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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, prayer, matters 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 Prayer]]: "...for thine is the power and the glory unto all ages."
Although partially paraphrased in other ancient documents (see, for example, the ''Didascalia Apostolorum'' below), the Didache was practically lost until Philotheos Bryennios [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philotheos_Bryennios], Greek Orthodox metropolitan of [[Nicomedia]], rediscovered/published it in 1873/1883.
Not to be confused with the ''Didascalia Apostolorum'', ''Teaching of the Twelve Holy Apostles and Disciples of Our Saviour'', a 3rd century text founded upon the ''Didache'' [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04781b.htm], [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didascalia.html], [http://www.bombaxo.com/didascalia.html].
