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Didache: source notes

Didache: source notes

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Topic: baptism

See baptism reasoning.

BAP S1: Didache 7.1–4

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm
  • Text: “baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have not living water, baptize into other water; and if you can not in cold, in warm. But if you have not either, pour out water thrice upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit. But before the baptism let the baptizer fast, and the baptized”.
  • Context: Church order, c. 50–120. Running (“living”) water is preferred, and pouring is permitted as a fallback. The candidate fasts beforehand, which implies someone old enough to fast.
  • Bears on: B3, B2
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: eucharist

See eucharist reasoning.

EUC S1: Didache 14.1–3

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm
  • Text: “every Lord’s day gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure … In every place and time offer to me a pure sacrifice” (Mal 1:11).
  • Context: The Eucharist is called a θυσία (sacrifice) and linked to Malachi 1:11.
  • Bears on: E2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F13

See F13 reasoning.

F13 S1: Didache 16.8

Doctrine T02

See T02 reasoning.

T02 S1: Didache 16.4

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate; Matthew 24:11-12 for when lawlessness increases, they shall hate and persecute and betray one another, Matthew 24:10 and then shall appear the world-deceiver as the Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning.”
  • Context: Era I.
  • Bears on: T02.1
  • Status: verified (English)

T02 S2: Didache 16.8

Doctrine T05

See T05 reasoning.

T05 S1: Didache 14.1

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Christian Assembly on the Lord’s Day But every Lord’s day gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure.”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: T05.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine T13

See T13 reasoning.

T13 S1: Didache 14.1

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Christian Assembly on the Lord’s Day But every Lord’s day gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure.”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: T13.1
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine T17

See T17 reasoning.

T17 S1: Didache 8.1

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Concerning Fasting and Prayer (the Lord’s Prayer) But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites; Matthew 6:16 for they fast on the second and fifth day of the week; but fast on the fourth day and the Preparation (Friday).”
  • Context:
  • Bears on: T17.1
  • Status: verified (English)