“Not all men, however, shall then be judged by God, but those only who have been exercised in the religion of God. For they who have not known God, since sentence cannot be passed upon them for their acquittal, are already judged and condemned, since the Holy Scriptures testify that the wicked shall not arise to judgme…”
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, 4th c. — The Divine Institutes, Book 7, Chapter XX
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15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
— Acts 24:15 —
16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
17Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.