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be the Christ, and hold that Gentile converts 

 need not observe the Law. Saved (in Justin's 

 opinion ; but some of his fellow-Christians think 

 the contrary). 



4. Gentile converts to the belief in Jesus as the 

 Christ, who observe the Law. Saved (possibly). 



5. Gentile believers in Jesus as the Christ, who 

 do not observe the Law themselves (except so far 

 as the refusal of idol sacrifices), but do not 

 consider those who do observe it heretics. Saved 

 (this is Justin's own view). 



6. Gentile believers who do not observe the 

 Law, except in refusing idol sacrifices, and hold 

 those who do observe it to be heretics. Saved. 



7. Gentiles who believe Jesus to be the Christ 

 and call themselves Christians, but who eat meats 

 sacrificed to idols. Not Saved. 



8. Gentiles who disbelieve in Jesus as the 

 Christ. Not Saved. 



Justin does not consider Christians who believe 

 in the natural birth of Jesus, of whom he implies 

 that there is a respectable minority, to be heretics, 

 though he himself strongly holds the preternatural 

 birth of Jesus and his pre-existence as the 

 " Logos " or " Word." He conceives the Logos to 

 be a second God, inferior to the first, unknowable 

 God, with respect to whom Justin, like Philo, is 

 a complete agnostic. The Holy Spirit is not re- 

 garded by Justin as a separate personality, and 

 is often mixed up with the " Logos/' The 



