The Didache, the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is an early Christian text of disputed but likely late first or early second century origin, and this is the Roberts-Donaldson translation published in the Ante-Nicene Fathers series in 1885, now in the public domain, translating the text recovered from the Codex Hierosolymitanus, an 1056 CE manuscript discovered by Philotheos Bryennios in 1873. Its strength as a primary source translation is real, this series remains a widely used standard for early patristic texts. Its limit is that it is a nineteenth century translation, so a claim needing precise or current textual scholarship on the Didache's composition and dating should be checked against a modern critical edition alongside this historically significant but dated public domain translation.
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The Didache is itself a primary early Christian text, presented here in Roberts and Donaldson's standard nineteenth century critical Ante-Nicene Fathers edition; cited here as the primary text in its established scholarly translation. NotesRoberts-Donaldson translation, part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers series; public domain. Translates the text recovered from the Codex Hierosolymitanus, a 1056 CE manuscript found by Philotheos Bryennios in 1873.
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AuthorAlexander Roberts and James Donaldson (eds. and trans.)
PublisherChristian Literature Publishing Co.
Publication Year1885
URLhttps://archive.org/details/Didache
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (35 claims)
This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 28 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Scriptures & Texts, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Rituals, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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