Greek apologists of the second century /
Robert M. Grant.
- 1st ed.
- Philadelphia : Westminster Press, c1988.
- 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
The background of Christian apologetic -- The beginnings of Christian apologetic -- The reign of Trajan -- The reign of Hadrian -- Antoninus Pius and the Christians -- Justin's conversion and works -- Justin: church, Bible, and theology -- Justin on moral questions -- Marcus Aurelius and the Christians -- Apollinaris of Hierapolis -- Melito of Sardis -- Athenagoras of Athens -- The Gallican martyrs and Tatian -- Tatian on the Bible and theology -- Celsus against the Christians -- Theophilus of Antioch -- Theophilus and literature -- Theophilus and the Bible -- The theology of Theophilus -- Early Alexandrian Christianity -- Early use of the apologists -- The apologists in the third century and after -- The apologists in the Middle Ages and later.