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rug

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26. The Didache is pretty explicit.
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 04:41 PM
Feb 2012

"Chapter 2. The Second Commandment: Grave Sin Forbidden. And the second commandment of the Teaching; You shall not commit murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit pederasty, you shall not commit fornication, you shall not steal, you shall not practice magic, you shall not practice witchcraft, you shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is born. You shall not covet the things of your neighbor, you shall not swear, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not speak evil, you shall bear no grudge. You shall not be double-minded nor double-tongued, for to be double-tongued is a snare of death. Your speech shall not be false, nor empty, but fulfilled by deed. You shall not be covetous, nor rapacious, nor a hypocrite, nor evil disposed, nor haughty. You shall not take evil counsel against your neighbor. You shall not hate any man; but some you shall reprove, and concerning some you shall pray, and some you shall love more than your own life."

Yes, I know it forbids pederasty as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didache

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-roberts.html

Thank you for the post, very informative CanonRay Feb 2012 #1
Thank you for sharing this. MinneapolisMatt Feb 2012 #2
Fascinating! I loved the comment on slacktivist about twins and chimerae Pholus Feb 2012 #3
Good Twin/Evil Twin. DCKit Feb 2012 #13
Thanks for the clear thinking ewagner Feb 2012 #4
Hard to tell salvorhardin Feb 2012 #8
Wow. tanyev Feb 2012 #5
Why don't you reread Exodus 21:22-24? Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #6
My views are not stated salvorhardin Feb 2012 #7
It's interesting the poster you're replying to doesn't offer any comment about such change. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #18
Why would anyone care what people in the Bronze Age _ed_ Feb 2012 #9
The bit where it says "he shall pay" is the giveaway muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #10
Break it down: Causing the miscarriage is a lesser offense. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #11
If we are reduced to proof-texting out of the Levitic code, we have a world of problems. Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #14
This is the correct answer. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #19
In your opinion, what does "if mischief follow" mean? Looks pretty vague. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #17
The men don't JUST cause a miscarriage. They harm her in a substantial way. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #20
Numbers 5 is why. Sal316 Feb 2012 #24
Interesting - a literal reading of that would support abortion after rape muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #27
Help out an ignorant non-religious person. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #12
The only place in all the Bible where abortion is dealt with is Numbers Chapter 5. Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #15
So if you ask Rick Santorum if abortion is acceptable under those conditions TalkingDog Feb 2012 #23
No evangelical here, (most of them have never read the Bible) but I have read it. TalkingDog Feb 2012 #22
I love that blog starroute Feb 2012 #16
I admire Clark's writing too salvorhardin Feb 2012 #21
Fascinating. I had no idea about this. Thanks for posting. cbayer Feb 2012 #25
The Didache is pretty explicit. rug Feb 2012 #26
Yah... most evangelicals have read the non-canonical works TalkingDog Feb 2012 #28
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