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Didache
Didache [Gr.,=teaching], early Christian work written in Greek, called also The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. Dates for its composition suggested by scholars have ranged from AD 50 to AD 150. Discovered in 1875 by Bryennios, Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Nicomedia, it is an invaluable primary source for the primitive church. The first part is a collection of moral precepts, perhaps based on rabbinical teachings (there are many quotations from the Old Testament); the second portion gives directions for baptism and the Eucharist; the third contains directions for bishops and deacons. The Didache may be of composite authorship. A short work, it has been published in English translation in collections of patristic literature. |
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"Didache." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Didache." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Didache.html "Didache." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Didache.html |
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Didache
Didache ‘The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles’: a brief manual in Greek, of unknown authorship, comprising instruction about conduct and Church order. It contains quotations from the Sermon on the Mount. It is probably to be dated early in the 2nd cent. CE and composed in Syria. It includes liturgical directions (e.g. a version of the Lord's Prayer, and instructions about baptism) and regulations about travelling bishops, prophets, deacons and itinerant preachers. Cf. 1 Cor. 12: 28 and 1 Tim. 3: 2–13. Highly valued, a complete Greek MS of the work (dated 1053 CE) was found in 1873, and provoked an intense scholarly discussion.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Didache." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Didache." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Didache.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Didache." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Didache.html |
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Didache
Didache (Gk., ‘teaching’). Christian instruction in prayer, ethics, church order, etc. It is distinguished from kerygma, ‘preaching’.
The Didache of the Twelve Apostles is a short early Christian manual of morals (chs. 1–6), church practice (7–15), and eschatology (16). |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Didache.html JOHN BOWKER. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Didache.html |
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didache (Greek for ‘teaching’). The elements in primitive Christian apologetic of an instructional kind, as contrasted with kerygma or ‘preaching’.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-didache.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-didache.html |
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Didache
Didache. A short early Christian manual on morals and Church practice. It includes instructions on Baptism, fasting, prayer, the Eucharist, and how to treat apostles and prophets, bishops, and deacons. Baptism is to be by immersion if possible, and two Eucharistic Prayers, of an unusual and primitive kind, are given. The author, date, and place of origin are unknown; most modern scholars now place it in the 1st cent. The community described is probably Syrian.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Didache.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Didache." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Didache.html |
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