OVER 5 MINUTES IN Church History

Welcome back to another episode of 5 minutes in Church History

On this episode we are going way way back to the second century and the early church

to study the dedicate.

It is one of the most important texts, and the early church, it provides insight into the

views on the worship service and church order.

But before we dig in, let's just pause for a moment to mention that a modern discovery

comes into play when it comes to the dedicate.

Philotheus Brienneus, the Metropolitan, or the Archbishop of Nicodemia, discovered a Greek

manuscript in 1873.

This was a fascinating set of early church texts, and among them is the document in question.

The first line reads, the teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles by the twelve apostles.

Now, the word in Greek for teaching is did-a-k, hence the title did-a-k, so we know what we're

talking about, but who wrote this document?

Well, we don't know.

We believe that the editor or authors are Alexandrian and Origen.

We believe it was written some time in the second century.

That is the one hundreds, but we're not sure exactly when, exactly where, exactly what

church this represents, exactly how many churches this represents.

But we get to a very fascinating question beyond the who and the when and the where, and

that is the what.

What is going on in this text?

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