Athenagoras

Worth knowing

• He introduced himself as "Athenian, philosopher, Christian", in that order, and wrote like all three.
• His Embassy was addressed to the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus around A.D. 177.
• It answers the three charges everyone brought against Christians: that they were atheists, that they ate people, and that they slept with their mothers and sisters. He takes each one seriously and takes it apart.

The 3 books

Athenagoras’ CorpusThe Works of Athenagoras of AthensAnthropologyEschatologyEmbassyAthenagoras, A Plea for the Christians (fragment)HistoryOn the ResurrectionAthenagoras, On the Resurrection (fragment)Eschatology

Who else was alive

Athenagoras against everyone else in the game.