mourn for those, who, we say, are alive with God.… There is no advantage in setting forth virtue by our words, and destroying the truth by our deeds.”23 Led by their bishop, Cyprian, Christians in Carthage stayed in the city and nursed their enemies, as well as other Christians.24 This question-posing behavior led not only to the missional integrity of the church but also to its numerical growth.25 A third attraction was the Christians’ common life as resident aliens.26 The early Christians knew