Didache

The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) is an early Christian manual of instruction covering ethics, baptism, the Eucharist, and church order.|||Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056 CE, complete Greek text). Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1782 (4th c. fragment). Coptic, Ethiopic, and Latin versions.|||Composed c. 50–120 CE. Likely in Syria or Egypt.|||Not canonical in any tradition, though Clement of Alexandria quoted it as Scripture and Athanasius said it was " to be read by those who newly join us."|||The earliest extant Christian catechism. Contains the " Two Ways" teaching, instructions on baptism and the Eucharist, and the earliest known church order.|||Ehrman, B. D. The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1. Harvard University Press, 2003.|||Holmes, M. W. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations. Baker Academic, 2007.|||Niederwimmer, K. The Didache: A Commentary. Fortress Press, 1998.|||Didache — Early Christian Writings|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-roberts.html|Full public-domain translation.;; Didache — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/001/0010001.htm|Full text from the Ante-Nicene Fathers.|||" There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two ways." — Didache 1:1