Comments on: Diognetus, Don’t Ya Get Us? http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:38:18 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/#comment-88 Thanks, Mike. I try. Thanks, Mike. I try.

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Mike Aquilina Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:41:03 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/#comment-87 As I have said before, Kevin Edgecomb is The Man. Follow his blog at <a href="http://www.bombaxo.com/blog/">Biblicalia</a>. As I have said before, Kevin Edgecomb is The Man. Follow his blog at Biblicalia.

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:30:56 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/#comment-85 Dios=Zeus. Liddell-Scott has Diognêtos as a contraction for Diogenêtos, meaning the same as "Diogenês," "Zeus-born." That was fun! Dios=Zeus. Liddell-Scott has Diognêtos as a contraction for Diogenêtos, meaning the same as “Diogenês,” “Zeus-born.” That was fun!

]]> By: mike http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-83 mike Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:26:22 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/#comment-83 The anonymity doesn't bother me so much. A few of the most valuable documents of antiquity come to us on a horse with no name. (Think, for example, of the Didache!) I've been unable to find a meaning for Diognetus (-os in Greek). It's a common name throughout the Greek world in antiquity. Since Diognetus is the pagan on the receiving end, and since the Greek word for God doesn't start with D, I suspect the root of the word is "sincere" or "genuine." Anybody know better? The anonymity doesn’t bother me so much. A few of the most valuable documents of antiquity come to us on a horse with no name. (Think, for example, of the Didache!) I’ve been unable to find a meaning for Diognetus (-os in Greek). It’s a common name throughout the Greek world in antiquity. Since Diognetus is the pagan on the receiving end, and since the Greek word for God doesn’t start with D, I suspect the root of the word is “sincere” or “genuine.” Anybody know better?

]]> By: Mark http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Mark Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:42:54 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/04/21/diognetus-dont-ya-get-us/#comment-82 During a recent Lenten Early Church Fathers reading program I did, I found the Diognetus letter one of the more enlightening documents, and certainly one that has immediate application for our modern world. Anybody interested in early Christianity would benefit from its truths. I only wish we knew who really wrote it. I suspect I'm not alone in my added caution about ancient writings of unclear authorship. (I'm somewhat the same way about the book of Hebrews in the NT, although I of course understand it as holy scripture.) What does "Dio gnetus" mean in Greek or Latin? I'm assuming Dio is somehow related to God/divinity, but how about the rest? Thanks, Mike, for talking about this great letter. During a recent Lenten Early Church Fathers reading program I did, I found the Diognetus letter one of the more enlightening documents, and certainly one that has immediate application for our modern world. Anybody interested in early Christianity would benefit from its truths. I only wish we knew who really wrote it. I suspect I’m not alone in my added caution about ancient writings of unclear authorship. (I’m somewhat the same way about the book of Hebrews in the NT, although I of course understand it as holy scripture.)

What does “Dio gnetus” mean in Greek or Latin? I’m assuming Dio is somehow related to God/divinity, but how about the rest?

Thanks, Mike, for talking about this great letter.

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