Monday, July 25, 2022

Justin Martyr and "The Word of God" not being Exhausted by Inscripturated Revelation

In his First Apology, Justin wrote the following:

 

For from Jerusalem there went out into the world, men, twelve in number, and these illiterate, of no ability in speaking: but by the power of God they proclaimed to every race of men that they were sent by Christ to teach to all the word of God (Gk: διδάξαι πάντας τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον). (First Apology, 39 [ANF 1:175-76])

 

This shows us that “the word of God” for Justin is not exhausted by inscripturated revelation, as the apostles were commissioned “to teach to all the word of God” prior to the inscripturation of a single book of the New Testament.

 

For more, see:

 

Not By Scripture Alone: A Latter-day Saint Refutation of Sola Scriptura