Service and Hospitality: The Didascalia: Hospitality in the Early Church

The Didascalia Apostolorum (3rd century) provides detailed instructions for hospitality in the early church. It instructs bishops: "When the poor come, if there is no room for them, make room with all your heart, O bishop, even if you have to sit on the ground yourself." The document reveals a church where hospitality was a defining mark of Christian identity.…