Challenging The Origins Of Christianity & Judaism

[MorphRC]

[b]The Didache - Doctrines of the Twelve Apostles[/b]

[b]Microsoft Encarta 2004 - Didache
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[b]Didache[/b] (Greek, “teaching”), ancient Christian manual of instruction, also called Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. It was probably written in Syria during the 1st century, although some critics have estimated a later date of composition. The document was unknown until its discovery in 1873 and its publication in 1883 by Philotheos Bryennios, Greek metropolitan of Nicomedia.

The Didache is a compendium of moral precepts, of instructions on the organization of Christian communities and of regulations pertaining to liturgical worship. It contains the oldest recorded eucharistic prayers and directives on baptism, fasting, prayer, and the treatment of bishops, deacons, and prophets. Revered by many early Christians as equal in importance to the books of the New Testament, the Didache was used to instruct converts. Today it serves as a valuable source of information about early Christian life and belief.

[b]New Advent - Didache. - Catholic Encyclopedia[/b]

[b](DOCTRINE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES) [/b]

A short treatise which was accounted by some of the Fathers as next to Holy Scripture. It was rediscovered in 1883 by Bryennios, Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Nicomedia, in the codex from which, in 1875, he had published the full text of the Epistles of St. Clement. The title in the MS. is Didache kyriou dia ton dodeka apostolon ethesin, but before this it gives the heading Didache ton dodeka apostolon. The old Latin translation of cc. i-v, found by Dr. J. Schlecht in 1900, has the longer title, omitting "twelve", and has a rubric De doctrinâ Apostolorum. For convenience the contents may be divided into three parts: the first is the "Two Ways", the Way of Life and the Way of Death; the second part is a rituale dealing with baptism, fasting, and Holy Communion; the third speaks of the ministry. Doctrinal teaching is presupposed, and none is imparted.

The Didache is mentioned by Eusebius after the books of Scripture (H. E., III, xxv, 4): "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, and also . . . the Apocalypse of John, if this be thought fit . . ." St. Athanasius and Rufinus add the "Teaching" to the sapiential and other deutero-canonical books. (Rufinus gives the curious alternative title "Judicium Petri".) It has a similar place in the lists of Nicephorus, Pseudo-Anastasius, and Pseudo-Athanasius (Synopsis). The Pseudo-Cyprianic "Adversus Aleatores" quotes it by name. Unacknowledged citations are very common, if less certain. The "Two Ways" appears in Barnabas, cc. xviii-xx, sometimes word for word, sometimes added to, dislocated, or abridged, and Barn., iv, 9 is from Didache, xvi, 2-3, or vice versa. Hermas, Irenæus, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen seem to use the work, and so in the West do Optatus and the "Gesta apud Zenophilum". The Didascalia Apostolorum (q. v.) are founded upon the Didache. The Apostolic church ordinance has used a part, the Apostolic Constitutions have embodied the Didascalia. There are echoes in Justin, Tatian, Theophilus, Cyprian, and Lactantius.

[b]DATE:[/b]

Since in that work the visit of an apostle or of a pretended apostle is contemplated as a not improbable event, we cannot place the book later than about [b]80[/b].

The limit, would seem to be from [b]65 to 80[/b].

Bartlet agrees with Ehrhard that 80-90 is the most probable decade. Sabatier, Minasi, Jacquier, and others have preferred a date even before [b]70[/b].

[b]PLACE OF COMPOSITION[/b]

As to the place of composition, many suggest Egypt because they think the "Epistle of Barnabas" was written there. The corn upon the mountains does not suit Egypt, though it might be a prayer borrowed from Palestine. There are really no materials even for a conjecture on the subject.

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[b]New Jerome Biblical Commentary, 2nd Edition[/b]

[b]Pg 1050 [66:79-84] - Canonicity[/b]

[b]83 -[/b] We have already mentioned some apocryphal gospels, epistles, and acts that recieved acceptance for a certain period. We should note that the subapostolic writings, like 1-2 Clem, Did., Herm., and Barn. continued to be considered Scripture even into the 4th and 5th cents. The Alexandrian Fathers seem to have thought of 1 Clem. as Scripture. The 4th-cent. Codex Sinaiticus contained, along with the we consider canonical, Barn and Herm. The 5th-cent. Codex Alexandrinus had 1-2 Clem. And we can see why such works were highly valued. Many of them bore the names of disciples of the apostles, e.g., Barnabas was a friend of Paul; Clement was thought to be the Clement mentioned in Phil 4:3 and a successor of Peter in Rome. Moreover, early subapostolic works, like 1 Clem and Did. may well have been written before a NT work like 2 Pet. The real difficulty is not why such works were thought of as canonical but why the church did not finally accept them as canonical.

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Composition work of many Apostles it seems.
paul

[Crusader_4]

Great thanx for all the help i read the whole thing at New Advent as this is something that deeply interests me thanks for you spending the time on this MorphRc it has really paid off for me thanx yet a gain !

[phatcatholic]

as for the charge that christianity is pagan, these may help:

[i]"The Church is Pagan"[/i]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Is_Catholicism_Pagan.asp"]Is Catholicism Pagan?[/url]
--[url="http://members.tripod.com/frjoe/bigot4.htm"]Is the Roman Catholic Church Christian?[/url]
--[url="http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ377.HTM"]Is Catholicism Half-Pagan?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/otherihs.html"]Do Catholics Worship Another Jesus?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/christian.html"]Is the Catholic Church Christian?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan1.html"]Is the Blessed Trinity a Pagan Concept?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan2.html"]Is the Incarnation a Pagan Concept?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan3.html"]Is the Virgin Birth Pagan?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan4.html"]God's That Die?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan5.html"]Is Marian Devotion Pagan?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/marian12.html"]Mariolatry???[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Saint_Worship.asp"]Saint Worship?[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Do_Catholics_Worship_Statues.asp"]Do Catholics Worship Statues?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan7.html"]Do Catholics Worship the Sun?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/pagan8.html"]Are Christmas and Easter Pagan?[/url]
--[url="http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/03724b.htm"]Christmas[/url]
--[url="http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/a99.htm"]Santa or Satan?: Reply to a Funny Fundamentalist [/url]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm"]Easter[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/HALLWEEN.HTM"]Halloween: Its Origins and Celebration[/url]
--[url="http://answers.org/Issues/Halloween.html"]What about Halloween?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/ex204.html"]Graven Images?[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5743/acts1025.html"]Pope Worship?[/url]
--[url="http://www.cathinsight.com/apologetics/adventism/sunbursts.htm"]Of Sunbursts, Baals, and Adventist Paranoia[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.net/Borrowing_from_the_Pagans.htm"]Did the Catholic Church "Borrow Many Items from the Pagans"?[/url]

pax christi,
phatcatholic

[Crusader_4]

Hey MorphRC are you Catholic because it appears to me your thought process and beliefs are very Catholic....cuz under ur avatar it says Non Catholic

[cmotherofpirl]

We have more proof for the existance of Jesus than most other historical figures.

[MorphRC]

[quote name='Crusader_4' date='Jun 22 2004, 01:27 PM'] Hey MorphRC are you Catholic because it appears to me your thought process and beliefs are very Catholic....cuz under ur avatar it says Non Catholic [/quote]
Not anymore. I didnt rebuke Christianity for what it is, its more a spiritual problem and that. Dont worry I didnt fall into that 'Christianity is a myth' Christ is a pagan god' and all that other junk.

I didnt rebuke Christianity historically, because simply you cant, and Ive been studying it for 3 years, so I guess that helped me and hindered me.

Btw Thx for the Avatar..LOL

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