Writing in the early fourth century, the pagan politician King Julian (yup) complained that the church was multiplying like rabbits around him, but note what he observed in their behavior: “The impious Galileans [Christians], in addition to their own, support also ours, [and] it is shameful that our poor should be wanting our aid.”[6] He also wrote, “Why then do we…not observe how the kindness of Christians to strangers, their care for the burial of their dead, and the sobriety of their lifestyle has done the most to advance their cause?”[7]
