The Didache is a collection of early Christian teachings that outlines a variety of Christian practices. It was written as a result of Christianity’s urge to establish and differentiate itself amongst other popular and threatening religious groups such as Gnosticism and Marcionism during the second century. The purpose of the Didache is to guide in the process of standardizing and regulating church leadership and methods of worship. Subsequently after Jesus’ crucifixion, the prevalent notion among Jesus’s early followers was that the world was going to end approximately within a generation. Understandably, followers of Jesus, especially the apostles, used their time and energy spreading the word of Jesus rather than developing an institutionalized
