The reception and treatment of those who call themselves apostles or prophets in the Didache

The reception and treatment of those who call themselves apostles or prophets in the Didache

Introduction

The paper revolves around how have the apostles or the prophets have been perceived and related when particularly entailing and regarding of the challenges that have been undertaken in the light of understanding and comprehending Christian beliefs and that how have these survived and challenged over the years which not only make way for the purpose of analyzing beliefs but how it transcends upon the foundation and beliefs towards prophets today.

Considering the treatment and the beliefs, with which individuals continue to make their way for the purpose and objective of analysis and interpretation, the apostle or the prophets in the Didache implies and regards Jewish Christianity, dating back to the second century.

What did members of this community say when they engaged in a particular worship practice? What do the texts say is happening? What are the hopes, aspirations, and beliefs reflected in the words of the text?

The Didache implies the Teachings of the Twelve Apostles make way for highlighting the primitive and earliest form of Christian teachings that have been undertaken for the purpose and objective of establishing and founding the basis of Christianity and that with the introduction of these twelve prophets or the Apostles, the teachings were further instilled, forming the beliefs for all of us today (Bloom, 2005).

The first opening lines of their distinct prayer began with: "Appoint for yourselves therefore bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord”. One must understand that these apostles or prophets were chosen on the basis of their behaviors, characteristics and the distinct religious personalities who had served through their services, their teachings and passed on the word of the Lord, in order to earn a position of being an Apostle and ultimately making way for proving to stand up in the name of the Lord and ultimately making way for intending the message of the Divine onto others and bringing them in the state of all others roaming around otherwise.

As one skims through the text and begins interpretations, it becomes rather evident and visible that regardless of the challenges and the problems that were experienced by the followers and the believers, major elements of practice and worship came from Jewish until the Jewish Revolt of 132 made way to occur and continued to finally separate Jews and Christians from then on and continue to show two distinct ways of religious beliefs that have existed in the frame of religion and theology (Draper, 2006).

As per the Old Testament, foundations, groundwork and the establishments that have been followed and still carried out even today. As per the challenges and the problems that have been experienced, Christian practices and beliefs do show and narrate Jewish elements; yet these two groups of believers exist as distinctly different individuals, practicing the code of the Divine and making way for fulfilling the teachings, in their own unique ...