Didachē - Didachē (English spelling)

Japanese: ディダケー - でぃだけー(英語表記)Didachē
Didachē - Didachē (English spelling)

One of the "Apostolic Fathers" of Christianity. Also known as "The Instructions of the Twelve Apostles." Didache means "instruction" in Greek. The original text is in Greek. The author is unknown. It is believed to have been created in the late 1st or early 2nd century, in Syria or Palestine. It is a short document of 16 chapters, with chapters 1-6 explaining the two paths of life and death, chapters 7-15 giving rules for church life such as baptism, fasting, prayer, and the Eucharist, and chapter 16 expressing eschatological hope and warnings. For a long time, this document was only partially known, but in 1875, a Greek manuscript of the entire text (dating to the 11th century) was discovered in a monastery in Constantinople, shedding a new light on the study of early Christianity.

[Eizo Kikuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

キリスト教の「使徒教父文書」の一つ。『十二使徒の教訓』ともいう。ディダケーとはギリシア語で「教訓」の意。原文はギリシア語。著者は不明。成立年代は1世紀末か2世紀初頭、成立地はシリアかパレスチナと推定される。全編16章の小文書で、1~6章は生命と死との二つの道を説き、7~15章は洗礼、断食、祈り、聖餐(せいさん)などの教会生活の諸規定を、16章は終末的希望と警告を語っている。なおこの文書は、長らく部分的にしか知られていなかったが、1875年コンスタンティノープルの修道院で全文のギリシア語写本(11世紀のもの)が発見され、原始キリスト教の研究に一つの光を投じた。

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