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Early Church Fathers such as St. Justin Martyr and Tertullian, following a text then popular, the Book of Enoch, understand these sons of God to be fallen angels whose congress with human women produced a race of giants.
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And Tatian was a student of the great Justin Martyr – a philosopher converted to Christianity in Samaria.
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You are now always and only Justin Martyr to us, the perfect Philosopher Spy.
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Do I use the whole saint's name (Justin Martyr) or only his Christian name (Justin)?
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St. Justin Martyr took it further and suggested that the Nephilim, children of these angels, were demons, who St. Justin identified with the Greco-Roman pantheon.
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As for Christianity and Mithraism, both Justin Martyr and Tertullian were so struck by the similarities that they blamed the devil for plagiarizing Christianity and introducing Christian concepts into Mithraism.
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Martyr comes from the Greek root martys — or witness.
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Justin Martyr spoke of the seeds of the Word planted in the philosophies of the world and Don Richardson coined the term Redemptive Analogies.
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Remember, Godidiots, that one of the three reasons Christ is seen as a true God and not yet another Pagan God from a stack of Pagan Gods with whom Christ shares many attributes and traditions; according to your church father, Justin Martyr c.
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Justin Martyr: And your public assemblies I have come to hate.
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