didache

[joclucsylv]

When was the didache written and by whom?

 

[laszlo]

When was the didache written and by whom?

The author is unknown, the time is around 100 AD.

earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html

 

[InspiritCarol]

In his book “The Fathers Know Best” Aikin puts it at ~50 a.d.

 

[laszlo]

In his book “The Fathers Know Best” Aikin puts it at ~50 a.d.

I feel uneasy about it. Eusebius is clear, that the criterion between canonical and non canonical (but otherwise orthodox) books is weather it was written by eyewitnesses or under the supervision of eyewitnesses – or not.

Supposing that the Didache, and together with that the Gospel of Thomas was written early, weakens this criterion, as much as the supposition that all Gospels were written after the destruction of the Temple.

 

[thistle]

When was the didache written and by whom?

It is estimated to have been written around 70AD to 100AD and could be construed as an early Catechism.
Even in the current Catechism of the Catholic Church references are made to The Didache.