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Author of the Didache
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* Date marked with an asterisk is a placeholder estimate (lifespan heuristic), not a sourced claim. Hover for the derivation.
Theologian
Quick facts
- Born
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- Died
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- Region
- syria
- Era
- apostolic father
- Significance
- Notable(2/4)
- Also known as
- Didachist
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Anonymous compiler of the 'Teaching of the Twelve Apostles' (Didache), an early church manual on ethics, baptism, eucharist, and ministry.
- Primary source
- Didache (entire)
Anonymous compiler of the 'Teaching of the Twelve Apostles' (Didache), an early church manual on ethics, baptism, eucharist, and ministry. Likely Syrian, late 1st or early 2nd century.
Recommended reading near Author
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Chain to Jesus
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Sources for biography
- Didache (entire) primary
- Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.25 primary
documented connections(1)
- cited Jesus of NazarethThe Didache cites the Lord's Prayer and dominical sayings 'as the Lord commanded in his Gospel'.Didache 8, 9, 11, 15
External resources
📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.📜Primary text on CCELChristian Classics Ethereal Library — full text in English, free.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Author of the Didache).