Re: The Early Christians: Self-Portraits and Portrayals

We know that the followers of the Stoic school were also hated and killed 
because, at least in their ethical teaching, they showed a love of order
by 
virtue of the seed of the Logos implanted in all humankind. It is similar 
with some of the poets. As examples I could give Heraclitus (whom I like
to 
mention) and Musonius of our own time and others, for the demons, as we 
already pointed out, were always eager to make those hated who in some way

tried to live according to the Logos and to avoid evil. No wonder then
that 
the demons try to make those much more hated who live according to the 
vision and knowledge of the whole Logos, which is the Christ, instead of 
only a little part of the Logos, scattered like a seed among men. It had
to 
be like that after the demons had been unmasked by him. And the demons
will 
always carry on like this until they are confined to everlasting fire and 
suffer just punishment and torment. Even now they are overcome by
believers 
in the name of Jesus Christ.

Justin, Second Apology 8. After A.D. 150.