Last Things

Definition

The Didache ends with an eschatological section, and the Shepherd includes visions of the Church’s future and coming persecutions.

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