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In the Second Century a Pagan famously asked what it meant to be a Christian. The response - now well known amongst scholars as the Epistle to Diognetus - was not so much a statement of doctrine as a simple description of what Christians did. -

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ekklesiawarrior
Feb. 5, 2007, 3:07 p.m.
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Parts of the early church believed that they were following what they termed 'The Way' - a lifestyle based on the author of their faith, who ate with the disreputable, healed the sick, urged unconditional love of enemies, and even forgave those who killed him. It was their behaviour that made them stand out from the society around them.
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mark-stevens
Feb. 6, 2007, 2:49 a.m.
In the beginning, it was easy to know the Christians, They sent people to convince the uneducated to follow their ways, and they sent armies to kill eveyone else.