Quotes:Athenagoras

H. P. Blavatsky

Athenagoras. A Platonic philosopher of Athens, who wrote a Greek Apology for the Christians in A.D. 177, addressed to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, to prove that the accusations brought against them, namely that they were incestuous and ate murdered children, were untrue.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Athenagoras

Zirkoff, Boris

Athenagoras. Christian apologist and philosopher of the 2nd century a.d., believed to have been a native of Athens. His principal work is the Apology (text in Migne, PCC, Ser. Gr.-Lat., Vol. VI; Engl. tr. in ANF) addressed to the Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Commodus, in which he refutes a number of accusations against the Christians. He also wrote a discourse on the resurrection of the body. His theology is strongly tinged with Platonism.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 566