Didache

The Didache was written in the late ^first century or early ^second century. The word " Greek "" (pronounced "didache") means "teaching" or "doctrine" in Greek Koine.
Found the manuscript is titled "Doctrine of the Lord sent to nations through the twelve apostles. " Paradoxically, the twelve apostles are never mentioned in the text itself.

The Church Fathers ( Irenaeus of Lyons , Clement of Alexandria , Origen ) refer, and that Eusebius of Caesarea.

After disappearing for centuries, the text was found at about 1873 (or 1875) by the Metropolitan of Nicomedia Philothea Bryennios in a Greek manuscript preserved in the Library since the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem also contains the full text of the Epistle Barnaby and two epistles of Clement of Alexandria. The manuscript was copied in Jerusalem in 1056 , with "Leo, scribe and sinner."

Practically contemporary gospel , the Didache dates back to the years 60 to 90. The formulation of the words of Christ that appears to be related even older than the canonical texts. The disciplinary requirements reflect a time when the living apostles and where there were prophets roaming.

"Despite this venerable antiquity, the Didache has almost never been confused with the scriptures of the New Testament " ^Structure

It comprises four parts:

1. Moral education (ch. 1-6): "Both ways" of life and death; trend Judeo-Christian.

2. Liturgical requirements (Ch. 7-10): food, baptism , fasting , prayer , eucharist .

3. Disciplinary requirements (ch. 11-15), including the home of itinerant preachers, the assembly of the "Lord's Day", the election of bishops and deacons.

4. Exhortation eschatological final (ch. 16).

News

Although not explicitly canonical , the Didache is frequently cited in the texts of Vatican.

Examples:

• Decree Ad Gentes on the Missionary Activity of the Church ( 1965 ).

• the Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen John Paul II to bishops, clergy, and faithful to mark the centenary of the Apostolic Letter Orentalium Dignitas of Pope Leo XIII (2 May 1995 )

• basic standards for the training of deacons Permanent (1998) published by the Congregation for Catholic Education (Chapter II, candidate profiles to diaconate Permanent General qualities paragraph 1):

"We find an echo of the recall of St. Paul in other texts of the Apostolic Fathers , especially in the Didache and St. Polycarp. The Didache exhorts "in selecting bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, full of gentle men, detached from money, true and tested ".

etc.

References

Bibliography

• The Didache. Instructions of the apostles Internal Links
  • Canon (Bible)
  • Early Christianity
  • Apostle

  External Links

  • French text: 1 , 2
  • Greek text
  • Review of the book The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles (Didache), Willy Rordorf and Andre Tuilier by Jean-Claude Larchet, 2005, Orthodoxy
  • Bible Portal
  • Christianity portal

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