First Apology

Justin Martyr

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FIRST APOLOGY JUSTIN MARTYR. j £ 4 J Google THE APOLOGY OP JUSTIN MARTYR FOB THS CHRISTIANS TO ANTONINUS PIUS. 1. To the Emperor Titus wElius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Csesar, and to his son Verissimus the Philosopher, and to Lucius the Philosopher, ■* the son b of (jEHus Verus) Csesar by birth, and of • The figures in the margin refer to the pages in the Paris Edition. b The Emperor Adrian adopted Lucius ASlius Verus, and gave him the title of Caesar. This Lucius died ; leaving only one son Lucius Verus. Adrian then adopted Titus Antoninus Piuses his successor, upon condition that he should adopt both Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who is here called Verissimus, his wife’s brother’s son, and Lucius Verus, the son of ASlius Verus. The following scheme will show the relation in which Lucius Verus stood toward Antoninus Pius and Lucius ASlius Verus. Adrian adopted Antoninus Pius Lucius AS lius Verus Ojesar adopted . I Marcus Aurelias Antoninus, Lucius Verus Verissimus, the Philosopher. Thus Lucius Verus washy birth son of L. ASlius Verus Caesar, and the adopted son of Antoninus Pius. The apology of Athenagoras is in like manner inscribed to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius j&iius, or Aurelius Verus, the philosophers. Of Lucius Verus the following character is given by Gibbon, {History qf the Decline and FaU of the Roman Empire , Book 1 . cb. 3.) “ He was adopted by pus ; and on the accession of Marcus THE APOLOGY OF Of Lucius Verus the following character is given by Gibbon, {History qf the Decline and FaU of the Roman Empire , Book 1 . cb. 3.) “ He was adopted by pus ; and on the accession of Marcus THE APOLOGY OF Pius by adoption, the lover of learning ; and to the sacred Senate, and to all the Roman people, in behalf of those of all nations who are unjustly hated and persecuted, 1 Justin, the son of Priscus, and grand- son of Bacchius, natives of Flavia Neapolis 6 of Syria ‘ Palestine, being myself one of those (wno are so un- justly used)

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