The Epistle to Diogentus
Pseudo-Justinus Martyr
The Epistle to Diogentus. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913
To put it shortly what the soul is in the body.[*](The world and Christians) that the Christians are in the world.
The soul is spread through all members of the body, and Christians throughout the cities of the world.
The soul dwells in the body, but is not of the body, and Christians dwell in the world, but are not of the
world.The soul is invisible, and is guarded in a visible body, and Christians are recognised when they are in the world, but their religion remains invisible.
The flesh hates the soul, and wages war upon it, though it has suffered no evil, because it is prevented from gratifying its pleasures, and the world hates the Christians though it has suffered no evil, because they are opposed to its pleasures.
The soul loves the flesh which hates it and the limbs, and Christians love those that hate them.