Description: Red and green calligraphy on tan. Tan/red mats, gold frame.

Text: They love one another, they never fail to help widows. they save orphans from those who would hurt them. If they have something they give feely to the man who has nothing, if they see a stranger, they take him home and are happy as though he were a real brother. They don’t consider themselves brothers in the usual sense, but brothers, instead through the Spirit, in God.

Aristedes, A non-Christian, describing Christians to Emperor Hadrian

Theme/Context: Clergy Gift, Faith

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