Dialogue with Trypho 35.4

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Heretics are named after their founders.

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Greek text · Archambault 1:156

Εἰσὶν οὖν καὶ ἐγένοντο, ὦ φίλοι ἄνδρες, πολλοὶ οἳ ἄθεα καὶ βλάσφημα λέγειν καὶ πράττειν ἐδίδαξαν, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ προσελθόντες· καὶ καλούμενοί εἰσιν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς προσωνυμίας τῶν ἀνδρῶν, ἐξ οὗπερ ἑκάστη διδαχὴ καὶ γνώμη ἤρξατο.

English · Claude translation

“There are, then, and have been, friends, many who have taught men to say and do godless and blasphemous things, coming in the name of Jesus; and they are called by us after the name of the men from whom each teaching and opinion began.

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Source: Archambault 1:156 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Heresy

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Justin, Dial. 35.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/35/4/).

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Justin, Dial. 35.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/35/4/).

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