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==Summary==
The Didache(pronounced /ˈdɪdəkiː/; Koine Greek: [[Greek:Διδαχή|Διδαχή]], Didachē "Teaching";(Modern Greek [[Greek:ðiðaˈxi|ðiðaˈxi]]) is the common name of a brief early [[Christian]] treatise (dated by most scholars to the late first/early second century). “The Didache of [[the Twelve Apostles]]” had been written and widely disseminated by about [[100 A.D.]], and became increasingly important in the second and third [[Christian]] centuries. It is an anonymous work not belonging to any single individual, and a pastoral manual "that reveals more about how [[Jewish|Judaism]]-[[Christians]] saw themselves and how they adapted their [[Judaism]] for gentiles than any other book in the Christian [[Scriptures]]." The text, parts of which may have constituted the first written catechism, has three main sections dealing with [[Christian]] lessons, rituals such as [[baptism]] and [[eucharist]], and [[Church ]]organization. It was considered by some of the [[Church Fathers]] as part of the [[New Testament]] but rejected as spurious or [[non-canonical]] by others] eventually not accepted into the [[New Testament]] canon with the exception of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] "broader canon" which includes the Didascalia which is based on the Didache. The [[Catholic Church]] has accepted it as part of the collection of [[Apostolic Fathers]].
==Chapter Two==
And this is the second commandment of the teaching: you shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not corrupt children, nor practice sexual deviation; you shall not steal; nor practice calling on spiritual guides; nor use sorcery; you shall not procure an abortion, nor practice infanticide; you shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
You shall not commit perjury, nor accuse someone falsely; you shall not speak evil nor hold a grudge. You shall not be double minded nor double tongued, for the double tongue is the snare of death. Your word shall not be false or empty, but do what you say.
Accept everything that happens to you as good, knowing that nothing happens apart from God.
==Chapter Four==
My child, you should remember night and day the one who speaks to you the Word of God, and honor him as you would the Lord; for where the delegated authority speaks, there is the Lord.
And you should seek every day the presence of the saints, in order that you may be supported by their words. You should not desire division, but make peace between those quarreling. Judge righteously; do not favor anyone in reproving transgressions. Do not be double-minded as to whether anything should or should no be.
Do not be one who stretches out his hand to receive but withdraws it in giving.
Do not give orders to your slave or your handmaiden those who hope in the same God when you are bitter, lest they stop fearing God who is over you both. For He does not come to call men according to their social status, but He calls those whom the Spirit has prepared. And you slaves submit in fear and reverence to your masters as God’s delegated authority over you.
You should hate all hypocrisy and all that is not pleasing to the Lord. Do not forsake the commandments of the Lord, and keep (the teachings) you have received, not adding and not taking away. In church, you should confess your faults; and do not go to prayer with an evil conscience. This is the Way of Life.
==Chapter Five==
And he should not remain more than one day, and if he has a need also another. But if he remains three days, he is a false prophet.
And when the apostle goes forth, he should take nothing except a loaf of bread, until he arrives at his night’s nights lodging. If he asks for money he is a false prophet. Also, you should not test or judge and prophet speaking in the Spirit, for every sin will be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven.
But not everyone speaking in the Spirit is a prophet, but only if he should have a lifestyle of the Lord'scharacters character. Therefore, by his lifestyle you will know a false prophet from a true prophet. And any prophet ordering a meal in the Spirit should not eat of it; otherwise he is a false prophet.
And every prophet who teaches the truth but does not do what he teaches is a false prophet. But every prophet who stands the test and is genuine, even if he uses symbolic imagery in the church, so long as he does not teach others to do the same, should not be judged. His judgment comes from God, for so did the prophets of old.

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