The Didache | Another Book That Almost Made It Into the Bible?

It would make sense to me that Matthew was composed by an author who was familiar with the Didache and was a practitioner of its rules.
This Didache reads very much like a club charter.

This is fascinating! Somehow I've never heard of this document

The more episodes I take in the more I realize the whole thing of religion seems to be codifying books and zero to do with what is in the books. Further this effort creates the formal opposition and heaven help us if the governing scenario follows the same thing. Religion as built is sketchy as f.

I’ve read and still reference The Didache when doing Bible lessons with my family. It’s a useful glimpse into the way some of the earliest Christians approached living in the faith. I make sure when reading from it, or any other text that’s not from Scripture, that I explain to my children that these texts are non canonical but can be useful tools to help us understand and live our faith.

fascinating that it explicitly prohibits abortion? I know that'd be controversial but making a video on its absence in canon texts and presence here would be worth your time.

The question of why books did or didn't get accepted into the canon can't be addressed without understanding that the books that were used by Christians of Jewish ancestry were little known by the Gentile churches. The Gentiles churches grew slowly but steadily, even during persecutions; the Jewish-Christian churches never had much of a congregation and eventually the congregations declined. After the first century here was little contact between Gentile churches and Jewish-Christians, and consequently the Gentiles were unfamiliar with the Jewish-Christian writings. It is not surprising that some Jewish-Christian texts of early date did not make it into the canon; rather, it is surprising that any of them made it in. James and Jude just barely made it in; the Gospel of the Hebrews did not.

Scholarship on the Jewish-Christian churches is in its infancy, and much is still unresolved or highly controversial. I am among those who believe that the Gospel of the Hebrews was the earliest gospel, that canonical Matthew is a revision and translation of it for use by the Gentile churches, and that the heretical Gospel of the Ebionites, a.k.a. the Gospel of the Hebrews, was a much later work. These opinions are super-controversial.

The conflict between travelling and settled church authorities is very interisting to me. If you look at the apostels it seems clear they established some kind of tradition for traveling christian/church actors, while with the spread of christianity settled authorities probably tried to consolidate their power. For me this text is a curious piece of ecidence for such a conflict and im left wo wonder how the christian church might have turned out if the more traveling tradition won in the end.

Why would a christian use the abbreviation "CE' rather than the accepted 'AD"?

Really well put together!

I flinch everytime you mispronounce the word Didache!

Only Protestants don't care about the Didache

>advocating for the wealthy = way of death
lol

this book is interesting, because it solves some topics of dispute between the denominations, per example if the baptisted should be drown under water completely or just pour the water over his head. So the evangelicals are right here, but pouring out is also not wrong, but should make only in emergency cases when there is no other way. I doesn't wonder whis this scripture was eliminated from the scripts because it condems people who wants make money with the christian faith. The catholic churches always tried to make money with the christian religion. In facts, this book confirms that the catholic church contractions the life of the early christian in many ways and cannot be true authentic church of christ.

While not canonized, the Didache remains a valuable resource for understanding the foundations of Christian ethics and liturgical practices. Its teachings continue to inspire scholars, theologians, and believers seeking to connect with the roots of their faith.

Can you make the voice slower? Thank you and god bless you all.

Even that far back you can see the teachings of the person who founds a new school discarded the instant they’re gone and replaced with the same old superstition, ritual baloney, strict liturgical calendars, top-down authority, and “we’re the special chosen ones and everyone else is subhuman.” Man, it was really scary having to meditate and love everybody for a few years there… thank goodness he’s gone and we can go back to bickering about which diets and fasts make you holy, what kind of nether-region habits make God angry, and what kind of water bath magicks you into being a good person.

A minor point, but I've noticed you and others from the USA and Canada pronounce Jesus as "JeSUS" ([ˈdʒiːzʌs]) - it seems so odd. I wonder where that comes from? Here in oz we say [ˈdʒiːzəs].

It sounds like India with wandering gurus, some seen as swindlers, others as divinely inspired or enlightened.

>way of death...
>advocating for the wealthy

I vote bringing this one back

I used to covet many of my neighbors wives. But not anymore. 🛐

I didnt realize jesus was a shrek and not human. The thumbnail was illuminating

The Didache appears to be a typical church welcome pamphlet hahaha - it's not uncommon for such pamphlets to contain creeds and bible quotes establishing who the church is and who they're worshipping for new comers

How can someone who isn’t spiritual talk about anything spiritual?

I find it interesting that it wasn’t included in part due to its nature as a more instructional text. Given how modern Christians tend to use the canonical scriptures it would make more sense to flip that rationale around.

"Let's be real, you're probably watching this on your lunch break"
Literally watching this on my lunch break.

Ancient christians: "Slaves, obey your masters, because they are representations of the almighty."
Also ancient christians a few pages later: "Advocating for rich people is a sin."

The established/charismatic conflict sounds like the emerging division between the Jerusalem communities leaders and Paul. The dating would seem to matter a lot here. Or perhaps the Didache could be representative of the Jewish Christian community that rejected the teaching of Jesus as God?

Christianity's evolution proves to me not only is it a schism and heresy desperate for validation by appealing to antiquity through appending itself to Judaic theism via appropriating Hebraic deities, but also didn't employ logic when formulating its new mythos. It's to be expected when primitive minds think they know the answers to the universe and all its contents. Such monstrous and untreated Dunning Kruger symptoms proliferated early intellectual human society. Many examples in the Plutarch I'm reading now, before the rise of Christianity from pagan culture.

Could you recommend a good book on early Christianity that is well-founded scholarship?

There is a lot of inconvenient writing of the early church for the Protestants. Turns out the Catholics are actually the ones that uphold the apostolic faith after all 🤷‍♂️

Paul deals with this in Galatians.

Most likely why it did not make the cut was it is seen more of like the cathecism documents that we have now than scriptural.

Ugaritic, please

WOW!! The plot thickens!!!🧐🤪

Have you ever heard of Caodaism? It’s a monotheistic syncretic religion from Vietnam that has somewhere between 4-6 million members that I’ve only just learned about a few weeks ago. If you have time, I think I video discussing their history and beliefs would be fascinating.

What’s the difference between the Didache and the catechism?

In the Catholic Church, we revere the Didache as the first Catechism and a witness to Apostolic Tradition.

This was fascinating 👏

Sounds like there was an issue with bums passing as prophets to get a free ride… they are still around begging for money on TV

Good review, thanks for your video I appreciate it.

you can find it in catechism of the catholic church. catholic for some reason use it there

Scammers & mooches posing as holy men? Good Lord, how clear is it that human nature is fixed and broken?

"Inside you are two wolves" - Jesus

Isnt the Didache the bad guy from Halo 4

Thank you, Dr. Henry!

I bet you paid good money for this..

Almost is close enough for me.

Advocating for the wealthy is certainly a route of death. Or in simple terms one would be come a "Total Tool."