Chapters- Introduction
- Justin Describes His Studies In Philosophy.
- Justin Narrates The Manner Of His Conversion.
- The Soul Of Itself Cannot See God.
- The Soul Is Not In Its Own Nature Immortal.
- These Things Were Unknown To Plato And Other Philosophers.
- The Knowledge Of Truth To Be Sought From The Prophets Alone.
- Justin By His Colloquy Is Kindled With Love To Christ.
- 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 Baptism By Christ.
- In What The True Fasting Consists.
- Circumcision Given As A Sign, That The Jews Might Be Driven Away For Their Evil Deeds Done To Christ And The Christians.
- 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 Hardness Of Their Hearts.
- Why Choice Of Meats Was Prescribed.
- Sabbaths Were Instituted On Account Of The People's Sins, And Not For A Work Of Righteousness.
- So Also Were Sacrifices And Oblations.
- The Opinion Of The Jews Regarding The Law Does An Injury To God.
- The Christians' Circumcision Far More Excellent.
- The Jews Boast In Vain That They Are Sons Of Abraham.
- No Salvation To The Jews Except Through Christ.
- Why God Taught The Same Things By The Prophets As By Moses.
- True Righteousness Is Obtained By Christ.
- Christ Is Useless To Those Who Observe The Law.
- 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 Advents.
- Ps. CX Is Not Spoken Of Hezekiah. He Proves That Christ Was First Humble, Then Shall Be Glorious.
- Nor Does Ps. LXXII. Apply To Solomon, Whose Faults Christians Shudder At.
- Heretics Confirm The Catholics In The Faith.
- He Proves That Christ Is Called Lord Of Hosts.
- The Same Is Proved From Other Psalms.
- It Is An Annoyance To The Jew That Christ Is Said To Be Adored. Justin Confirms It, However, From Ps. XLV.
- 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 Pertain To Christ.
- 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 Christ.
- 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 Contributes Nothing To Righteousness.
- 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 Is Christ.
- To Those Who Object That Elijah Has Not Yet Come, He Replies That He Is The Precursor Of The First Advent.
- It Is Proved From Isaiah That John Is The Precursor Of Christ.
- It Is Proved That This Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled.
- Jacob Predicted Two Advents Of Christ.
- Jacob Predicted That Christ Would Ride On An Ass, And Zechariah Confirms It.
- 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.
- The Same Is Proved From The Visions Which Appeared To Jacob.
- God Distinct From The Father Conversed With Moses.
- Opinions Of The Jews With Regard To Him Who Appeared In The Bush.
- Wisdom Is Begotten Of The Father, As Fire From Fire.
- The Words "Let Us Make Man" Agree With The Testimony Of Proverbs.
- 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.
- 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 Christ] On Account Of Observance Of The Law. Justin Speaks Of The Law As Formerly.
- He Complains Of The Obstinacy Of Trypho; He Answers His Objection; He Convicts The Jews Of Bad Faith.
- The Devil, Since He Emulates The Truth, Has Invented Fables About Bacchus, Hercules, And Sculapius.
- 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 Away Some Passages.
- Passages Have Been Removed By The Jews From Esdras And Jeremiah.
- [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 Christ By These Words: "Tell Ye Among The Nations That The Lord," Etc.
- 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.
- 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 Reject It.
- 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.
- 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 Demons.
- There Are Various Figures In The Old Testament Of The Wood Of The Cross By Which Christ Reigned.
- Trypho Maintains In Objection These Words: "And Shall Rest On Him," Etc. They Are Explained By Justin.
- 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 Is Christ.
- 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 Have Taught Always The Same Righteousness.
- The Same Kind Of Righteousness Is Bestowed On All. Christ Comprehends It In Two Precepts.
- In What Sense He Who Hangs On A Tree Is Cursed.
- Christ Took Upon Himself The Curse Due To Us.
- That Curse Was A Prediction Of The Things Which The Jews Would Do.
- Other Predictions Of The Cross Of Christ.
- Predictions Of Christ In Ps. XXII.
- In The Commencement Of The Psalm Are Christ's Dying Words.
- In What Sense Christ Is [Called] Jacob, And Israel, And Son Of Man.
- Christ Refers All Things To The Father
- The Prediction Of The Events Which Happened To Christ When He Was Born. Why God Permitted It.
- The Pharisees Are The Bulls: The Roaring Lion Is Herod Or The Devil.
- Circumstances Of Christ's Death Are Predicted In This Psalm.
- The Psalm Also Predicts The Crucifixion And The Subject Of The Last Prayers Of Christ On Earth.
- Christ's Resurrection Is Foretold In The Conclusion Of The Psalm.
- The Same Is Taught From The History Of Jonah.
- The Resurrection Of Christ Did Not Convert The Jews. But Through The Whole World They Have Sent Men To Accuse Christ.
- The Conversion Of The Gentiles Has Been Predicted By Micah.
- A Portion Of The Prophecy Already Fulfilled In The Christians: The Rest Shall Be Fulfilled At The Second Advent.
- The Two Advents Were Signified By The Two Goats. Other Figures Of The First Advent, In Which The Gentiles Are Freed By The Blood Of Christ.
- The Jews Expound These Signs Jejunely And Feebly, And Take Up Their Attention Only With Insignificant Matters.
- Joshua Was A Figure Of Christ.
- Some Rules For Discerning What Is Said About Christ. The Circumcision Of The Jews Is Very Different From That Which Christians Receive.
- Prediction About The Christians In Zechariah. The Malignant Way Which the Jews Have In Disputations.
- It Is Shown How This Prophecy Suits the Christians.
- Malachi's Prophecy Concerning The Sacrifices Of The Christians. It Cannot Be Taken As Referring To The Prayers Of Jews Of The Dispersion.
- He Exhorts To Repentance Before Christ Comes; In Whom Christians, Since They Believe, Are Far More Religious Than Jews.
- Christians Are The Holy People Promised To Abraham. They Have Been Called Like Abraham.
- Christians Were Promised To Isaac, Jacob, And Judah.
- From The Fact That The Gentiles Believe in Jesus, It Is Evident That He Is Christ.
- The Jews Understand This Of The Proselytes Without Reason.
- Ridiculous Interpretations Of The Jews. Christians Are The True Israel.
- 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 Appeared To The Patriarchs.
- 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 Substance.
- 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.
- The Marriages Of Jacob Are A Figure Of The Church.
- Christ Is King Of Israel, And Christians Are The Israelitic Race.
- The Jews, In Rejecting Christ, Rejected God Who Sent Him.
- 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 Cross.]
- 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 Abraham.
- Free-Will In Men And Angels.
- The Jews Return Thanks, And Leave Justin.
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