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Justin, Trypho, and Spiritual Gifts

By On February 2, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Church Fathers, History, Pentecostal/Charismatic Interests

Here are some quotes from Ronald Kydd’s volume, “Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church”:

Kydd (1997:27) notes that Justin Martyr (100-168? A.D.), in his dialogues with Trypho, actually taught that Spiritual gifts existed, not due to some “apostolic” pre-canon ad hoc intent, but as part of the ongoing ministry of Christ to His people:

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Justin Martyr before the prefect of Rome

By On November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Church Fathers

Through reading Litfin’s Getting to Know the Church Fathers, I found out that the short narrative of Justin’s martyrdom is online at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, maintained by Calvin College.  Justin and others were arrested in Rome about AD 165.  The prefect (chief magistrate) of Rome [...]

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The Image-Bearer’s farewell: The letters of Ignatius of Antioch

By On November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Church Fathers

Ignatius, bishop of Antich, wrote 7 letters on his way to be martyred in Rome, addressed to his friend Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and to the churches in Rome, Ephesus, Tralles, Smyrna, Philadelphia, and Magnesia.  He appears to have died as a martyr around AD 110.  In each letter, he refers to himself as “Theophorus,” [...]

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