Martyr And Tertulliam Analysis

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I agree with your Martyr and Tertulliam comparison, they agreed upon the supremacy of scriptures to establish their case for Jesus’ historicity. Like you I failed to find any contradictions among Martyr and Tertulliam’s faith and philosophy; however, Martyr emphasizes prophecy to poke holes Roman and Greek thoughts concerning God. According to Kerr (1990), “ Against the Jews, Justin argued that the doctrine of Jesus as the Christ was the necessary fulfillment of the messianic predictions in their own Scriptures” (p.17). In addition to focusing on the content messages within prophecies, Martyr emphasized the power behind God’s word, as cited in Kerr (1990), “When you hear the words of the prophets spoken as in a particular character, do not

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