The letter tells a pagan inquirer how Christians live in the world without belonging to it, and why the Son was sent. It is one of the most finished pieces of early Christian prose.
Mathetes (to Diognetus)
Author to Diognetus
Mathetes (fl. 2nd c.) is the unnamed disciple who wrote the Epistle to Diognetus. The name means “a disciple.”
- Dates
- fl. 2nd c.
- Role
- Author to Diognetus
- See
- Unknown