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Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew

St Justin Martyr, ANF 1

1. Introduction
2. Justin Describes His Studies in Philosophy
3. Justin Narrates the Manner of His Conversion
4. The Soul of Itself Cannot See God
5. The Soul is Not in Its Own Nature Immortal
6. These Things Were Unknown Plato and Other Philosophers
7. The Knowledge of Truth to Be Sought from the Prophets Alone
8. Justin by His Colloquy is Kindled with Love to Christ
9. The Christians Have Not Believed Groundless Stories
Trypho Blames the Christians for This Alone-The Non-Observance of the Law
The Law Abrogated; The New Testament Promised and Given by God
The Jews Violate the Eternal Law, and Interpret Ill that of Moses
Isaiah Teaches that Sins are Forgiven Through Christ’s Blood
Righteousness is Not Placed in Jewish Rites, But in the Conversion of the Heart Given in…
15. In What the True Fasting Consists
Circumcision Given as a Sign, that the Jews Might Be Driven Away for Their Evil Deeds…
The Jews Sent Persons Through the Whole Earth to Spread Calumnies on Christians
Christians Would Observe the Law, If They Did Not Know Why It Was Instituted
Circumcision Unknown Before Abraham. The Law Was Given by Moses on Account of the…
20. Why Choice of Meats Was Prescribed
Sabbaths Were Instituted on Account of the People’s Sins, and Not for a Work of…
22. So Also Were Sacrifices and Oblations
The Opinion of the Jews Regarding the Law Does an Injury to God
24. The Christians’ Circumcision Far More Excellent
25. The Jews Boast in Vain that They are Sons of Abraham
26. No Salvation to the Jews Except Through Christ
27. Why God Taught the Same Things by the Prophets as by Moses
28. True Righteousness is Obtained by Christ
29. Christ is Useless to Those Who Observe the Law
30. Christians Possess the True Righteousness
If Christ’s Power Be Now So Great, How Much Greater at the Second Advent!
Trypho Objecting that Christ is Described as Glorious by Daniel, Justin Distinguishes Two…
Ps. CX. Is Not Spoken of Hezekiah. He Proves that Christ Was First Humble, Then Shall Be…
Nor Does Ps. LXXII. Apply to Solomon, Whose Faults Christians Shudder at
35. Heretics Confirm the Catholics in the Faith
36. He Proves that Christ is Called Lord of Hosts
37. The Same is Proved from Other Psalms
It is an Annoyance to the Jew that Christ is Said to Be Adored. Justin Confirms It,…
The Jews Hate the Christians Who Believe This. How Great the Distinction is Between Both!
He Returns to the Mosaic Laws, and Proves that They Were Figures of the Things Which…
41. The Oblation of Fine Flour Was a Figure of the Eucharist
The Bells on the Priest’s Robe Were a Figure of the Apostles
He Concludes that the Law Had an End in Christ, Who Was Born of the Virgin
The Jews in Vain Promise Themselves Salvation, Which Cannot Be Obtained Except Through…
Those Who Were Righteous Before and Under the Law Shall Be Saved by Christ
Trypho Asks Whether a Man Who Keeps the Law Even Now Will Be Saved. Justin Proves that It…
Justin Communicates with Christians Who Observe the Law. Not a Few Catholics Do Otherwise
Before the Divinity of Christ is Proved, He [Trypho] Demands that It Be Settled that He…
To Those Who Object that Elijah Has Not Yet Come, He Replies that He is the Precursor of…
It is Proved from Isaiah that John is the Precursor of Christ
51. It is Proved that This Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
52. Jacob Predicted Two Advents of Christ
Jacob Predicted that Christ Would Ride on an Ass, and Zechariah Confirms It
54. What the Blood of the Grape Signifies
Trypho Asks that Christ Be Proved God, But Without Metaphor. Justin Promises to Do So
God Who Appeared to Moses is Distinguished from God the Father
The Jew Objects, Why is He Said to Have Eaten, If He Be God? Answer of Justin
58. The Same is Proved from the Visions Which Appeared to Jacob
59. God Distinct from the Father Conversed with Moses
Opinions of the Jews with Regard to Him Who Appeared in the Bush
61. Wisdom is Begotten of the Father, as Fire from Fire
The Words “Let Us Make Man” Agree with the Testimony of Proverbs
63. It is Proved that This God Was Incarnate
Justin Adduces Other Proofs to the Jew, Who Denies that He Needs This Christ
The Jew Objects that God Does Not Give His Glory to Another. Justin Explains the Passage
66. He Proves from Isaiah that God Was Born from a Virgin
Trypho Compares Jesus with Perseus; And Would Prefer [to Say] that He Was Elected [to Be…
He Complains of the Obstinacy of Trypho; He Answers His Objection; He Convicts the Jews…
The Devil, Since He Emulates the Truth, Has Invented Fables About Bacchus, Hercules, and…
So Also the Mysteries of Mithras are Distorted from the Prophecies of Daniel and Isaiah
The Jews Reject the Interpretation of the LXX., from Which, Moreover, They Have Taken…
Passages Have Been Removed by the Jews from Esdras and Jeremiah
73. [the Words] “From the Wood” Have Been Cut Out of Ps. XCVI
The Beginning of Ps. XCVI. Is Attributed to the Father [by Trypho]. But [It Refers] to…
It is Proved that Jesus Was the Name of God in the Book of Exodus
From Other Passages the Same Majesty and Government of Christ are Proved
77. He Returns to Explain the Prophecy of Isaiah
He Proves that This Prophecy Harmonizes with Christ Alone, from What is Afterwards Written
He Proves Against Trypho that the Wicked Angels Have Revolted from God
The Opinion of Justin with Regard to the Reign of a Thousand Years. Several Catholics…
He Endeavours to Prove This Opinion from Isaiah and the Apocalypse
The Prophetical Gifts of the Jews Were Transferred to the Christians
It is Proved that the Psalm, “The Lord Said to My Lord,” Etc., Does Not Suit Hezekiah
84. That Prophecy, “Behold, a Virgin,” Etc., Suits Christ Alone
He Proves that Christ is the Lord of Hosts from Ps. XXIV., and from His Authority Over…
There are Various Figures in the Old Testament of the Wood of the Cross by Which Christ…
Trypho Maintains in Objection These Words: “And Shall Rest on Him,” Etc. They are…
Christ Has Not Received the Holy Spirit on Account of Poverty
The Cross Alone is Offensive to Trypho on Account of the Curse, Yet It Proves that Jesus…
The Stretched-Out Hands of Moses Signified Beforehand the Cross
The Cross Was Foretold in the Blessings of Joseph, and in the Serpent that Was Lifted Up
Unless the Scriptures Be Understood Through God’s Great Grace, God Will Not Appear to…
The Same Kind of Righteousness is Bestowed on All. Christ Comprehends It in Two Precepts
94. In What Sense He Who Hangs on a Tree is Cursed
95. Christ Took Upon Himself the Curse Due to Us
That Curse Was a Prediction of the Things Which the Jews Would Do
97. Other Predictions of the Cross of Christ
98. Predictions of Christ in Ps. XXII
99. In the Commencement of the Psalm are Christ’s Dying Words
In What Sense Christ is [Called] Jacob, and Israel, and Son of Man
101. Christ Refers All Things to the Father
The Prediction of the Events Which Happened to Christ When He Was Born. Why God Permitted…
The Pharisees are the Bulls: The Roaring Lion is Herod or the Devil
104. Circumstances of Christ’s Death are Predicted in This Balm
The Psalm Also Predicts the Crucifixion and the Subject of the Last Prayers of Christ on…
Christ’s Resurrection is Foretold in the Conclusion of the Psalm
107. The Same is Taught from the History of Jonah
The Resurrection of Christ Did Not Convert the Jews. But Through the Whole World They…
109. The Conversion of the Gentiles Has Been Predicted by Micah
A Portion of the Prophecy Already Fulfilled in the Christians: The Rest Shall Be…
The Two Advents Were Signified by the Two Goats. Other Figures of the First Advent, in…
The Jews Expound These Signs Jejunely and Feebly, and Take Up Their Attention Only with…
113. Joshua Was a Figure of Christ
Some Rules for Discerning What is Said About Christ. The Circumcision of the Jews is Very…
Prediction About the Christians in Zechariah. The Malignant Way Which the Jews Have in…
116. It is Shown How This Prophecy Suits the Christians
Malachi’s Prophecy Concerning the Sacrifices of the Christians. It Cannot Be Taken as…
He Exhorts to Repentance Before Christ Comes; In Whom Christians, Since They Believe, are…
Christians are the Holy People Promised to Abraham. They Have Been Called Like Abraham
120. Christians Were Promised to Isaac, Jacob, and Judah
From the Fact that the Gentiles Believe in Jesus, It is Evident that He is Christ
122. The Jews Understand This of the Proselytes Without Reason
Ridiculous Interpretations of the Jews. Christians are the True Israel
124. Christians are the Sons of God
He Explains What Force the Word Israel Has, and How It Suits Christ
The Various Names of Christ According to Both Natures. It is Shown that He is God, and…
These Passages of Scripture Do Not Apply to the Father, But to the Word
The Word is Sent Not as an Inanimate Power, But as a Person Begotten of the Father’s…
129. That is Confirmed from Other Passages of Scripture
He Returns to the Conversion of the Gentiles, and Shows that It Was Foretold
How Much More Faithful to God the Gentiles are Who are Converted to Christ Than the Jews
How Great the Power Was of the Name of Jesus in the Old Testament
The Hard-Heartedness of the Jews, for Whom the Christians Pray
134. The Marriages of Jacob are a Figure of the Church
Christ is King of Israel, and Christians are the Israelitic Race
136. The Jews, in Rejecting Christ, Rejected God Who Sent Him
137. He Exhorts the Jews to Be Converted
Noah is a Figure of Christ, Who Has Regenerated Us by Water, and Faith, and Wood: [I.e.,…
The Blessings, and Also the Curse, Pronounced by Noah Were Prophecies of the Future
In Christ All are Free. The Jews Hope for Salvation in Vain Because They are Sons of…
141. Free-Will in Men and Angels
142. The Jews Return Thanks, and Leave Justin