Didascalia Apostolorum

From Clavis Canonum


Title Didascalia Apostolorum
Key ?
Wikidata Item no. Q1210450
Size Very small (less than 100 canons)
Century saec. III
General region of origin Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Main author Christof Rolker


The Didascalia Apostolorum is an early church order dating probably from the third century. It covers ecclesiastical hierarchy, the liturgy, and church discipline. It was compiled in Syria; the Greek original is lost, the only complete version is in Syrian. The Latin translation is fragmentary.