

God the Father

The Person, Character & Functions of God

The Locale of God the Father

The Son of God

The Deity of the Son

Jesus as Teacher, Messenger & King

The Incarnation

The Life, Resurrection & Ascension of Jesus

The Holy Spirit

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 Trinity

Though Justin did not ever use the word Trinity to define his understanding of God, it is clear that he believed in a Father, Son, and Spirit as three distinct persons.¹ All three of these persons were God. He clearly insisted that Christians worshipped and adored God the Father, his Son, and the prophetic Spirit, and that they knew them in reason and truth.² The them signifies a plurality or persons. Justin goes into great detail to insist that God the Father and God the Son are distinct.³

Not only did Justin imply that the three were worthy of worship, but wrote:

Our teacher of these things is Jesus Christ, who also was born for this purpose, and was