Justin Martyr (100-165 A.D.)
From EJ Hill & Friends
a.k.a "Saint Justin Martyr" [3]; "Justin the Martyr" [3]; "Justin of Caesarea" [3]; or "Justin the Philosopher" [3]
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About
Classification
Conditionalist [1]
Doctrinal Alignments
Conditional Immortality [1]
Justin Martyr Says
Regarding Conditional Immortality
First Apology, 21: "We have been taught that ONLY THEY MAY AIM AT IMMORTALITY WHO HAVE LIVED A HOLY AND VIRTUOUS LIFE NEAR TO GOD. We believe that they who live wickedly and do not repent will be punished in everlasting fire." [1]
First Apology, 52: "(Jesus) shall come from the heavens in glory with His angelic host, when He shall raise the bodies of all the men who ever lived. THEN HE WILL CLOTHE THE WORTHY IN IMMORTALITY; but the wicked, clothed in eternal sensibility, He will commit to the eternal fire, along with the evil demons." [1]
"Trypho, I am called; and I am a Hebrew of the circumcision. They affirm that the same things shall always happen; and, further, that I and you shall again live in like manner, having become neither better men nor worse. But THERE ARE SOME OTHERS, WHO, HAVING SUPPOSED THE SOUL TO BE IMMORTAL AND IMMATERIAL, BELIEVE THAT THOUGH THEY HAVE COMMITTED EVIL THEY WILL NOT SUFFER PUNISHMENT (FOR THAT WHICH IS IMMATERIAL IS INSENSIBLE), AND THAT THE SOUL, IN CONSEQUENCE OF ITS IMMORTALITY, NEEDS NOTHING FROM GOD." [2]
Bibliography
1 What Early Christians Believed About?: Hell & Eternal Punishment (The Interactive Bible). (05/05/2008) http://www.bible.ca/H-hell.htm
2 Justin Martyr; Dialogue With Trypho, Chap. I.
3 "Justin Martyr": Wikipedia. (05/05/2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr
