Editing Justin Martyr (section)

==== Apocalypse ====
Justin does not quote from the [[Book of Revelation]] directly, yet he clearly refers to it, naming [[John of Patmos|John]] as its author (''Dial''. 81.4 "Moreover also among us a man named John, one of the apostles of Christ, prophesied in a revelation made to him that those who have believed on our Christ will spend a thousand years in Jerusalem; and that hereafter the general and, in short, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all will likewise take place").  Scholar [[Brooke Foss Westcott]] notes that this reference to the author of the single prophetic book of the New Testament illustrates the distinction Justin made between the role of prophecy and fulfillment quotations from the gospels, as Justin does not mention any of the individual [[canonical gospels]] by name.<ref name="Westcott 1875 p. 120">Westcott (1875) ''A general survey of the canon of the New Testament'', p.&nbsp;120 – "To quote prophecy habitually without mentioning the Prophet's name would be to deprive it of half its value; and if it seem strange that Justin does not quote the Evangelists like Prophets, it is no less worthy of notice that he does quote by name the single prophetic book of the New Testament.&nbsp;... This reference to the Apocalypse appears to illustrate the difference which Justin makes between his quotations from the Prophecies and the Gospels."</ref>
[[File:Justin Martyr.jpg|thumb|16th century engraving of Justin]]