The Early Church in the Second Century

Christians should be diligent in seeking to live peaceably with those around them, having good reputations and adopting the customs that are appropriate for the time and place. A powerful description of what this looks like is given by the epistle to diagnose, writing of the character of the early church in the second century. For the Christians are distinguished from other men, neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. They display to us their wonderful and confessively striking method of life. As citizens they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners.