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La Doctrine des Douze Apôtres (Didache)

XIII.

Tout vrai prophète voulant s'établir chez vous « mérite sa nourriture » ; [2] pareillement le docteur véritable gagne lui aussi, comme « l'ouvrier, sa nourriture ». [3] Tu prendras donc, du pressoir et de l'aire, des bœufs et des brebis, les prémices de tous les produits, tu les donneras aux prophètes, car ils sont vos grands-prêtres ; [4] et si vous n'avez pas de prophète, vous donnerez aux pauvres [5] Si tu fais du pain, prélève les prémices et donne-les selon le commandement. [6] De même, si tu ouvres une amphore de vin ou d'huile, prélèves-en les prémices et donne-les aux prophètes. [7] Sur ton argent, sur tes vêtements, sur toute sorte de richesse, prélève les prémices, selon ton appréciation, et donne-les selon le commandement.

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The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

Chapter XIII. 1 --Support of Prophets.

1. But every true prophet that willeth to abide among you 2 is worthy of his support. 3 2. So also a true teacher is himself worthy, as the workman, of his support. 4 3. Every first-fruit, therefore, of the products of wine-press and threshing-floor, of oxen and of sheep, thou shalt take and give to the prophets, for they are your high priests. 5 4. But if ye have not a prophet, give it to the poor. 5. If thou makest a batch of dough, take the first-fruit and give according to the commandment. 6. So also when thou openest a jar of wine or of oil, take the first-fruit and give it to the prophets; 7. and of money (silver) and clothing and every possession, take the first-fruit, as it may seem good to thee, and give according to the commandment.


  1. A large part of this chapter is found in Apostolic Constitutions, vii. 28, 29, but with modifications and additions indicating a later date. ↩

  2. "Who will settle among you" (Hitchcock and Brown). The itinerant prophets might become stationary, we infer. Chaps. xi.-xv. point to a movement from an itinerant and extraordinary ministry to a more settled one. ↩

  3. Lit., "nourishment," "food." ↩

  4. Matt. x. 10; comp. Luke x. 7. ↩

  5. This phrase, indicating a sacerdotal view of the ministry, seems to point to a later date than that claimed for the Teaching. Some regard it as an interpolation: others take it in a figurative sense. In Apostolic Constitutions the sacerdotal view is more marked. [1 Pet. ii. 9. If the plebs = "priests," prophets = "high priests."] Here the term is restricted to the prophets: compare Schaff in loco. ↩

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