The Didache is a late 1st century writing on the teachings of Jesus as taught by the 12 Apostles. It was widely circulated by 100AD and read by many of the early Christian churches as scripture. The Apostles were Jews, and we know from the Bible did not abandon Judaism practices, but continued to practice it with a renewed "Christian" perspective. The Didache was more or less how the Apostles viewed their spiritual priorities and how they felt their Christian-Judaism should be adapted for Gentiles. Through much controversy however, it did not make the NT canon, and therefore is not commonly read today.
Nothing in it is contradictory to the New Testament Bible. It is more or less NT Gospels 101... Love your neighbor, turn the other cheek, etc. However what is most interesting is that it does not mention the diefication of Jesus, or many typical modern religious priorities. I believe it should not be used to discredit modern Christian faith (Lord knows we have enough factions as it is), but rather to teach us all that living lowly and compassionately as Jesus did is more important than your intellectual beliefs.
The first 2 chapters sum up the entire book nicely. I will paraphrase the 1st chapter here:
0 commentsby Jaxon on December 22, 2009
The oldest written records of man’s earliest religious beliefs come from Ancient Mesopotamia. Located in and around what is today known as Southern Iraq, Mesopotamia dates back as early 8000BC. Mesopotamians developed the world’s first known cities as early as 4000BC, some of which become dynasties beginning in about 3000BC. Around 2000BC , one of these dynasties, Ur, is believed to have given birth to a man named Abraham, who later becomes the Father of the 3 popular Monotheistic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
2 commentsby Jaxon on January 15, 2009
The goal of this post is to share some of the passages from the Bible that I don't completely understand. During the course of my study, somethings did not exactly add-up, given the context, it seemed as if there were other facts that might have been ommited. Thus I wanted to share and learn from others how they made sense of their study in the first 4 books of Genesis.
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