Pliny the Younger (61-113AD) A letter of Pliny the Younger,…

Pliny the Younger (61-113AD)

A letter of Pliny the Younger, in a letter to the Roman emperor Trajan, describes the lifestyles of early Christians:

…..“They (the Christians) were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food—but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.”……

***historical Christianity