The New Gospel

… but these are minor variations and do not affect the basic moral agreement seen in the teachings of Roman Christianity [chiefly as evidenced by Paul’s Epistle to the Romans] and Roman Stoicism [as evidenced by the works of Seneca, Musonius Rufus, and Epictetus]—except for one difference … the ethical scope of the Christian and Stoic texts, that is, the question of whether the texts teach unqualified universal humanity or not.  It was concluded that, contrary to common opinion, there can be no doubt that the Stoic texts teach such universal humanity, while Christian texts do not.