0809102471. Hardcover, no jacket, "Ancient Christian Writers" series, book

0809102471. Hardcover, no jacket, "Ancient Christian Writers" series, book has a few moderate bumps at the spine-ends and is in excellent condition otherwise with no other remarkable flaws; 235 pages.

An epochal manuscript discovery (1873) uncovered for posterity perhaps the

An epochal manuscript discovery (1873) uncovered for posterity perhaps the most primitive example of catechesis of the whole patristic period. Possibly written as early as 70 A.D., the Didache presents the practice of Christian virtue structured by the two-fold commandment of love of God and of the neighbor. The second section outlines the practice of baptism and of prayer and fasting, while the third describes Church organization--based upon ''apostles, '' ''prophets, '' and ''teachers. '' This volume also includes several other important second-century documents: The Epistle of Barnabas, Polycarp's Epistles to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp, the Fragments of Papias and the Epistle to Diognetus. 235 pp.