be obvious to anyone who takes religious believers at their word when they describe their beliefs.) Yet at the same time, we can recognize that there is truth in all religions and philosophies. St. Justin Martyr in the second century called this the spermatikos logos, that is, the Logos in seed form. The Logos, or “Word,” is Jesus Christ (see John 1), and St. Justin believed that all belief systems had within them the seeds of His revelation. Because all human beings are created according to the