Itinerant Ministry

Definition

The Didache names four main ranks: prophets, apostles, bishops, and deacons; presbyters are not mentioned.

Episodes

  • Early Church Hierarchy In The Didache

Biblical References

  • Romans 16:14 — *Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters with them. *
  • Genesis 14:14; 17:10-14 (Abraham, 318 servants, circumcision) — When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan. This is my requirement that you and your descendan