What manual of Church discipline probably dates from the age of the apostles?

[paxomatic2]

I love how Jimmy doesn't need to read from anything. It's all just there. I would love to see you debate someone Mr Akin. Anyone would do. Your calm, intelligent and informed manner would be terrifically affective. Thanks.

[DarthMambo]

But does this mean "apostle" or "Apostle"? When I read it, it seems to give the impression that "apostle" was role within the church and not simply restricted to The Twelve.

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@DarthMambo

The Didache may be as old as 80 AD - which by some reckonings would make it earlier than Revelation, if Rev. was finished in the early 90s. Other NT books may be later, such as 2 Peter. Either way, the Didache is slightly after St. Paul, but only by about 15 years, if it is that early - it may be 50 years later. Its contents suggest a strongly Jewish type of Christianity, which favours an early date: Jesus uses the Two Ways in Matthew 7. 

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@DarthMambo

The word is used in more than one sense in the NT - for:

1. the 12 who witnesses the whole ministry of Jesus on earth (see Acts 1) these were the *A*postles

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2. Members of the early Church who were, in effect, missionaries; but not necessarily members of Jesus' immediate circle. These were *a*postles.

[gerryboy101]

very interesting