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The opening lines of the Didache in its only complete manuscript (1056), with a printed transcription. The author is unknown

An anonymous church manual · c. 50 – 120

The Didache

A short anonymous handbook of Christian life and worship, also called the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. It describes baptism, fasting, the Eucharist and the choice of church leaders, and was probably written in the first or early second century.

Writings

  1. Manual

    The Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

    A short handbook of Christian life and worship: the two ways, baptism, fasting, the Eucharist and the order of the church.

    13 min read · translated by M.B. Riddle

Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Didache Titulos” (Philip Schaff), public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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