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I just received this from Sojourners. This ancient view of Christians is a far cry from how we are seen today.

Christians live in their own countries, but only as guests and aliens. They take part in everything as citizens and endure everything as aliens. … They are as poor as beggars, and yet they make many rich. They lack everything, and yet they have everything in abundance. They are dishonored, and yet have their glory in this very dishonor. … They are abused, yet they bless. … In a word: what the soul is in the body, the Christians are in the world.

-Letter to Diognetus, an early Christian writing whose author is unknown