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This 6 page paper discuses the Didache, a manuscript that was published first in the early 1800s but fragments of it were discovered in the early 1700s. This manuscript is believed to have been an instruction manual for early Christian converts. While controversy surrounds the document, it has never been officially rejected by the Church. This essay reports its discovery and explains the contents of the document, including the Two Ways, the Ceremonies and the Organization/Ministry of the early church. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the Codex Hierosolymitanus from which, in 1875, he had published the full text of the Epistles of St. Clement" (Chapman, 1908). The Didache is mentioned by Eusebius after the books
of Scripture, who wrote, "Let there be placed among the spuria the writing of the Acts of Paul, the so-called Shepherd and the Apocalypse of Peter, and besides these the
Epistle known as that of Barnabas, and what are called the Teachings of the Apostles" (Chapman, 1908). It is also mentioned in the early lists of Nicephorus, Pseudo-Anastasius, and Pseudo-Athanasius
and others. The Two Ways appears in Barnabas, often verbatim (Chapman, 1908). The actual date of discovery is rather confusing. Publication of the manuscript by P. Bryennios between 1883 and
1985 is stated in most discussions of this manuscript but some name Bryennios as the one who rediscovered it and others say that fragments were found as early as the
fourth century and others say more fragments were found in 1782 at Oxyrhyncus (Kirby, 2002). Chapman also notes that a Latin fragment of the Two Ways was published by
PEZ in Thesaurus Anecdotorum, IV in 1723 (Chapman, 1908). The text can be divided into three parts: 1.) Two Ways, the Way of Life and the Way of Death; 2.)
a rituale that deals with baptism, fasting, and Holy Communion; and 3.) the ministry (Chapman, 1908). The manuscript was written in Greek. The authorship is unknown as is the exact
date of its writing. Most suggest the Didache was written in the fist century or "or else in some backwater of church life" (Chapman, 1908). There is a suggestion that
the manuscript may have been the result of the first Apostolic Council in 50 A.D., mostly because there are such close similarities to the Apostolic Decree and also because the
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