Apologist · second century

Athenagoras of Athens

An Athenian philosopher who addressed a Plea for the Christians to the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, answering the charges of atheism, cannibalism and immorality.

Writings

1. Apology

   A Plea for the Christians

   A reasoned plea to the emperors: Christians are not atheists, and the charges laid against them are false.

   70 min read · translated by B.P. Pratten

2. Treatise

   The Resurrection of the Dead

   Treatise by Athenagoras of Athens.

   55 min read · translated by B.P. Pratten

Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Greek Icon of Saint Athenagoras of Athens” (Unknown iconographer (Greek icon, 20th century)), public domain (as marked on wikimedia commons), Wikimedia Commons.

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