{"id":4587,"date":"2011-12-30T11:55:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:54:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:54:45","slug":"the-enduring-relevance-of-the-didache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2011\/12\/30\/the-enduring-relevance-of-the-didache\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enduring Relevance of the Didache"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5R6mBsJZVAE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n<p>For a few years now, I\u2019ve argued that the long-lost ancient text of the early church, known as the <em>didache<\/em>, has a great deal of relevance for the church of today.  In fact, I wrote a book about it, called\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/t6QoE6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It\u2019s on sale this week for $2.99<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/the-faith-and-practice-of-the-earliest-christians-a-dvd-study-of-the-didache-with-tony-jones.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">There\u2019s a companion DVD for group use as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/theoblogy-20\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">And see all the Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt books on sale this week<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a few years now, I\u2019ve argued that the long-lost ancient text of the early church, known as the didache, has a great deal of relevance for the church of today. 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