Apologistswork
Who he was
- It is chiefly significant as the first of the Christian apologies.
- A treatise, but which of few fragments survive.
- St. Clement of Alexandria uses quotations of the Apostle. Origen, who had some substantial information about it, raises the question of whether it is genuine,not genuine,or a combination of both.
What he wrote
- It combines philosophical discussion of attributes with a biblical emphasis on God as the Creator.
- It explains that God cannot be worshipped in the manner of the Greeks, or in that of the Jews.
- Its criticism of Judaism is close to what Aristides provides. The Jewish prophets wrote about the coming of Christ and His crucifixion.