Editing Epistle to Diognetus (section)

{{short description|2nd century Christian apologetic text}}
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The '''''Epistle to Diognetus'''''<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0101.htm The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus by Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> ({{langx |el|Πρὸς Διόγνητον Ἐπιστολή}}) is an example of [[apologetics |Christian apologetics]], writings defending [[Christianity]] against the charges of its critics. The Greek writer and recipient are not otherwise known. Estimates of dating based on the language and other textual evidence have ranged from AD 130<ref>{{Citation | first = Cyril C. | last = Richardson | title = Early Christian Fathers | year = 1953 | pages = 206–10}}.</ref> (which would make it one of the earliest examples of apologetic literature), to the general era of [[Melito of Sardis]], [[Athenagoras of Athens]], and [[Tatian]].<ref>{{Citation | first = Richard A Jr | last = Norris | contribution = The Apologists | editor1-first = Frances | editor1-last = Young | editor2-first = Lewis | editor2-last = Ayres | editor3-first = Andrew | editor3-last = Louth | title = The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature | year = 2004 | page = 43 | url = https://archive.org/details/the-cambridge-history-of-early-christian-literature-2008/page/n71/mode/2up}}.</ref>