Translated from the
original by Costas Balomenos
The Christians was believed
about
themselves that
they are the
new Israel
(=people
of salvation), Israel
of God, that
guided by
the spirit
and the
grace˙ that they are not
citizens of
the Roman Empire,
but they constitute a new nation
-
certainly
within its
territory -
for this
reason
moreover
was praying
for
the
stability of the state
and its Governor.
They (for
the Romans) were saying
that they
are alien
residents and
pilgrims
-
as
highlighted very
nicely in
letter to
Diogniton
-
in this
world,
for which
they
believed that will
soon be elapsed
because it
was going to
come the Second
Coming of
the Lord...
