A) INTRODUCTION.

B) WHAT IT REALLY SAYS.

C) WHY IT IS NOT INSPIRED.

 

 

A) INTRODUCTION

 

 

Roman Catholics claim that the Didache teaches that the Sunday Sabbath was well established, using as their proof, the Didache.  They claim that because of its statement in Didache 8:1-2, this is the case.  They also claim that this took place in 70 A.D.

 

 

B) WHAT IT REALLY SAYS

 

 

According to the book, “BARNABAS, HERMAS AND THE DIDACHE,” by J. Armitage Robinson, D.D., on page 45, we read, “It is the object of the present lectures to set aside that view, and to establish the judgment of Bryennius the first editor, and of Dr. Harnack himself in his edition of 1884, that the writer of the Didache took the Two Ways from Barnabas, and also made use of the Shepherd of Hermas; and that consequently he cannot have written at an earlier date than between 140 and 160 A.D.”

 

So much for Roman Catholic honesty.  Plus, according to Didache 8:1-2, “[1]1 But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites; for they fast on the second and fifth day of the week; [2] but fast on the fourth day and the Preparation (Friday).”

 

This clearly shows that even up until 140 A.D., that the “Preparation” day was still known to be “Friday,” meaning that the Biblical Sabbath was still being kept and known as Saturday.  See my Bible Study:  “SABBATH STILL VALID TODAY.”

 

 

C) WHY IT IS NOT INSPIRED

 

 

According to Didache 4:6, “Of whatsoever thou hast gained by they hands thou shalt give a ransom for thy sins.”  Only Jesus is “a ransom for thy sins.”

 

According to Didache 7:1-5, “[1] But concerning baptism, thus shall ye baptize. [2] Having first recited all these things, baptize (in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit) in living (running) water. [3] But if thou hast not living water, then baptize in other water; [4] and if thou art not able in cold, then in warm. [5] But if thou hast neither, then pour water on the head thrice in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

 

Herein lies the beginning of infant baptism and sprinkling as a substitute for the Biblical form of Baptism, which is total immersion.  See my Bible Study, “BAPTISM, PROPER BIBLICAL.”

 

According to Didascalia 2 (225A.D. edition), “The apostles further appointed that on the first day of the week let there be service, and the reading of the Holy Scriptures, and the oblation because on the first day of the week (Sunday) our Lord rose from the place of the dead, and on the first day of the week He arose upon the world, and on the first day of the week He ascended up to Heaven, and on the first day of the week He will appear at last with the angels of Heaven.”

 

Here is where Sunday keeping really began to take hold.  The last statement is interesting.  What is that based upon?