[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“The hyperbole in this comment is astonishing. After admitting that the letter is written to a fellow Christian you suggest that the methodology is the same as Justin Martyr’s.”

Actually I said that I’m glad Justin Martyr didn’t follow your tact. His apology was an open letter addressed to the Roman emperor, however. If he followed your tact we would not have the letter and his fellow Christians could not have taken solace or learned from his apology.

“Again, the author is not preaching to a non-Christian or to a tribal cabal in the darkest jungle of South America.”

Justin Martyr’s primary goal was not preaching, but apologetics. Also, Claveau’s primary goal is to evangelize a fallen away Catholic. That fallen away Catholic need only be fallen away - not a non-Christian nor a pagan living in the “darkest jungle of South America.” Many people baptized and even raised as Christians are in need of evangelization: http://www.christlife.org/evangelization/articles/C_newevan.html

http://www.ewtn.com/new_evangelization/Ratzinger.htm

This has nothing to do with Justin Martyr, pagans, etc.

[Lent]

Actually I said that I’m glad Justin Martyr didn’t follow your tact. His apology was an open letter addressed to the Roman emperor, however. If he followed your tact we would not have the letter and his fellow Christians could not have taken solace or learned from his apology.

The Roman Emperor was a pagan! So you approve of the same methodology of addressing pagans as fellow Christians? That's precious. Better stop with the appeals to historical contexts because it is not serving you well.