Our favorite author, Anonymous, wrote an Apology dissertation, known as To Diognetus. It has been renowned for its resonance with current Catholic theology. Mind you, it's dated 160-200 AD. I imagine there were all sorts of ideas running loose, so the apologists hammered down the Apostolic teachings.
It criticized pagans, atheists, Jews, etc. Anonymous explains the nature of Christianity as "love." How's that compared to the other early religions?
Do you think the citizenry laughed at these Christians? Probably some did, some still do, but actually, paradoxically, the followers of Christianity multiplied exponentially.
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