
The Apostolic Manuals of the Early Church
The Early Church Fathers
Long before Christianity became culturally accepted, the early Church was already forming Christians through disciplined worship, sacramental life, moral clarity, and apostolic authority. Apostolic Manuals gathers three of the most important surviving...
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Long before Christianity became culturally accepted, the early Church was already forming Christians through disciplined worship, sacramental life, moral clarity, and apostolic authority. Apostolic Manuals gathers three of the most important surviving documents from that world: the Didache, the Didascalia Apostolorum, and the Apostolic Tradition. These texts provide a rare and direct window into the life of the primitive Church. Here, doctrine is not abstract. It is lived. Christians fast, pray, worship, confess the faith, care for the poor, and submit themselves to the authority established by the apostles. The result is a portrait of a Church that is unmistakably sacramental, hierarchical, disciplined, and deeply Catholic. In an age filled with confusion about what the “early Church” actually believed, these writings offer historical clarity. They reveal continuity between apostolic Christianity and Catholic doctrine today, showing that the foundations of Catholic worship and ecclesial life were present from the very beginning. These manuals do more than preserve history. They challenge modern Christians to recover the seriousness, reverence, and unity that marked the first believers. Duration - 8h 17m. Author - The Early Church Fathers. Narrator - Cody Medina. Published Date - Saturday, 17 January 2026. Copyright - © 2025 TAN Books ©.
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English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:20
Didache: Chapter I - The Two Ways - The First Commandment
Duration:00:03:19
Chapter II: The Second Commandment - Grave Sin Forbidden
Duration:00:01:32
Chapter III: Other Sins Forbidden
Duration:00:02:15
Chapter IV: Various Precepts
Duration:00:02:43
Chapter V: The Way of Death
Duration:00:01:31
Chapter VI: Against False Teachers, and Food Offered to Idols
Duration:00:00:45
Chapter VII: Concerning Baptism
Duration:00:00:56
Chapter VIII: Fasting and Prayer (The Lord's Prayer)
Duration:00:01:05
Chapter IX: The Thanksgiving (Eucharist)
Duration:00:01:27
Chapter X: Prayer After Communion
Duration:00:01:41
Chapter XI: Concerning Teachers, Apostles, and Prophets
Duration:00:02:38
Chapter XII: Reception of Christians
Duration:00:00:59
Chapter XIII: Support of Prophets
Duration:00:01:06
Chapter XIV: Christian Assembly on the Lord's Day
Duration:00:00:54
Chapter XV: Bishops and Deacons Christian Reproof
Duration:00:01:02
Chapter XVI: Watchfulness - The Coming of the Lord
Duration:00:02:02
Didascalia Apostolorum: Chapter I
Duration:00:06:44
Chapter II
Duration:00:16:56
Chapter III
Duration:00:11:18
Chapter IV
Duration:00:12:43
Chapter V
Duration:00:07:17
Chapter VI
Duration:00:25:29
Chapter VII
Duration:00:35:14
Chapter VIII
Duration:00:16:27
Chapter IX
Duration:00:24:24
Chapter X
Duration:00:17:34
Chapter XI
Duration:00:26:08
Chapter XII
Duration:00:07:13
Chapter XIII
Duration:00:11:06
Chapter XIV
Duration:00:04:05
Chapter XV
Duration:00:23:57
Chapter XVI
Duration:00:07:05
Chapter XVII
Duration:00:04:13
Chapter XVIII
Duration:00:08:16
Chapter XIX
Duration:00:15:58
Chapter XX
Duration:00:16:32
Chapter XXI
Duration:00:32:00
Chapter XXII
Duration:00:02:47
Chapter XXIII
Duration:00:17:59
Chapter XXIV
Duration:00:11:01
Chapter XXV
Duration:00:07:27
Chapter XXVI
Duration:00:51:27
Apostolic Tradition: Part I
Duration:00:13:49
Part II
Duration:00:15:27
Part III
Duration:00:07:20
Part IV
Duration:00:07:34
Later Additions
Duration:00:05:13
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:32