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Since its rediscovery in 1873, the Didache has secured its place among the history of the Church Fathers, and in the history of the New Testament canon. It is one of the oldest and most detailed records of the worship and discipline of the Early Church, and it fills the gap between the Apostolic age and the Church of the second century, and sheds light upon questions of doctrine, worship, and...

the catechumen and the baptizer and some others who may join. The former is required to fast one or two days. There is no such prescription in the New Testament. In the case of Christ fasting followed his Baptism (Matt. 4:2.); and the three thousand pentecostal converts seem to have been baptized on the day of their conversion (Acts, 2:38–40). Fasting is likewise mentioned as customary in connection with Baptism by Justin Martyr and Tertullian, but not so definitely as in the Didache. The fasting
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