Saturday. My latest and a Letter to Diognetus.

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Sisters.

THE LETTER TO DIOGNETUS

150?

Like the Gospel-writer Luke, the unknown author of the

 letter to `Diognetus` wrote to explain the Christian faith

to a serious enquirer. Its recipient was probably a pagan of high

rank, possibly the emperor himself.

CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD

You can`t tell a Christian from a non-Christian by where he lives or the way he speaks or how he dresses. There are no `Christian towns`, there is no `Christian language`, and they eat, drink and sleep just like everybody else. Christians aren`t particularly clever or ingenious and they haven`t mastered some complicated formula, like the followers of some religions.

  But while it`s true that they live in cities next to other people, and follow the same pattern of life as they do, in fact they have a unique citizenship of their own. They are, of course, citizens of their own lands - loyal ones, too. But yet they feel like visitors. Every foreign country is their homeland, and their homeland is like a foreign country to them . . . They are nationals of various states, but citizens of heaven.

  To put it simply - the soul is to the body as Christians are to the world. The soul is spread through all parts of the body and Christians through all parts of the world. The soul is in the body but is not of the body; Christians are in the world but not of the world.

Unknown author.

Its that unknown author that gets me. Its a wonderful bit of writing which helps me identify as part of the body of Christ.

For now I must attend to my youngest son and so must bid you farewell for now. Trusting in the fact that

you are loved as am I by the most merciful and true God. Your bro, Peter.