Didache Chapter 7: On Baptism
From Logic of God by Logic of God
February 17, 2026 · 49 min · Season 4 · Episode 5
About this episode
This episode explores Didache chapter 7 and the significance of baptism in early Christianity.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we turn to Didache chapter 7 and step into one of the most debated and misunderstood practices in Christian history: baptism. The early Church does not treat baptism as a casual ritual or a mechanical transaction. It treats it as covenantal allegiance. After teaching the Way of Life and the Way of Death, only then does the Didache speak of baptism. Why does formation come before immersion? And what does that order tell us about the heart behind the act? We wa...
Topics covered
- baptism
- Christian history
- covenantal allegiance
- early Church
- formation
- immersion
Keywords
- baptism
- Didache
- Christianity
- covenantal allegiance
- early Church
- ritual
- formation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Didache
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