It's a very intriguing post you've made. Jesus and his disciples read from the Book of Enoch. There are other Books that make no sense as to why they're not included. The 'Didache' is one of them, which are the teachings of the 12 apostles. The word 'Didache' in the Greek means 'instruction' or 'doctrine' which has been taught'. It thus conveys Christ's last directive to Matthew (28:18-20). The Didache purports to be an instruction based on the sayings of Jesus and passed on by the 12 Apostles to potential converts to Christianity. Thus, it is not a manual for the use of bishops and deacons, but addressed to the people.
Furthermore, in the Didache Chapter II, states--
Now the second commandment of teaching is this:
"2. You shall not murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not corrupt the youth; you shall not commit fornication; you shall not steal; you shall not practice magic; you shall not use sorcery (Gr. 'pharmakeia'); you shall not kill a child by abortion; neither shall you slay it when born; you shall not covert the goods of your neighbor."
Notice that it commands us not to permit abortion.
It goes on and commands us to 3. "not to commit perjury; do not bear false witness; do not speak evil; do not bear malice."
It is a perfect for the times. Why was it excluded when it commands us to be 4. "not double-minded or double-tongued, for a double tongue is a deadly snare."
And 6. "Your speech shall not be false and empty, but made good by action."
There's more guidance in the Didache, but for the life of me why it was excluded from the Bible is hard to say. The genuineness of the the Didache can hardly be doubted. It was cited by Clement of Alexandria in his "First Stroma" by Eusebius, who speaks of it in his "History Eccl.", 3:25; and by Athanasius in his 39th "Festal Epistle". Though mentioned in these Apocryphal books of the New Testament, the Didache had not , since the time of Nicephorus in the 9th century AD, been known or quoted. It was found in the library of the Holy Sepulcher at Istanbul (Constantinople) in 1873. All chronological evidence indicates the Didache was compiled at a date as early as 70 AD, while most critics place it about 80-90 AD. This would mean it is as old or older than the Book of Revelations and the Letters of the Apostle John.
It's a very intriguing post you've made. Jesus and his disciples read from the Book of Enoch. There are other Books that make no sense as to why they're not included. The 'Didache' is one of them, which are the teachings of the 12 apostles. The word 'Didache' in the Greek means 'instruction' or 'doctrine' which has been taught'. It thus conveys Christ's last directive to Matthew (28:18-20). The Didache purports to be an instruction based on the sayings of Jesus and passed on by the 12 Apostles to potential converts to Christianity. Thus, it is not a manual for the use of bishops and deacons, but addressed to the people.
Furthermore, in the Didache Chapter II, states--
Now the second commandment of teaching is this:
Notice that it commands us not to permit abortion.
It goes on and commands us to 3. "not to commit perjury; do not bear false witness; do not speak evil; do not bear malice."
It is a perfect for the times. Why was it excluded when it commands us to be 4. "not double-minded or double-tongued, for a double tongue is a deadly snare."
And 6. "Your speech shall not be false and empty, but made good by action."
There's more guidance in the Didache, but for the life of me why it was excluded from the Bible is hard to say. The genuineness of the the Didache can hardly be doubted. It was cited by Clement of Alexandria in his "First Stroma" by Eusebius, who speaks of it in his "History Eccl.", 3:25; and by Athanasius in his 39th "Festal Epistle". Though mentioned in these Apocryphal books of the New Testament, the Didache had not , since the time of Nicephorus in the 9th century AD, been known or quoted. It was found in the library of the Holy Sepulcher at Istanbul (Constantinople) in 1873. All chronological evidence indicates the Didache was compiled at a date as early as 70 AD, while most critics place it about 80-90 AD. This would mean it is as old or older than the Book of Revelations and the Letters of the Apostle John.