Gospel.com Topics Feed - In Context (series) 2009-09-24T12:30:20-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/in+context+%28series%29/ 13. Basil the Great (ca. 330-379) : Christian History Institute http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/basil/ 2009-09-24T12:30:20-05:00 Christian History Institute's "In Context" provides the background of bishop Basil the Great's remarks on conspicuous consumption. 9: Perpetua (d. ca. 202) http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/perpetua/ 2009-08-04T13:26:24-05:00 In this famous quotation from Christian History Institute's In Context series, Perpetua, a young Christian mother in Carthage, explains how her prison became a palace. 8: Justin Martyr (ca. 100 – ca. 165) http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/justin/ 2009-08-04T13:24:04-05:00 In this famous quote from Christian History Institute's In Context series, the Christian philosopher Justin Martyr, writing an apology to the emperor, declares Christians cannot be harmed. 7: Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (ca. 70 – ca. 155) http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/polycarp/ 2009-08-04T13:20:58-05:00 In a famous quote from Christian History Institute's in context series, Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, refuses to deny the Lord Jesus Christ even to save his life, and burns for it. 6: Mathetes (fl. 2nd Century) http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/mathetes/ 2009-08-04T13:18:14-05:00 In a famous quote from Christian History Institute's In Context series, Mathetes writes to Diognetus, comparing Christians in the world to the soul in the body.