By the middle of the third century, the “secondary legislation” interpretive approach advocated by Justin, Irenaeus, and Tertullian had become so well established and widespread that it was embraced as part of the apostolic tradition itself. This is clearly evident from its presence in the Didascalia Apostolorum (The Teaching of the Apostles), a work that purports to be the proceedings of the apostolic council recorded in Acts 15. The text comes to us
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