CHT | Deep Dive #11 - A Letter from the Early Church

100s AD.

The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus is one of my favorite artifacts from the early church. Its author is unknown to us but thankfully, due to a single manuscript, we have the full text of this marvelous letter.

In it we get a glimpse of a Christian's defense of Christian theology, description of their lifestyle, and a snapshot of issues of their day. Join in! We won't be reading it in its entirety but will be covering most of it.

We are using Roberts-Donaldson's translation, and it can be found at this link:
https://earlychristianwritings.com/text/diognetus-roberts.html