Didache

THE DIDACHE 

-Teaching of the Twelve-

(with additional excerpts from the "Shepherd of Hermas")

 Printed on handmade parchment, this 4x6" leather bound work is

currently available in limited quantity.

Our intention is to equip believers with this same aid for spiritual training and edification that was utilized by Christians of the early Church era.

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About the Didache: Written near the end of the first century, the “Teaching of the Twelve Apostles” is an early treatise that was circulated amongst the early Church. The first known Christian catechism (with strong similarities to parts of the Gospel of Matthew), its contents were used by several early Church Fathers, and is considered one of the writings categorized as the “Apostolic Fathers.” Other important early Christian works contain similarities to the Didache, including Epistles of Ignatius of Antioch, Barnabas, and The Shepherd by Hermas.

The Didascalia Apostolorum (which presents itself as being written by the Twelve Apostles at the time of the Council of Jerusalem) was constructed upon the Didache, and served as the foundation of the Apostolic Constitutions (~375 AD).

HERMAS:  Listed among the Apostolic Fathers, “The Shepherd” was written in the late first century and was considered canonical scripture by some of the early Church fathers. Irenaeus cited the “Shepherd” as scripture. Clement of Alexandria constantly quoted it with reverence, as did Origen – who held that the author was the Hermas mentioned by Paul in Romans 16:14. Popular amongst Christians in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, it was cited by Eusebius as having been publicly read in the churches.