” “According to Justin, went on the Pope, "every man, as a rational creature, partakes of the Logos, carries a seed of it on himself, and can sense the gleams of truth" contained in the "ancient law" of the Jews and "partly" in the Greek philosophy. "Since Christianity is the historical and personal manifestation of the Logos in its entirety", according to Justin "anything beautiful that has been expressed by anyone belongs to us Christians". In this way, Justin, "although objecting to the contradictions of the Greek philosophy, definitely orients any philosophical truth to the Logos, giving rational grounds for the unique ‘demand’ of truth and universality of the Christian religion". "While the Old Testament tends to Christ, the Greek philosophy also aims at Christ and at the Gospel, like the part tends to join the whole", explained the Pope, according to whom "the Greek philosophy cannot object to the evangelical truth, and the Christians can confidently drawn on it as on their own asset". From this point of view, Justin turned out to be the "pioneer of a positive encounter with the philosophical thinking, even if with cautious wisdom", since, "although even after his conversion he kept holding the Greek philosophy in great esteem, he stated that he had found in Christianity ‘the only certain and fruitful philosophy’". ” “
