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Didache (dĭd`əkē) [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 A.D. 50 to A.D. 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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No references found			Ritually this life of having all things in common may have found expression in the agape feast, possibly remembered in the Didache. Liturgy and stewardship by Bangert, Mark P. / Currents in Theology and Mission 45 BS2575 The papers in this volume were first delivered at a 2007 conference at Tilburg University on the relationship between the early Christian books of Matthew, James and the Didache. Matthew, James, and Didache; three related documents in their Jewish ... by Reference & Research Book News At ICL you can find a copy of the first-century instructions for Christians known as the Didache, or read St. Biblical study online: resources for could-be theologians by Childs, Bradley / Presbyterian Record			Dictyocauloses Dictyoceratida Dictyonellidina dictyonema bed Dictyonema pavonium Dictyonema Shale dictyosome Dictyosomes Dictyospongiidae Dictyosporae dictyospore dictyostele Dictyosteliaceae Dictyotales dictyotheton dicyandiamide dicyanide dicyanoargentates I dicycle dicyclohexylamine dicyclohexylcarbodiimide Dicyemida Dicynodontia DID DIDA Didache didactic Didactic Literature Didactics Didaskalos diddle Diddley, Bo Didelot, Charles Louis didelphic Didelphidae dideoxy method Diderot Diderot, Denis didgeridoo Didgori, Battle of Didion, Joan Didius Julianus Dido Dido and Aeneas Dido's problem didodecyl ether Didolodontidae Didon, Henri Didot Didot family didot point			did worst did worst Did You Blog About It? Did You Ever Notice Did You Ever Wonder Did You Facebook Him/Her Did You Get My Message? Did you hear? Did You Just Get the Internet Today? Did You Know That Did You Know? Did You Like Did You Miss Me? Did You Notice? Did You See That? Did You See The Size Of That Thing? Did You See This Did You Think to Pray? DID&P DiD-1 DID/DNIS DID/DOD DID/SRA DiDA DiDA DiDAC Didache didachist didact didactic didactic didactic didactic Didactic fiction Didactic literature Didactic literature Didactic poetry didactical didactical didactical didactical didactically didactically didactically didactically didacticism didacticism didacticism didacticism Didacticity didactics didactics Didactique des Langues et Cultures Étrangères Didactique des Langues et des Cultures Didactique des Langues Étrangères Didactique des Langues Étrangères et Secondes Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère

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