Didache / Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
Anonymous
Chapter 15
About this work
An early Christian manual combining instruction on the Two Ways with guidance about baptism, fasting, prayer, Eucharistic practice, traveling teachers, local leadership, and expectation of the end.
- Author
- Anonymous
- Traditional attribution
- The Twelve Apostles
- Date
- Late 1st–early 2nd century
- Origin
- Syria (often proposed)
- Genre
- Church Order
The work is composite in form, and both its date range and Syrian setting remain approximate.
Κεφ. ιεʹ.
Χειροτονήσατε οὖν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισκόπους καὶ διακόνους ἀξίους τοῦ Κυρίου, ἄνδρας πραεῖς