Apostolic Fathers: Didache
What is the Didache?
The Didache gives great insights into the mindset and practice of the late first-century Church. The Didache was most likely written between 75-90 AD, even though scholars place it as early as 50 and as late as 200 AD. Chapters 7-15 show that the Church still had wandering prophets going from town to town. These wandering prophets were the Apostles' disciples. The office of bishop has not been universally established yet. When Ignatius writes his epistles in 108, each of the receiving congregations seem to have an established bishop.
Several fragments of the Didache are available in Greek, Coptic and Georgian. The only complete manuscript is found in the Jerusalem codex (dated 1056). Eusebius (c. 324) mentions the Didache as a spurious work alongside the Acts of Paul, The Shepherd, Apocalypse of Peter, Epistle of Barnabas and Revelation. Athanasius (367) and Rufinius (c. 380) list it as apocryphal. It is accepted by canon 85 of the Apostolic Constitutions (375-380), John of Damascus (675-749), and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.