The First Apology

The First Apology

• Chapter 1. Address
• Chapter 2. Justice demanded
• Chapter 3. Claim of judicial investigation
• Chapter 4. Christians unjustly condemned for their mere name
• Chapter 5. Christians charged with atheism
• Chapter 6. Charge of atheism refuted
• Chapter 7. Each Christian must be tried by his own life
• Chapter 8. Christians confess their faith in God
• Chapter 9. Folly of idol worship
• Chapter 10. How God is to be served
• Chapter 11. What kingdom Christians look for
• Chapter 12. Christians live as under God's eye
• Chapter 13. Christians serve God rationally
• Chapter 14. The demons misrepresent Christian doctrine
• Chapter 15. What Christ himself taught
• Chapter 16. Concerning patience and swearing
• Chapter 17. Christ taught civil obedience
• Chapter 18. Proof of immortality and the resurrection
• Chapter 19. The resurrection possible
• Chapter 20. Heathen analogies to Christian doctrine
• Chapter 21. Analogies to the history of Christ
• Chapter 22. Analogies to the sonship of Christ
• Chapter 23. The argument
• Chapter 24. Varieties of heathen worship
• Chapter 25. False Gods abandoned by Christians
• Chapter 26. Magicians not trusted by Christians
• Chapter 27. Guilt of exposing children
• Chapter 28. God's care for men
• Chapter 29. Continence of Christians
• Chapter 30. Was Christ not a magician?
• Chapter 31. Of the Hebrew prophets
• Chapter 32. Christ predicted by Moses
• Chapter 33. Manner of Christ's birth predicted
• Chapter 34. Place of Christ's birth foretold
• Chapter 35. Other fulfilled prophecies
• Chapter 36. Different modes of prophecy
• Chapter 37. Utterances of the Father
• Chapter 38. Utterances of the Son
• Chapter 39. Direct predictions by the Spirit
• Chapter 40. Christ's advent foretold
• Chapter 41. The crucifixion predicted
• Chapter 42. Prophecy using the past tense
• Chapter 43. Responsibility asserted
• Chapter 44. Not nullified by prophecy
• Chapter 45. Christ's session in heaven foretold
• Chapter 46. The Word in the world before Christ
• Chapter 47. Desolation of Judæa foretold
• Chapter 48. Christ's work and death foretold
• Chapter 49. His rejection by the Jews foretold
• Chapter 50. His humiliation predicted
• Chapter 51. The majesty of Christ
• Chapter 52. Certain fulfilment of prophecy
• Chapter 53. Summary of the prophecies
• Chapter 54. Origin of heathen mythology
• Chapter 55. Symbols of the cross
• Chapter 56. The demons still mislead men
• Chapter 57. And cause persecution
• Chapter 58. And raise up heretics
• Chapter 59. Plato's obligation to Moses
• Chapter 60. Plato's doctrine of the cross
• Chapter 61. Christian baptism
• Chapter 62. Its imitation by demons
• Chapter 63. How God appeared to Moses
• Chapter 64. Further misrepresentations of the truth
• Chapter 65. Administration of the sacraments
• Chapter 66. Of the Eucharist
• Chapter 67. Weekly worship of the Christians
• Chapter 68. Conclusion
• Appendix