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WesleyF
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Please tell me more about this. Have the church fathers commented about the Didache? Why was it not included in the Bible? Why is it included in the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox churches?
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Verbum
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Hi F,
The didache is considered a reliable soiurce of early Christian doctrine, as it is quoted several times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. See catholicexchange.com/2006/08/09/83294/
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The didache is considered a reliable soiurce of early Christian doctrine, as it is quoted several times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. See catholicexchange.com/2006/08/09/83294/
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reginacaeli
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The link doesn’t answer why it wasn’t included in the Bible. 1) Because it wasn’t discovered until 1873 and 2) because it was written sometime after the death of the last Apostle, John, which is the end of the era of public revelation (in which it could have been included in the Bible).
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JustaServant
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Many scholors believe it was even earlier than that, perhaps in the lifetime of Paul. It includes the ‘Two Ways’, quoted in the Epistle of Barnabas, which is dated close to 70AD.The link doesn’t answer why it wasn’t included in the Bible. 1) Because it wasn’t discovered until 1873 and 2) because it was written sometime after the death of the last Apostle, John, which is the end of the era of public revelation (in which it could have been included in the Bible).
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Evan
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I believe it was not included as it was not of apostolic origin (though from apostolic times). Similar reasoning went into excluding the First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians.
The Epistles and Revelation were by Apostles or Paul (considered an apostle)
The Gospels are either by Apostles, or summaries of the teaching of an apostle by a close associate (Mark, Luke).
The Epistles and Revelation were by Apostles or Paul (considered an apostle)
The Gospels are either by Apostles, or summaries of the teaching of an apostle by a close associate (Mark, Luke).
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WMM
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***The early fathers used four criteria in deciding what to include in what we would call the New Testament:Please tell me more about this.
Have the church fathers commented about the Didache?
Why was it not included in the Bible?
Why is it included in the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox churches?
A writing had to be Ancient, Apostolic (traceable to an apostle), Orthodox (in agreement with Sacred Tradition) and in wide use in the Church at that time.
I was led to believe that the Didache was not able to be traced to a specific apostle, so it was not included.
It is a very well respected early writing of the Church.***
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