Justin The 1st Apology Arianism Arian (made with Spreaker) documentary

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First Apology
First Apology Chapter XXI.--Analogies to the history of Christ.
1. Firstborn, produced, Jupiter,
And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth1 of GOD, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Yehoshua (Jesus) Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter.

Here we see that Justin does not have a problem explaining that Yehoshua (Jesus) was born. Justin does not have a problem explaining that Yehoshua (Jesus) has a beginning. The doctrine of the Trinity says that all three are uncreated but this early church Father is explaining contrary to that notion that the doctrine of the Trinity asserts. So what we must deduce from this is that the doctrine of the Trinity is not held at this point. But the actual view of Yehoshua (Jesus) is that of having a beginning. Not as though he has any eternal begetting. But that he was born that must be understood.


First Apology Chapter XXII.--Analogies to the sonship of Christ.
2. Father of Gods, Word born, generation
Moreover, the Son of GOD called Yehoshua (Jesus), even if only a man by ordinary generation, yet, on account of His wisdom, is worthy to be called the Son of GOD; for all writers call GOD the Father of men and Gods. And if we assert that the Word of GOD was born of GOD in a peculiar manner, different from ordinary generation, let this, as said above

Here we see yet another example of the view of the early church. They viewed the Word of GOD who we know is Yehoshua (Jesus) as born of GOD. Meaning he was given birth from GOD directly. This is how the early church Fathers were taught to believe by the apostles.

First Apology Chapter XXIII.--The argument.
3. Begotten, not unbegotten, first begotten, prov 8:22
And that this may now become evident to you--(firstly3) that whatever we assert in conformity with what has been taught us by Christ, and by the prophets who preceded Him, are alone true, and are older than all the writers who have existed; that we claim to be acknowledged, not because we say the same things as these writers said, but because we say true things: and (secondly) that Yehoshua (Jesus) Christ is the only proper Son who has been begotten by GOD, being His Word and first-begotten, and power; and, becoming man according to His will,
Again we see that the early church understands Yehoshua (Jesus) as being born from GOD. And that he is GOD’s firstborn or first created being. What we are seeing is the teaching that we have lost because we have believed the doctrine of the Trinity to be true which says that Yehoshua (Jesus) does not have a beginning according to its creed. But the early church Fathers did not hold to that teaching and understood that Yehoshua (Jesus) had a beginning and that it had to be acknowledged. The doctrine of the Trinity does not acknowledge the birth of Yehoshua (Jesus) from GOD. And that is something that must be re-introduced into the church’s doctrine so that we can have the same teaching that the apostles and Yehoshua (Jesus) taught originally. And this birth was before the worlds were created.

First Apology Chapter XXXII.--Christ predicted by Moses.
4. Divine seed, First Power after GOD
And the first power after GOD the Father and Lord of all is the Word, who is also the Son; and of Him we will, in what follows, relate how He took flesh and became man. For as man did not make the blood of the vine, but GOD, so it was hereby intimated that the blood should not be of human seed, but of divine
Here we see that Yehoshua (Jesus) is described as the first power after GOD the Father. This means that the early church viewed Yehoshua (Jesus) as under GOD Almighty. We must come to the realization that the doctrine of the Trinity has created us a stumbling block to miss understand Yehoshua (Jesus). The truth is that Yehoshua (Jesus) is subordinate to GOD Almighty and this is the view that they had received from the apostles. There is no reason why we as a church should accept a doctrine that is not in the Bible or held by the apostles or held by the early church after the apostles died. We must only accept the doctrine that was originally given, and the doctrine of the Trinity is not that doctrine but a strange doctrine. The proper way to view Yehoshua (Jesus) is under the authority of GOD Almighty. Never should we ever elevate Yehoshua (Jesus) him to the point of being equal with GOD Almighty in which case we are in error if we do so.


First Apology Chapter XLVI.--The Word in the world before Christ.
5. The first born of GOD, The Word
We have been taught that Christ is the first-born of GOD, and we have declared above that He is the Word

This means that again it is being re-iterated that Yehoshua (Jesus) is the born son of GOD Almighty. They do not cla

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