Christians do not differ from others in habitat,language or custom,they live among Greeks and barbarians wherever life has placed them, they follow local custom in dress and diet , but their way of life is seen as strange to many.
they live in their native land as citizens and share everything with their fellow men,yet are treated as aliens,they marry and have children but do not practice abortion,they share tables but not beds.
They live in the flesh but not according to it,they dwell on earth but regard Heaven as their city,they follow established law and love all, yet are persecuted ,they are condemned and put to death, yet are very much alive.
Briefly,what the soul is to the body,Christians are to the world,as the soul is present in all the body`s parts so are Christians in the world`s cities.
The soul loves the flesh and members which hate it,so do Christians love those who hate them,God has set them in the world as His sentinels, and they may not leave their posts.
2007-04-20
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From a letter to Diognetius, 2nd century, from Justin Martyr.
How do we measure up to these early Christian commuities today, my fellow Christians?
2007-04-20
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