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# The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An Important Source for Church Historians.
  

*by J***F on Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2012*

THE DIDACHE was a text discovered by a Greek Orthodox Archbisiop named Philotheous Bryennious (1833-.c. 1914 or 1918) in 1873 while examining a Greek convent. THE DIDACHE was a training manual and litergical guide for novices wishing to join early Christian communities. Aaron Milavec who edited this edition wrote the introduction and placed the Greek (Koine Greek)text along with English translation.The discovery of THE DIACHE is a new historical development of one of the oldest texts in Catholic/Christian History. Scholars date the anonymous publication between c. 50-c.90 AD before the Canonical gospels were adopted and at the time of some of the apostles such as St. John and St. Paul. Milavec wrote that at first some historians thought that THE DIDACHE was a fabrication, but they had to agree on the authenticity of the text which became published and circulated by 1884.Milhavec proved that THE DIADCHE was not based on any of the Gospels or writings of the early apostles. Yet, the text has both Old Testament and New Testament prescriptions and prohibitions such as bans on murder, illicit sex, etc. Passages also have reminders of patience, praying for one's enemies, calm resolute conversation, forgiveness, etc. Greed, hatred, hypocricy, and wrath are to be avoided at all costs. THE DIACHE has firm warnings against magic, false symbols, and false, huskster prophets (profits?). THE DIDACHE had comments about the Way of Life and the Way of Death which echoes Deuteronomy 30:15. Readers may conjecture that THE DIADACHE may have been based on St. Paul's recommendation of honoring traditions (2 Thesalonians2:15)which are also mentioned in other Pauline Epistles.What intrigued the undersigned is that the liturgy, while not exactly the same as that of the Holy Mass, is very similar to Holy Mass. Sacraments such as baptism,  confession, espeically the Eucharist, Last Rites and other sacraments are metnioned along with recitation of The Lord's Prayer and biblical readings. THE DIDACHE cites The Golden Rule. Mentors including women mentors were to lead examplary lives and not deviaate from the tradition and format of THE DIADACHE. THE DIADACHE did not promise an easy live and warned of the wrath of close "friends" and family members. Yet, the novice was introduced into a new family.Milavec cites in his commentary warnings about the immediate Second Coming and to avoid false prophets who make such predictions to their own discredit. THE DIDACHE also warned against mistreatment of slaves and employees. Stress was placed on the Eucharist to the point that Confession/Reconcilation were necessary prior to participating in the Eucharist.The end of this book as useful flowcharts and a good bibliography. The English text is clear to those who do not know the Greek language. One can learn much about conditions of early Church History during the first two centuries of Christianity. What cannot be gleaned from the text can be understood from the commentary and flowcharts.This writer's only criticism of Milavec's edtion of THE DIDACHE is that it does not have an index. However, interested readers can refer to the book if they take careful notes and seriously read this text. It is of great interest to Church History scholars as well as those who are not so well read in this history.James E. EgolfOctober 2, 2012

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good book
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024*

talks about what the early church believed

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A brief, scholarly introduction to the early church's catechism
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2022*

The first Christian communities used the Didache (“Teaching” or “Training”) as their catechesis text. It clearly began as an oral tradition in the house churches. We don’t know when someone wrote it down, but it may be the very oldest Christian text we have. Though mentioned in many early Christian texts, the original was lost until the late 19th century.The Didache emphasizes ethical teaching, contrasting “the Way of Life” with “the Way of Death.” It also gives some attention to the sacraments of baptism and Eucharist, mentions communal confession, and hints at a liturgical structure in church meetings that would end with multiple homilies. It also spends a lot of time warning against false prophets and traveling preachers, all of which will remind the modern reader of televangelists, celebrity preachers, and mega-churches.For the general reader, Thomas O’Loughlin’s The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians offers a more accessible book than this one. O’Loughlin draws on his experience teaching the Didache to emphasize its lessons for Christians today. As an Irish professor who lives and works in England, O’Loughlin’s point of reference is the Catholic and Protestant traditions, and he sees most of their differences as misguided in terms of church history seen in the Didache. O’Loughlin’s book also presents a readable English translation of the Didache for you to study.In contrast, Milavec targets a more scholarly audience. His commentary features highlights from his own thousand-page study of the Didache, summarizing in a page or two each of his key findings from that work. For example, he argues that the text reflects an oral form that converts could memorize easily, that it reflects a one-on-one mentor relationship unlike the modern “teaching” relationship with a group of students, and that the text implies a situation in which men mentored men and women mentored women. I have not read his other book, but some of these claims convinced me immediately – saving me a very long read. The current book is quite short.Most important, Milavec argues that the Didache was composed as a unified text, not cobbled together from other sources. In contrast to some other scholars, he insists that it does not rely on Matthew. Its internal logic, theology, and pastoral practice do not reflect any gospel traditions. It also exhibits no evidence of Paul and no suggestions of Pauline theology. His claims here depend on his exhaustive study in the book, but I think that if you read the text—especially in Greek—you will find that argument immediately convincing.Milavec also includes a Greek text with an intentionally-awkward, hyper-literal translation on facing pages. His text adds line breaks to make clear the grammatical structure of the Greek, making it useful for the intermediate to advanced Greek student. The text differs very slightly in a couple of details from the one in Mounce’s Greek reader, for reasons I don’t know. This makes Milavec more useful for (say) a seminary setting in which readers can wrestle a bit with the Greek. For a lay audience that does not know Greek, I would recommend the more O’Loughlin’s book instead.

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