"What the soul is in the body, that the Christians are in the world." Letter to Diognetus, written to a new convert, during the era of persecutions in Rome.
Roman Description of Christians: They reside in their respective countries, but only as aliens. They take part in everything as citizens and put up with everything as foreigners. Every foreign land is their home, and every home a foreign land. They marry like all others and beget children but they do not expose (kill or abandon) their offspring. Their board they spread for all, but not their bed.
