Didache in the early church
An early Christian writing, cited by later writers on this site. Read the work.
Eusebius (Hist. eccl. 3.25.4) lists the "Teachings of the Apostles" among the disputed or spurious books, and Athanasius (Festal Letter 39, 367) recommends it for catechumens.
130 passages cite it, in date order.
| Passage | Cites | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibylline Oracles 8.391ff. · Anonymous | 1.1 | echo, medium confidence | 2nd-3rd cent. |
| The Instructor 2.10.89 · Clement of Alexandria | 2.2 | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 2.10.96 · Clement of Alexandria | 2.2 | echo, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| The Instructor 3.12.89 · Clement of Alexandria | 2.2 | echo, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Exhortation to the Greeks 10.108 · Clement of Alexandria | 2.2 | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 29.4 · Clement of Alexandria | 9.2 | echo, medium confidence | ca. 190–210 |
| Miscellanies 1.20.100 · Clement of Alexandria | 3.5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Miscellanies 7.12.75 · Clement of Alexandria | 8.1 | echo, low confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Didascalia 1.1 (Latin) · Anonymous | 1.2 | allusion, medium confidence | first half of the third century |
| Didascalia 1.2 · Anonymous | 1.3 | quotation, medium confidence | first half of the third century |
| On Dice-Players 4 · Anonymous | 14.2 | allusion, medium confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| On Dice-Players 4 · Anonymous | 15.3 | allusion, low confidence | 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Lines 693–716 · Commodian | 1.1 | echo, low confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| Apostolic Church Order 4 · Anonymous | 1.1-2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 5 · Anonymous | 1.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 6 · Anonymous | 2.2-7 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 7 · Anonymous | 3.1-2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 8 · Anonymous | 3.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 9 · Anonymous | 3.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 10 · Anonymous | 3.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 11 · Anonymous | 3.5-10 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 12 · Anonymous | 4.1-2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 13 · Anonymous | 4.3-8 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Apostolic Church Order 14 · Anonymous | 4.13 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Church History 3.25.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | — | allusion, high confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Divine Institutes 6.3.1 · Lactantius | 1.1 | echo, low confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Epitome of the Divine Institutes 54.3 · Lactantius | 1.1 | echo, low confidence | ca. 314–320 |
| Proceedings before Zenophilus (Gesta apud Zenophilum) 9 · Anonymous | 2.7 | allusion, medium confidence | 320 (inquiry of 3 Dec. 320 into events of 303) |
| Letter 240 · Basil of Caesarea | 12.5 | echo, low confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 1.1.7 · Anonymous | 1.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 3.18.2 · Anonymous | 8.2 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 4.3.2 · Anonymous | 1.5 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.1.1 · Anonymous | 1.1 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.1.2 · Anonymous | 1.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.1 · Anonymous | 1.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.2 · Anonymous | 1.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.3 · Anonymous | 2.7 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.4 · Anonymous | 1.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.5 · Anonymous | 1.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.6 · Anonymous | 1.5 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.8 · Anonymous | 2.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.2.9 · Anonymous | 2.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.3.1 · Anonymous | 2.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.3.2 · Anonymous | 2.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.3.3 · Anonymous | 2.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.3.4 · Anonymous | 2.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.3.5 · Anonymous | 2.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.1 · Anonymous | 2.3 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.2 · Anonymous | 2.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.3 · Anonymous | 2.5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.4 · Anonymous | 2.5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.5 · Anonymous | 2.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.4.6 · Anonymous | 2.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.5.1 · Anonymous | 2.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.5.3 · Anonymous | 2.7 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.5.4 · Anonymous | 3.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.5.5 · Anonymous | 3.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.1 · Anonymous | 3.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.2 · Anonymous | 3.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.3 · Anonymous | 3.3 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.4 · Anonymous | 3.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.5 · Anonymous | 3.5 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.6.6 · Anonymous | 3.5 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.7.1 · Anonymous | 3.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.7.2 · Anonymous | 3.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.7.3 · Anonymous | 3.7 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.1 · Anonymous | 3.8 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.2 · Anonymous | 3.8 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.3 · Anonymous | 3.8 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.4 · Anonymous | 3.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.5 · Anonymous | 3.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.6 · Anonymous | 3.9 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.8.7 · Anonymous | 3.10 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.9.1 · Anonymous | 4.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.9.2 · Anonymous | 4.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.10.1 · Anonymous | 4.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.10.2 · Anonymous | 4.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.10.3 · Anonymous | 4.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.10.4 · Anonymous | 4.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.11.1 · Anonymous | 4.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.12.1 · Anonymous | 4.5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.12.2 · Anonymous | 4.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.12.3 · Anonymous | 4.7 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.12.7 · Anonymous | 4.8 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.13.1 · Anonymous | 4.9-11 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.14.1 · Anonymous | 4.12 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.14.2 · Anonymous | 4.13-14 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.17.1 · Anonymous | 4.14 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.17.2 · Anonymous | 4.14 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.18.1 · Anonymous | 5.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.18.2 · Anonymous | 5.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.19.1 · Anonymous | 6.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.20.1 · Anonymous | 6.3 | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.21.1 · Anonymous | 6.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.22.1 · Anonymous | 7.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.22.4 · Anonymous | 7.4 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.23.1 · Anonymous | 8.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.23.2 · Anonymous | 8.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.24.1 · Anonymous | 8.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.24.2 · Anonymous | 8.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.25.1 · Anonymous | 9.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.25.2 · Anonymous | 9.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.25.3 · Anonymous | 9.4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.25.5 · Anonymous | 9.5 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.1 · Anonymous | 10.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.2 · Anonymous | 10.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.3 · Anonymous | 10.3 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.4 · Anonymous | 10.5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.5 · Anonymous | 10.6 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.26.6 · Anonymous | 10.6-7 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.28.1 · Anonymous | 11.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.28.2 · Anonymous | 11.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.28.3 · Anonymous | 12.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.28.5 · Anonymous | 13.1-2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.29.1 · Anonymous | 13.3 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.29.3 · Anonymous | 13.5-7 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.30.1 · Anonymous | 14.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.30.2 · Anonymous | 14.3 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.1 · Anonymous | 15.1 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.2 · Anonymous | 15.2 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.3 · Anonymous | 15.3 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.4 · Anonymous | 15.4 | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.5 · Anonymous | 16.1 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.31.6 · Anonymous | 16.2 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.32.1 · Anonymous | 16.3-4 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.32.2 · Anonymous | 16.4-5 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.32.3 · Anonymous | 16.6 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Apostolic Constitutions 7.32.4 · Anonymous | 16.7-8 | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Commentary on the Apostles' Creed 38 · Rufinus of Aquileia | — | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 404 |
| Tractates on the Gospel of John 26.17 · Augustine of Hippo | 9.4 | echo, medium confidence | ca. 406–420 |