We expect to receive again our own bodies, though they be dead and cast into the earth, for we maintain that with God nothing is impossible.
Justin MartyrSound doctrine does not enter into the hard and disobedient heart; but, as if beaten back, enters anew into itself.
Justin MartyrIn that we say he [Christ] made whole the lame, the paralytic, and those born blind, we seem to say what is very similar to the deeds said to have been done by Esculapius.
Justin MartyrWe used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we live together with such people and pray for our enemies.
Justin MartyrBecause of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have believed, and we testify that the very baptism which he announced is alone able to purify those who have repented. It is the water of life. But the cisterns which you have dug for yourselves are broken and of no benefit to you. For what is the use of a baptism which cleanses the flesh and body alone? Baptize the soul from wrath and from covetousness, from envy, and from hatred, and, lo, the body is pure.
Justin Martyr