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The Didache 1.1 · 1.1

The Two Ways

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Ὁδοὶ δύο εἰσί μία, τῆς ζωῆς καὶ μία τοῦ θανάτου, διαφορὰ δὲ πολλὴ μεταξὺ τῶν δύο ὁδῶν.

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The oldest surviving church manual opens with an image older than the book itself: two roads set before every person, one leading to life and one to death.

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