Inspiration from Justin Martyr

Having just completed our assignment on heresy and reading so much on diverging thought regarding the nature of Jesus, as well as the trinity (which my own church father, Basil the great, was also implicated in as ant-arian) it was a good recentering to recall that it is Justin Martyr who gives the basis for the teaching accepted as Orthadox.

Also similar to Basil, and I think a lot of the church fathers as all seem to come from fairly prominant/educated backgrounds, is the relationship to reading/understanding the church classics. Its interesting that Martyr found Christian truth after seeking truth in philosophy. Basil actually writes (as a Christian) in favour of Christians reading and understanding the classics arguing that it will (i think in opposition) sharpen their own faith in Christianity. I wonder if Martyr would agree with this stanceo r rather thought based on his experience that such "secular" reading should be completely avoided. I find this interesting to thing about in a modern context of the way we engage with the secular cultures we are surrounded by.