# Didache, title

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:308; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/0/

Summary: The title of the work.

## Greek text

Διδαχὴ κυρίου διὰ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.

## English translation (Claude)

The Teaching of the Lord through the Twelve Apostles to the Gentiles.

## Translation notes

- The only complete manuscript (Jerusalem, 1056) gives two titles: “Teaching of the Twelve Apostles” and this longer one, which heads the text itself.

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 0 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/0/).