The Didache, Chapter 15 summary
Chapter 15 of 16 · 1 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 15, the community receives instructions to appoint humble, honest, tested bishops and deacons, honor their ministry, and correct one another peacefully. These directions link leadership and communal discipline to repentance and require prayer, charity, and other conduct to follow the Gospel.
What happens
- The community must choose bishops and deacons who are humble, honest, tested, and free from greed.
- These leaders deserve honor because their ministry matches that of prophets and teachers.
- Members must correct each other peacefully rather than angrily.
- The community must withhold speech from anyone who wrongs another until that person repents.
- Prayer, charity, and all other conduct must follow the Gospel.
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The key line
“Correct one another not in anger but in peace, as you have it in the Gospel.”The unnamed instructing voice
The instruction joins mutual correction with peace rather than anger. It also identifies the Gospel as the community's guide.
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What ends the instruction to withhold speech from a person who wrongs another?
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