We who formerly…valued above all things the acquisition of wealth and possession, now bring what we have into a common stock, and communicate to everyone in need; we had hated and destroyed one another, and on account of their different manners would not live with men of a different tribe, now since the coming of Christ, live familiarly with them and pray for our enemies.

The words of Justin Martyr quoted above.

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Illustration: The Chi-Rho page from The Book of Kells

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