Ep. 15: The Apology of Aristides
Fathers of the Faith
The Apology of Aristides is an early Christian apology (ancient Greek: apologia, a reasoned argument in defense of something) dated to be somewhere in the 2nd century. It was believed to be mid-to-late 100s AD until recent discoveries changed this. Both the Apology and the church historian Eusebius claim that this apology was delivered to the Emperor Hadrian (possibly in person or in writing). In it, Aristides compares the religions of the known world in contrast to Christianity. He claims that the God of the Christians is logically the only true God and that Christianity, in living out the truth of who their God has revealed himself to be, is the only true religion.
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