Didascalia Apostolorum

"Didascalia" redirects here. For the collection of ancient theatre notices, see Didascaliae.

Didascalia Apostolorum, or just Didascalia, is an early Christian legal treatise which belongs to the genre of the Church Orders. It presents itself as being written by the Twelve Apostles at the time of the Council of Jerusalem; however, scholars agree that it was actually a later composition, with most estimates suggesting the 3rd century,[1] and other estimates suggesting potentially as late as the 4th century.[2]

The Didascalia was clearly modeled on the earlier Didache.[3] The author is unknown, but he was probably a bishop. The provenance is usually regarded as Northern Syria, possibly near Antioch.[4]

  1. ^ Woolfenden, Gregory W. (2004). Daily Liturgical Prayer: Origins and theology. Ashgate Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7546-1601-6.
  2. ^ Stewart-Sykes 2009, pp. 4, 53.
  3. ^ Bradshaw, Paul F. (2002). The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship. Oxford University Press. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-0-19-521732-2.
  4. ^ Johnson, Lawrence J. (2009). Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources. Vol. 1. Liturgical Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8146-6197-0.