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Book Description
- Title:
- The Epistle to Diognetus. The Greek Text with Introduction, Translation and Notes. Publications of the University of Manchester No. CCCV. Theological Series No. VII.
- Author:
- Henry George Meecham [1886-1955]
- Publication Year:
- 1945
- Location:
- Manchester
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Pages:
- 165
- Subjects:
- Epistle to Diognetus, Early Church Writings
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Apologetic Class and Aim
- Title and Plan
- Literary Form
- Vocabulary, Grammar, and Style
- Authorship and Date
- Teaching:
- Of chs. i-x.
- God
- The Son
- Man and the Christian Community
- Pagan Idolatry and Philosophy
- Jewish Worship
- Persecution of the Christians
- Moral and Religious Values
- Eschatology
- Relation to Current Thought
- Summary
- Of chs. xi-xii.
- Literary Relationships:
- Old Testament (LXX)
- New Testament
- The Apologists
- Integrity
- History of the Text
- Select Bibliography
- Text, Translation, and Notes
- Additional Notes
- The Imitation of God (X, 4-6)
- The Deification of Man
- The Sonship of the Logos
- Guarded Tradition
- Diognetus and the Apology of Quadratus
- Index
- References to Scripture and other early literature
- Greek words and forms
- Subjects and names