Didache

From Clavis Canonum


Title Didache
Key ?
Wikidata Item no. Q210752
Size Very small (less than 100 canons)
Century saec. I
General region of origin Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Main author Christof Rolker


The Greek Didaché (Διδαχὴ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων) may be the earliest church order (Kirchenordnung) extant, dating perhaps from the first century. The short text covers ecclesiastical hierarchy, the liturgy, and church discipline. It was compiled perhaps in Syria; the only known Latin translation is fragmentary.