Who he was
- A discourse on the superiority of Christianity.
- The Epistle to Diognetus is an apology of Christianity composed in the form of a letter.
- It is very accurate, simple and clear, written as open answers by the author for the questions of his friend, a high-ranking pagan named Diognetus.
- Nothing else is known of the author or the addressee.
- The Epistle to Diognetus expresses the sweetness of its writer in his defense of the faith, and his faithful witness to the Christian life.
- In his defense, the writer explains the following two points:
- How can a man worship an idol made by human hands, made of corruptible material, which can be stolen?!
- The soul is discomforted by the sacrifices of animal blood.
What he wrote
- Christians reveal their faith through their daily life.
- Christian faith is a divine gift.
- Christians are not a separate nation.
- The nature of the Church is heavenly.
- The Church insists on loving the world faithfully.
- Christians are subject to the state’s law.
- The Church practices communal life in everything except in the conjugal life.
- The author depicts in glowing terms the superiority of Christianity over the foolish idolatry of the pagans, and over the external formalism of the worship of the Jews.