The Didache The Epistle Of Barnabas

The Didache was possibly written around 65 - 80 A.D. and is supposed to be what the twelve apostles taught to the Gentiles concerning life and death, church order, fasting, baptism, prayer, etc. There is debate as to its authenticity. In the Babel of conflicting opinions, it is best to notice first the obvious internal phenomena. The first part of the Teaching (now distinguished as chaps. i.-vi.) sets forth the duty of the Christian; in chaps. vii.-x., xiv., we find a directory for worship; chaps. xi.-xiii., xv., give advice respecting church officers, extraordinary and local, and the reception of Christians; the closing chapter (xvi.) enjoins watchfulness in view of the coming of Christ, which is then described. The most striking internal phenomena are, however, the correspondences of this document with early Christian writings, from a.d. 125 to the fourth century. With the so-called Epistle to Barnabas, chaps. xviii.-xx., the resemblances are so marked as to demand a critical theory which can account for them.

Barnabas, Hermas and the Didache: being the Donnellan lectures delivered before the University of Dublin in 1920.

"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. This volume is accurately annotated, including * an extensive biography of the author and his life Contents: Introductory Note The Epistle of Barnabas Chapter I.-After the Salutation, the Writer Declares that He Would Communicate to His Brethren Something of that Which He Had Himself Received. Chapter II.-The Jewish Sacrifices are Now Abolished. Chapter III.-The Fasts of the Jews are Not True Fasts, Nor Acceptable to God. Chapter IV.-Antichrist is at Hand: Let Us Therefore Avoid Jewish Errors. Chapter V.-The New Covenant, Founded on the Sufferings of Christ, Tends to Our Salvation, But to the Jews' Destruction. Chapter VI.-The Sufferings of Christ, and the New Covenant, Were Announced by the Prophets. Chapter VII.-Fasting, and the Goat Sent Away, Were Types of Christ. Chapter VIII.-The Red Heifer a Type of Christ. Chapter IX.-The Spiritual Meaning of Circumcision. Chapter X.-Spiritual Significance of the Precepts of Moses Respecting Different Kinds of Food. Chapter XI.-Baptism and the Cross Prefigured in the Old Testament. Chapter XII.-The Cross of Christ Frequently Announced in the Old Testament. Chapter XIII.-Christians, and Not Jews, the Heirs of the Covenant. Chapter XIV.-The Lord Hath Given Us the Testament Which Moses Received and Broke. Chapter XV.-The False and the True Sabbath. Chapter XVI.-The Spiritual Temple of God. Chapter XVII.-Conclusionof the First Part of the Epistle. Chapter XVIII.-Second Part of the Epistle. The Two Ways. Chapter XIX.-The Way of Light. Chapter XX.-The Way of Darkness. Chapter XXI.-Conclusion. Footnotes: