I would love to launch but am a conscientious abstainer from Facebook.
I'm fascinated by your love for the early church but surprised not to find mention of the epistle to diognetus, in which Christians were described as not exposing their children, and "shared their meals but not their wives". That, along with the idea that church tithes were collected to *provide* for the widows and orphans of the martyrs, thereby stiffening their backs to refuse to pinch incense, thereby inspiring their posterity.
To respond to your comment, a tiny snippet from the book will obviously not include everything in a 200+ page book :-) But yes, the Epistle to Diognetus is a beautiful primary source for the early church's consistently pro-life ethic.
I don’t remember how exactly you popped into my Substack feed, but you did, and I’ve signed up for the launch team!
I would love to launch but am a conscientious abstainer from Facebook.
I'm fascinated by your love for the early church but surprised not to find mention of the epistle to diognetus, in which Christians were described as not exposing their children, and "shared their meals but not their wives". That, along with the idea that church tithes were collected to *provide* for the widows and orphans of the martyrs, thereby stiffening their backs to refuse to pinch incense, thereby inspiring their posterity.
I can understand about FB!
To respond to your comment, a tiny snippet from the book will obviously not include everything in a 200+ page book :-) But yes, the Epistle to Diognetus is a beautiful primary source for the early church's consistently pro-life ethic.