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	Epistles
		The epistles of the New Testament are Christian writings of Apostles to churches in particular parts of the world.
		For instance, the "prison epistles" are the ones written by Paul while he was in prison, while the "pastoral epistles" are the letters to Timothy and Titus, since they contain advice about providing pastoral care to their churches.
		Epistle of the Romans to the Corinthians (I Clement)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ep/Epistles.html (270 words)

	Apostolic Fathers - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whether in form addressed to Diognetus, the tutor of Marcus Aurelius, as a typical cultured observer of Christianity, or to some other eminent person of the same name in the locality of its origin, or, as seems more likely, to cultured Greeks generally, personified under the significant name "Diognetus" ("Heaven-born," cf.
		Its opening section, recalling to its hearers the passing of the mists of idolatry before the revelation in Jesus Christ, is markedly similar in tone and tenor to passages in the Epistle to Diognetus.
		The latter is the case in Clement, Ignatius and Polycarp; perhaps also in "Barnabas." In Hermas there is special affinity to the language and thought of the epistle of James, and in the homilist to those of Paul.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Apostolic_Fathers (2963 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistle to Diognetus
		The identification of Diognetus with the teacher of Marcus Aurelius, who bore the same name, is at most plausible.
		The manuscript attributed it with other writings to Justin Martyr; but that earnest philosopher and hasty writer was quite incapable of the restrained eloquence, the smooth flow of thought, the limpid clearness of expression, which mark this epistle as one of the most perfect compositions of antiquity.
		The writer addresses the "most excellent Diognetus", a well-disposed pagan, who desires to know what is the religion of Christians.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05008b.htm (755 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325. \| Christian Classics Ethereal ...
		Diognetus was not a rare name; but the one of our Epistle was a person of social prominence, as the term κράτιστος, honorable, implies.
		It opens with an address to Diognetus who is described as exceedingly desirous to learn the Christian doctrine and mode of worship in distinction from that of the Greeks and the Jews.
		The Epistle to Diognetus forms the transition from the purely practical literature of the Apostolic Fathers to the reflective theology of the Apologists.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc2.v.xv.xii.html (1518 words)

	John, The Epistles Of, Part 4-9 (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If the Epistle makes a single reference to the Day of Judgment (1 John 4:17), the Gospel has 6 passages which speak of the "last day," and in these the "last day" is explicitly the day of resurrection (John 11:24) and of judgment (John 12:48).
		Again, it is urged that in the Epistle the conception of the logos is modified in the direction of conformity to traditional doctrine.
		Quite evidently the 2nd Epistle must have been written by the author of the 1st, or was an arrant and apparently purposeless piece of plagiarism The 3rd Epistle is inevitably associated with the 2nd by the superscription, "'the Presbyter," and by other links of thought and phraseology.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/5101 (3562 words)

	Letter to Diognetus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is difficult to determine the date of the letter, for it was never referred to in any known ancient writings, but it obviously dates from a period when Christianity was still regarded as a "mystery" religion.
		Diognetus was apparently a highly regarded pagan, and it has been theorized that the name could be a familiar title of the Greek emperor Hadrian.
		No extant copies of the original epistle exist, and it is quite possible that what are assumed to be the final two chapters are actually part of a different work.
	www.maplenet.net /~trowbridge/diognetu.htm (148 words)

	Epistle to Diognetus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus is probably the earliest example of Christian apologetics, writings defending Christianity from its accusers.
		The Greek writer and recipient are not otherwise known, but the language and other textual evidence dates the work to the late 2nd century; some assume an even earlier date and count it among the Apostolic Fathers.
		"Mathetes" is not a proper name; it simply means "a disciple." A Diognetus was a tutor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who admired him for his freedom from superstition and sound educational advice (Meditations 1.6), but he is not likely to be the recipient, or even the assumed recipient, of this apology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epistle_to_Diognetus (642 words)

	Rejection of Pascal's Wager: The Apostolic Fathers
		The main reason for the inclusion of this writing in the apostolic fathers is the claim of its author to be a "pupil of the apostles" in chapter 11 of the epistle.
		The Epistle of Barnabas [d] made its way into the collection because this Barnabas was associated with the friend of the Jerusalem apostles who introduced Paul to them.
		The seven epistles of Ignatius were written by Ignatius, bishop of Antioch on his way to martyrdom in Rome somewhere around the end of the reign of Trajan (98-117 CE).
	www.geocities.com /paulntobin/apostolicfather.html (1076 words)

	The Catholic Theologians and Theology
		The epistle of Clement breathes a fine spirit, and gives excellent advice to the Corinthian brethren for the healing of their party strifes.
		The fact that the epistles appear in different versions, a longer and a shorter Greek, and also a Syriac version of three of them, has given occasion to a prolonged canvassing of the Ignatian literature.
		Barnabas, whose name is attached to an epistle, was an early writer; but his fanciful allegorizing of the Old Testament, and headlong dealing with the law, forbid the supposition that he was Paul's distinguished companion of the same name.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /sheldon/catholic_theology.html (2283 words)

	EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS - Online Information article about EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS
		Diognetus, of whom nothing is really known, has expressed a See also:
		Lightfoot, who speaks of the letter as " one of the noblest and most impressive of early Christian apologies," places it c.
		epistle: this points to the loss in some earlier codex of pages containing the end of the letter and the beginning of the homily.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DEM_DIO/DIOGNETUS_EPISTLE_TO.html (826 words)

	James, Epistle of - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		The writer of this epistle stands at the end of that prophetic line, and he is greater than John the Baptist or any who have preceded him because he stands within the borders of the kingdom of Christ.
		The address of the epistle states that the writer is "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1).
		All the characteristics of the epistle seem explicable on the supposition of authorship by James the brother of the Lord.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4826 (7190 words)

	Corinthians, Second Epistle To the - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Great difficulty exists as to the circumstances in which the epistle was written, and as to the whole situation between 1 and 2 Corinthians.
		On the other hand a strong tendency has set in to regard this intermediate epistle as at least in part preserved in 2Co 10-13, whose tone, it is universally admitted, differs from that of the preceding chapters in a remarkable way, not easily accounted for.
		Although the genuineness of the various parts of the epistle is scarcely disputed, the homogeneity is much debated.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T2325 (4397 words)

	Dispensationalism
		Epistle to Diognetus 5 - Christians follow the customs of their native lands in regard to marriage, food, clothing, and conduct.
		Epistle to Diognetus 11 - He (Mathetes) was taught directly by the apostles.
		For, in his Epistle to the Corinthians, he speaks expressly of prophetical gifts, and recognizes men and women prophesying in the Church.
	www.biblefacts.org /history/subject/dispenl.html (660 words)

	ricoblog - Blog Fodder: The Epistle to Diognetus
		Diognetus is available in a few different editions of the collected writings of the Apostolic Fathers:
		“Mathetes”, which sometimes seen in the title of the epistle, is simply a transliteration of the term “disciple” and not a claim of authorship.
		One of my favorites is that the epistle is an exercise of a school-boy who is practicing his rhetoric; but this is exceedingly unlikely.
	www.supakoo.com /rick/ricoblog/CommentView,guid,00397255-0bc1-4fb6-afd0-12f7332c2b21.aspx (544 words)

	Chapter 3 Barnabas - Pliny - Ignatius - The Church at Smyrna - The Epistle to Diognetus - Recognitions of Clement - ...
		TESTIMONY OF THE EPISTLES OF Of the fifteen epistles ascribed to Ignatius, eight are, by universal consent, accounted spurious; and eminent scholars have questioned the genuineness of the remaining seven.
		But the epistle to the Magnesians, which exists both in the longer and in the shorter form, is the one from which first-day writers obtain Ignatius’ testimony in behalf of Sunday, and they quote for this both these forms.
		This epistle, though the work of a later hand than that of Ignatius, is valuable for the light which it sheds upon the state of things when it was written.
	www.giveshare.org /HolyDay/firstcenturies/chapter3.html (2372 words)

	Epistle to Diognetus
		A closer affinity is with the "Ad Donatum" of St. Cyprian, which is similarly addressed to an inquiring pagan.
		The editio princeps is that of Stephanus (Paris, 1592), and the epistle was included among the works of St. Justin by Sylburg (Heidelberg, 1593) and subsequent editors, the best of such editions is in Otto, "Corpus Apologetarum Christ." (3d ed., Jena, 1879), III.
		Tillemont followed a friend's suggestion in attributing it to an earlier date, and Gallandi included it in his "Bibl.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/d/diognetus,epistle_to.html (745 words)

	Study Links: Index of Church Fathers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Homily known as "Second Epistle of Clement" – Intro.
		Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans (Eng.
		Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews (Intro.
	www.deeperstudy.org /link/studylinks7.html (315 words)

	Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
		The Christian Life in the Epistle to Diognetus
		Robert M. Grant describes the epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v.
		A late 2d century apology addressed to a certain Diognetus who is otherwise unknown.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /diognetus.html (220 words)

	James, Epistle Of (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is not strange therefore that Spitta and others have thought that we have in the Epistle of James a treatise written by an unconverted Jew which has been adapted to Christian use by the interpolation of the two phrases containing the name of Christ in James 1:1 and James 2:1.
		The principles of this epistle are the principles of the sermon on the mount.
		In the Epistle to the Galatians Paul says that at the time of one of his visits to Jerusalem he saw none of the apostles save Peter and James the Lord's brother (Galatians 1:18-19).
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/4826 (7310 words)

	THE EPISTLE OF MATHETES TO DIOGNETUS
		The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus is one of the earliest examples of Christian apologetics, writings defending Christianity from its accusers.
		"Mathetes" is not a proper name; it simply means "a disciple." A Diognetus was a tutor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who admired him for his freedom from superstition and sound educational advice (Meditations 1.6), but he is not likely to have been the recipient, or even the assumed recipient, of this apology.
		If this claim is true, then the Epistle belongs to the class of writings known as the Apostolic Fathers and is therefore often grouped with them.
	www.forerunner.com /churchfathers/X0003__02._EPISTLE_OF_MATH.html (2778 words)

	Amazon.com: 06. The Didache: The Epistle of Barnabas, The Epistles and the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, The Fragments of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Epistles consist of a covering note and a letter, which is an exhortation to the Philippians on Christian life in general.
		The Epistle to Diognetus is an apology for Christianity, presented by an unknown writer to a pagan of high social or political rank.
		The Didache: The Epistle of Barnabas, The Epistles and the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, The Fragments of Papias, The Epistle to Diognetus (Ancient Christian Writers) by James A. Kleis
	www.amazon.com /06-Didache-Martyrdom-Fragments-Diognetus/dp/0809102471 (1751 words)

	Apostolic Fathers - Theopedia
		Agreed on by all church historians are: Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, the Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles), Epistle of Barnabas and Shepherd of Hermas.
		The Epistle of Barnabas is an early second century document concerned with showing that Christians are the true heirs of God's covenant.
		The Epistle to Diognetus (this one is hard to date and might also be of a later date)
	www.theopedia.com /Apostolic_Fathers (595 words)

	Lost Scriptures - Page 2 - BibleForums Christian Message Board and Forums
		The Epistle to Diognetus is an apologetic written by an unknown author to explain and defend Christianity to a heathen leader named Diognetus.
		Diognetus 5.1 Christians are not distinguished from the rest of humanity by country, language, or custom.
		They were included soon after based on universal acceptance and internal evidence of authenticity and conformity with both OT and NT writings (James and John were accepted as the Authors of the epistles that bear their names, although the writer of Hebrews is still unknown).
	www.bibleforums.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1001171 (1735 words)

	Per Christum: Thoughts on the Epistle to Diognetus
		For Day 2 & 3 of The Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan, the assigned text covers Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus, one of the earliest examples of Christian apologetics.
		The epistle begins providing answers with a comparative study of the religious offerings at that time:
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	blog.ancient-future.net /2006/03/thoughts-on-epistle-to-diognetus.html (516 words)

	Epistle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Epistle (Greek, epistellein, “to send to”), formal and instructive letter, often intended for publication, written in verse form.
		Diognetus, Epistle To, defence of the beliefs and social practices of the early Christians, written by an unknown author probably in the 2nd century...
		- reading aloud of part of Epistle: an excerpt from one of the Epistles read as part of a service in a Christian church
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Epistle.html (157 words)

	The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Apostolic Fathers
		Four of these -- I Clement, Epistle of Barnabas, Didache, Shepherd of Hermas -- are part of this survey because they were cited approvingly by an early Christian authority.
		The others are not included, but the letters of Ignatius and Polycarp are used to determine their opinions on the New Testament canon.
		In 1765 A. Gallandi expanded the collection to include the Epistle to Diognetus, the Fragments of Papias, and Quadratus.
	www.ntcanon.org /Apostolic_Fathers.shtml (321 words)

	Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings
		Epistle to the Ephesians: at CCEL (short version), CCEL (long version), American
		Epistle to the Romans: CCEL (short version), CCEL (long version), American
		Epistle on the Translation of Bishops and Episcopal Seats (at New Advent)
	www.cs.cmu.edu /People/spok/catholic/writings.html (803 words)

	justifyfathers2
		Part of what I said in response, in addition to giving examples of the church fathers contradicting Catholic doctrine, was that evangelicals agree with what a number of post-apostolic writers taught about salvation.
		For example, I cited Philip Schaff's endorsement of The Epistle to Diognetus in his History of the Christian Church.
		It isn't as specific as a treatise or a book written by one of the Protestant reformers or a modern evangelical apologist, but it is specific enough to agree with the evangelical gospel and contradict the Catholic gospel, as far as it goes.
	www.ntrmin.org /images/questions/justifyfathers2.htm (2604 words)

	[No title]
		This epistle is written by Enoch for later generations.
		Included in this class are the Epistles of Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, and Barnabas, the Epistle to Diognetus, the Apologies of Aristides and Justin Martyr, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache.
		The Shepherd of Hermas, and the Martyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp : written by those who were present at their sufferings, being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ.
	robertwaxman.us (4506 words)

	Epistles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Epistle to the Hebrews, without secure traditional attribution
		Epistle of the Romans to the Corinthians (1 Clement)[1]
		David Trobisch, "How to read an ancient letter collection", 1999 : the possibility of a narrative critical study of the Letters of Paul
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epistles (458 words)

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