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The '''''The Didache''''', also called ''The Teaching (or Doctrine) of the Twelve Apostles'', is a short treatise that dates back to the early Christian Church and was accounted by some of the Fathers as next to Holy [[Scripture]]. It was probably written in Syria during the second half of the 1st century, although some scholars suggest a 2nd-century composition.

The first part of the ''Didache'' is a moral treatise describing the Two Ways, the Way of Life and the Way of Death. The second and third parts contain instructions on baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, prayerwas discovered in 1873 by [[w:Philotheos Bryennios|Philotheos Bryennios]], matters Metropolitan of church organization, apostles and teachers, prophets, bishops, and deacons. The ''Didache'' is perhaps the first text to append a doxology to the [[Lord's PrayerNicomedia]]: ", in a small eleventh century codex of 120 pages...for thine is He astonished the power and world by publishing a text towards the glory unto all agesend of 1883."

Although partially paraphrased in other ancient documents (see, for example, the ''Didascalia Apostolorum'' below), the The Didache was practically lost until Philotheos Bryennios [httpfalls into two parts://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philotheos_Bryennios], Greek Orthodox metropolitan of [[Nicomedia]], rediscovered/published it in 1873/1883.

Not to be confused with The first part (Chapters 1-6) is a moral treatise describing the Two Ways, the Way of Life and the Way of Death. The second and third parts contain instructions on baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, prayer, matters of church organization, apostles and teachers, prophets, bishops, and deacons. The ''Didascalia ApostolorumDidache''is perhaps the first text to append a doxology to the [[Lord's Prayer]]: "...for thine is the power and the glory unto all ages." Egypt and Syria both have claims as the place of origin for this text. The case for Egypt was put forward because [[Clement of Alexandria]] is an early witness to it and it was also very popular in Egypt, in the fourth century, based on [[Athanasius the Great]]''Teaching s reference to it and the numerous Coptic and Ethiopian versions available. The case for Syria lends itself to links in the text on ministry and the reminiscence of the Twelve Holy Apostles and Disciples apostolic decree of Our Saviour''Acts xv, 23-9; characteristic of early Syrian Christianity. The text in chapter 6 seems to have envisaged a 3rd century text founded upon largely rural community which also tends to point to Syria rather than Egypt. Not to be confused with the ''DidacheDidascalia Apostolorum'' [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04781b.htm], ''Teaching of the Twelve Holy Apostles and Disciples of Our Saviour''[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didascalia.html], a 3rd century text founded upon the ''Didache''[http://www.bombaxo.com/didascalia.html].