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3-^ THK APOLOGISTS.
of Justin are sulliciently numerous. I>ut criticism pronounces
tlircc alone to be ^'enuinc, viz., the two Apologies
and the Dialogue with Tryj )no.
Eusebius informs us that he was a voluminous writer.
And we should infer the same from his extant books. Their
style is dilluse and unsystematic, and reference is made in
them to other important works which have now perished,
especially to a Treatise against all Heresies - and a Uook against
Marcion.^ liesides these he wrote an Essay on Psychology/
an Oration to the Greeks,^ an Exhortation,'"' an Essay on the
I'nity of the Divine Essence/ and some others; treatises
under these names have in several cases come down to us,
but their authenticity is extremely doubtful.
'i'he three genuine works were probably published in the
following order : the first Apology, the second Apology, the
Dialogue. In spite of all the learning and ingenuity that
has been expended upon them, the dates of composition are
still uncertain. The tirst Apology was evidently written
under Antoninus. Eusebius assigns it to the fourth year of
that emperor (a.D. 141) ;
but good arguments have been advanced
for believing it to be several years later, probably
about A. I). 147 or 148. The second Apology was certainly
written after the tirst, and under the prefecture of Urbicus,
wliich extended probably from A.D. 145 to 158 or 159.
\Vithin these limits it is sutlicient to fix its composition.
The Dialogue was written not in Kome, but most })robably
at Ei)hesus, whither it is possible that Justin retired as a
matter of prudence after the jiublication of the second
Ajtology.
l>ut
It is the longest and most elal»orate of his writings,
has not the freshness and vigour of the iirst Apology.
' Amorij^ .spurious and doubtful writings wc possess (a) a \6r^oi irpos
K\X»;i'ai ;
{h) a \6yoi vapaivtriKbi irpbs''K\\r]i>as ; (c) a book Ttpl Mofapx'os—
these arc doubtful. The following are .spurious : dyarpoinj So^fxdrwv tipup
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