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BOOK 2  (from: _Apostolic Fathers,_ Lightfoot & Harmer, 1891 translation)

                 DIDACHE (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

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CHAPTER 1
 1:1  |There are two ways, one of life and one of
death, and there is a great difference between the two
ways. _The way of life_ is this.
 1:2  First of all, _thou shalt love the God_ that
made thee; secondly, _thy neighbour as thyself. And
all things whatsoever thou wouldest not have befal
thyself, neither do thou unto another._
 1:3  Now of these words the doctrine is this. _Bless
them that curse you, and pray for_ your enemies and
fast for _them that persecute you; for what thank is
it, if ye love them that love you? Do not even the
Gentiles the same? But do ye love them that hate you,_
and ye shall not have an enemy.
 1:4  Abstain thou from fleshly and bodily lusts. _If
any man give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn to
him the other also,_ and thou shalt be perfect; _if a
man impress thee to go with him one mile, go with him
twain; if a man take away thy cloak, give him thy coat
also; if a man take away from thee that which is thine
own, ask it not back,_ for neither art thou able.
 1:5  _To every man that asketh of thee give, and ask
not back;_ for the Father desireth that gifts be given
to all from His own bounties. Blessed is he that
giveth according to the commandment; for he is
guiltless. Woe to him that receiveth; for, if a man
receiveth having need, he is guiltless; but he that
hath no need shall give satisfaction why and wherefore
he received; and being put in confinement he shall be
examined concerning the deeds that he hath done, and
_he shall not come out thence until he hath given back
the last farthing._
 1:6  Yea, as touching this also it is said; _Let
thine alms sweat into thine hands, until thou shalt
have learnt to whom to give._

CHAPTER 2
 2:1  |And this is the second commandment of the
teaching.
 2:2  _Thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not commit
adultery,_ thou shalt not corrupt boys, thou shalt not
commit fornication, _thou shalt not steal,_ thou shalt
not deal in magic, thou shalt do no sorcery, thou
shalt not murder a child by abortion nor kill them
when born, _thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
goods,_
 2:3  _thou shalt not perjure thyself, thou shalt not
bear false witness,_ thou shalt not speak evil, thou
shalt not cherish a grudge,
 2:4  thou shalt not be double-minded nor
double-tongued; for the double tongue is a snare of
death.
 2:5  Thy word shall not be false or empty, but
fulfilled by action.
 2:6  Thou shalt not be avaricious nor a plunderer nor
a hypocrite nor ill-tempered nor proud. Thou shalt not
entertain an evil design against thy neighbour.
 2:7  _Thou shalt not hate_ any man, _but some thou
shalt reprove,_ and for others thou shalt pray, _and
others thou shalt love_ more than thy life.

CHAPTER 3
 3:1  |My child, flee from every evil and everything
that resembleth it.
 3:2  Be not angry, for anger leadeth to murder, nor
jealous nor contentious nor wrathful; for of all these
things murders are engendered.
 3:3  My child, be not lustful, for lust leadeth to
fornication, neither foul-speaking neither with
uplifted eyes; for of all these things adulteries are
engendered.
 3:4  My child, _be no dealer in omens,_ since it
leads to idolatry, nor an enchanter nor an astrologer
nor a magician, neither be willing to look at them;
for from all these things idolatry is engendered.
 3:5  My child, be not a liar, since lying leads to
theft, neither avaricious neither vainglorious; for
from all these things thefts are engendered.
 3:6  My child, be not a murmurer, since it leadeth to
blasphemy, neither self-willed neither a thinker of
evil thoughts; for from all these things blasphemies
are engendered.
 3:7  But be meek, since _the meek shall inherit the
earth._
 3:8  Be long-suffering and pitiful and guileless and
_quiet_ and kindly _and_ always _fearing the words_
which thou hast heard.
 3:9  Thou shalt not exalt thyself, neither shalt thou
admit boldness into thy soul. Thy soul shalt not
cleave together with the lofty, but with the righteous
and humble shalt thou walk.
 3:10  The accidents that befal thee thou shalt
receive as good, knowing that nothing is done without
God.

CHAPTER 4
 4:1  |My child, _thou shalt remember him that speaketh
unto thee the word of God_ night and day, and shalt
honour him as the Lord; for whencesoever the Lordship
speaketh, there is the Lord.
 4:2  Moreover thou shalt seek out day by day the
persons of the saints, that thou mayest find rest in
their words.
 4:3  Thou shalt not make a schism, but thou shalt
pacify them that contend; thou shalt judge
righteously, thou shalt not make a difference in a
person to reprove him for transgressions.
 4:4  Thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or
not be.
 4:5  |_Be not thou found holding out thy hands to
receive, but drawing them in as to giving._
 4:6  If thou hast ought passing through thy hands,
thou shalt give a ransom for thy sins.
 4:7  Thou shalt not hesitate to give, neither shalt
thou murmur when giving; for thou shalt know who is
the good paymaster of thy reward.
 4:8  Thou shalt not turn away from him that is in
want, but shalt make thy brother partaker in all
things, and shalt not say _that anything is thine
own._ For if ye are fellow-partakers in that which is
imperishable, how much rather in the things which are
perishable?
 4:9  |Thou shalt not withhold thy hand from thy son or
from thy daughter, but from their youth thou shalt
teach them the fear of God.
 4:10  Thou shalt not command thy bondservant or thine
handmaid in thy bitterness, who trust in the same God
as thyself, lest haply they should cease to fear the
God who is over both of you; for He cometh, not to
call men with respect of persons, but He cometh to
those whom the Spirit hath prepared.
 4:11  But ye, servants, shall be subject unto your
masters, as to a type of God, in shame and fear.
 4:12  |Thou shalt hate all hypocrisy, and everything
that is not pleasing to the Lord.
 4:13  Thou shalt never forsake the commandments of
the Lord; but shalt keep those things which thou hast
received, neither adding to them nor taking away from
them.
 4:14  In church thou shalt confess thy
transgressions, and shalt not betake thyself to prayer
with an evil conscience. This is the way of life.

CHAPTER 5
 5:1  |But the way of death is this. First of all, it
is evil and full of a curse; murders, adulteries,
lusts, fornications, thefts, idolatries, magical arts,
witchcrafts, plunderings, false witnessings,
hypocrisies, doubleness of heart, treachery, pride,
malice, stubbornness, covetousness, foul-speaking,
jealousy, boldness, exaltation, boastfulness;
 5:2  persecutors of good men, hating truth, loving a
lie, not perceiving the reward of righteousness, not
_cleaving to the good_ nor to righteous judgment,
wakeful not for that which is good but for that which
is evil; from whom gentleness and forbearance stand
aloof; loving vain things, pursuing a recompense, not
pitying the poor man, not toiling for him that is
oppressed with toil, not recognizing Him that made
them, murderers of children, corrupters of the
creatures of God, turning away from him that is in
want, oppressing him that is afflicted, advocates of
the wealthy, unjust judges of the poor, altogether
sinful. May ye be delivered, my children, from all
these things.

CHAPTER 6
 6:1  |See lest any man lead you astray from this way
of righteousness, for he teacheth thee apart from God.
 6:2  For if thou art able to bear the whole yoke of
the Lord, thou shalt be perfect; but if thou art not
able, do that which thou art able.
 6:3  But concerning eating, bear that which thou art
able; yet abstain by all means from meat sacrificed to
idols; for it is the worship of dead gods.

CHAPTER 7
 7:1  |But concerning baptism, thus shall ye baptize.
Having first recited all these things, baptize _in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit_ in living (running) water.
 7:2  But if thou hast not living water, then baptize
in other water; and if thou art not able in cold, then
in warm.
 7:3  But if thou hast neither, then pour water on the
head thrice in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
 7:4  But before the baptism let him that baptizeth
and him that is baptized fast, and any others also who
are able; and thou shalt order him that is baptized to
fast a day or two before.

CHAPTER 8
 8:1  |And let not your fastings be with the
hypocrites, for they fast on the second and the fifth
day of the week; but do ye keep your fast on the
fourth and on the preparation (the sixth) day.
 8:2  Neither pray ye _as the hypocrites,_ but as the
Lord commanded in His Gospel, _thus pray ye: Our
Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy
kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in heaven, so also
on earth; give us this day our daily bread; and
forgive us our debt, as we also forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
the evil one;_ for Thine is the power and the glory
for ever and ever.
 8:3  Three times in the day pray ye so.

CHAPTER 9
 9:1  |But as touching the eucharistic thanksgiving
give ye thanks thus.
 9:2  First, as regards the cup: We give Thee thanks,
O our Father, for the holy vine of Thy son David,
which Thou madest known unto us through Thy Son Jesus;
Thine is the glory for ever and ever.
 9:3  Then as regards the broken bread: We give Thee
thanks, O our Father, for the life and knowledge which
Thou didst make known unto us through Thy Son Jesus;
Thine is the glory for ever and ever.
 9:4  As this broken bread was scattered upon the
mountains and being gathered together became one, so
may Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of
the earth into Thy kingdom; for Thine is the glory and
the power through Jesus Christ for ever and ever.
 9:5  But let no one eat or drink of this eucharistic
thanksgiving, but they that have been baptized into
the name of the Lord; for concerning this also the
Lord hath said: _Give not that which is holy to the
dogs._

CHAPTER 10
 10:1  |And after ye are satisfied thus give ye thanks:
 10:2  We give Thee thanks, Holy Father, for Thy holy
name, which Thou hast made to tabernacle in our
hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and
immortality, which Thou hast made known unto us
through Thy Son Jesus; Thine is the glory for ever and
ever.
 10:3  Thou, Almighty Master, didst create all things
for Thy name's sake, and didst give food and drink
unto men for enjoyment, that they might render thanks
to Thee; but didst bestow upon us spiritual food and
drink and eternal life through Thy Son.
 10:4  Before all things we give Thee thanks that Thou
art powerful; Thine is the glory for ever and ever.
 10:5  Remember, Lord, Thy Church to deliver it from
all evil and to perfect it in Thy love; and _gather it
together from the four winds_ -- even the Church which
has been sanctified -- into Thy kingdom which Thou
hast prepared for it; for Thine is the power and the
glory for ever and ever.
 10:6  May grace come and may this world pass away.
Hosanna to the God of David. If any man is holy, let
him come; if any man is not, let him repent. Maran
Atha. Amen.
 10:7  |But permit the prophets to offer thanksgiving
as much as they desire.
 10:8  --none--

CHAPTER 11
 11:1  |Whosoever therefore shall come and teach you
all these things that have been said before, receive
him;
 11:2  but if the teacher himself be perverted and
teach a different doctrine to the destruction thereof,
hear him not; but if to the increase of righteousness
and the knowledge of the Lord, receive him as the
Lord.
 11:3  |But concerning the apostles and prophets, so do
ye according to the ordinance of the Gospel.
 11:4  Let every apostle, when he cometh to you, be
received as the Lord;
 11:5  but he shall not abide more than a single day,
or if there be need, a second likewise; but if he
abide three days, he is a false prophet.
 11:6  And when he departeth let the apostle receive
nothing save bread, until he findeth shelter; but if
he ask money, he is a false prophet.
 11:7  And any prophet speaking in the Spirit ye shall
not try neither discern; for every sin shall be
forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven.
 11:8  Yet not every one that speaketh in the Spirit
is a prophet, but only if he have the ways of the
Lord. From his ways therefore the false prophet and
the prophet shall be recognized.
 11:9  And no prophet when he ordereth a table in the
Spirit shall eat of it; otherwise he is a false
prophet.
 11:10  And every prophet teaching the truth, if he
doeth not what he teacheth, is a false prophet.
 11:11  And every prophet approved and found true, if
he doeth ought as an outward mystery typical of the
Church, and yet teacheth you not to do all that he
himself doeth, shall not be judged before you; he hath
his judgment in the presence of God; for in like
manner also did the prophets of old time.
 11:12  And whosoever shall say in the Spirit, Give me
silver or anything else, ye shall not listen to him;
but if he tell you to give on behalf of others that
are in want, let no man judge him.

CHAPTER 12
 12:1  |But let every one _that cometh in the name of
the Lord_ be received; and then when ye have tested
him ye shall know him, for ye shall have understanding
on the right hand and on the left.
 12:2  If the comer is a traveller, assist him, so far
as ye are able; but he shall not stay with you more
than two or three days, if it be necessary.
 12:3  But if he wishes to settle with you, being a
craftsman, let him work for and eat his bread.
 12:4  But if he has no craft, according to your
wisdom provide how he shall live as a Christian among
you, but not in idleness.
 12:5  If he will not do this, he is trafficking upon
Christ. Beware of such men.

CHAPTER 13
 13:1  |But every true prophet desiring to settle among
you _is worthy of his food._
 13:2  In like manner a true teacher _is_ also
_worthy,_ like _the workman, of his food._
 13:3  Every firstfruit then of the produce of the
wine-vat and of the threshing-floor, of thy oxen and
of thy sheep, thou shalt take and give as the
firstfruit to the prophets; for they are your
chief-priests.
 13:4  But if ye have not a prophet, give them to the
poor.
 13:5  If thou makest bread, take the firstfruit and
give according to the commandment.
 13:6  In like manner, when thou openest a jar of wine
or of oil, take the firstfruit and give to the
prophets;
 13:7  yea and of money and raiment and every
possession take the firstfruit, as shall seem good to
thee, and give according to the commandment.

CHAPTER 14
 14:1  |And on the Lord's own day gather yourselves
together and break bread and give thanks, first
confessing your transgressions, that your sacrifice
may be pure.
 14:2  And let no man, having his dispute with his
fellow, join your assembly until they have been
reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be defiled;
 14:3  for this sacrifice it is that was spoken of by
the Lord; _In every place and at every time offer Me a
pure sacrifice; for I am a great king, saith the Lord,
and My name is wonderful among the nations._

CHAPTER 15
 15:1  |Appoint for yourselves therefore bishops and
deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek and not
lovers of money, and true and approved; for unto you
they also perform the service of the prophets and
teachers.
 15:2  Therefore despise them not; for they are your
honourable men along with the prophets and teachers.
 15:3  |And reprove one another, not in anger but in
peace, as ye find in the Gospel; and let no one speak
to any that has gone wrong towards his neighbour,
neither let him hear a word from you, until he repent.
 15:4  But your prayers and your almsgivings and all
your deeds so do ye as ye find it in the Gospel of our
Lord.

CHAPTER 16
 16:1  |_Be watchful_ for your life; _let your lamps
not be quenched and your loins not ungirded, but be ye
ready; for ye know not the hour in which our Lord
cometh._
 16:2  And ye shall gather yourselves together
frequently, seeking what is fitting for your souls;
for the whole time of your faith shall not profit you,
if ye be not perfected at the last season.
 16:3  For in the last days _the false prophets_ and
corrupters shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be
turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into
hate.
 16:4  For as lawlessness increaseth, _they shall hate
one another and shall persecute and betray. And then_
the world-deceiver _shall appear_ as a son of God;
_and shall work signs and wonders,_ and the earth
shall be delivered into his hands; and he shall do
unholy things, which have never been since the world
began.
 16:5  Then all created mankind shall come to the fire
of testing, and many shall be offended and perish;
_but they that endure_ in their faith _shall be saved_
by the Curse Himself.
 16:6  _And then shall the signs_ of the truth
_appear;_ first a sign of a rift in the heaven, then a
sign of a voice of a trumpet, and thirdly a
resurrection of the dead;
 16:7  yet not of all, but as it was said: _The Lord
shall come and all His saints with Him._
 16:8  _Then shall_ the world _see the Lord coming
upon the clouds of heaven._