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Didascalia Apostolorum
work on ecclesiastical law
Also known as: “Teaching of the Apostles”
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- In Apostolic Constitutions
…are an adaptation of the Didascalia Apostolorum, written in Syria about ad 250. They deal with Christian ethics, the duties of the clergy, the eucharistic liturgy, and various church problems and rituals.
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source of canon law
- In canon law: Eastern churches
…of the Twelve Apostles), the Didascalia Apostolorum (3rd century; Teaching of the Apostles), and the Traditio Apostolica (Apostolic Tradition), attributed to St. Hippolytus, written in Rome about 220 ce but far more widely distributed in the East. From these documents the Constitutiones Apostolicae (Apostolic Constitutions), in which 85 Canones
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