Didache Top Ten
Monday June 1, 2009
Categories: church history, spirituality
Last Friday, I completed the first draft of a book on the Didache for Paraclete Press. It'll come out sometime this fall, but in the meantime, here's a top ten list of my favorite lines from that wonderful little manual...
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Tony Jones is the author of many books, including The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life. He is a leader in the emergent church movement and a renowned expert on postmodern theology and the American church landscape.
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Very cool. Can't wait for the new book...Are you planning to post the new creative commons licensed translation of the Didache before the fall launch of the book?
I like the recommendation to be baptized in cold running water. Of course, that's how I did it (the second time around). Episcopalians don't usually baptize babies in cold running water (at least as far as I remember). But Pentecostals and teen-agers at camp, hey they would love the Didache!
Actually, Bob, the trend ecumenically in new font installations these days is to make either full immersion fonts, or at least fonts large enough to fully immerse a baby (whether immersion is done or not), AND to have a pump system that keeps the water flowing. And yes, these are usually "cool" water rather than warm.
Every newer Episcopal font I've seen lately has been like this. (My wife is an Episcopal priest, so I do see a number of these).
We can thank the Roman Catholics for this. in part. Their canons now require all new font installations to be sufficiently large for immersion, and their requirement for water is also that it be "flowing"-- so no more "tiny little sprinkle" business.
Now if I could only get the United Methodists to catch on/catch up!
I see you've carefully avoided anything that would speak against your opinion that there weren't any Episkopate diocese before Iraeneus...
Tony,
I was introduced to the Didache in college. It is filled with some wonderfully practical advice. Also, as an early Christian document, it is interesting to learn about some of the practices that were considered by the Church, early on, to be indispensable.
I look forward to hearing more in the months to come!
Tony:
I look forward to your release of Didache. Robert Webber used this in an Ancient-Future worship class at Northen Seminary. What I find really interesting in the Didache is its description of the Eucharist or "Great Thanksgiving". Its not all about blood and body but more of a universal Thanksgiving celebration.
Hey Tony, this top ten list is fantastic. You are sending out an excellent message, #4 is my favorite, itwould make hte world a great place. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and link back to your site. We are trying to create a directory for top ten lists where people can find your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
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