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Rh It remains to trace chronologically the various sources from which the Didache seems to have been compiled. The doctrine of the Two Ways is first found in Christian literature at the conclusion of the Epistle of Barnabas, which may date perhaps as early as 79, though the majority of critics place it about the beginning of the second century. "Let us pass on," he says, "to another method of knowledge and teaching. There are two paths i.e. Petri), e quibus unus Actorum eius inscribitur, alius Evangelii, tertius Prædicationis, quartus Apocalypseos, quintus Iudicii, inter apocryphas scripturas repudiantur." The former, the Teaching or Teachings of the Apostles, is mentioned in the following passages in Eusebius and Athanasius:—  Euseb., HE. iii. 25, 4, 5.   Athanasius, Opp. i. 2, 963.   Anastasius Sinaiticus, Quæst. et Respon.   Nicephori Stichometria.   Zonaras (Sæc. xii.).  Matthæus Blastares. —Coteler, i. 193.  Cyprian de Aleatoribus, c. Et in Doctrinis Apostolorum, Si quis frater delinquit in Ecclesia, &c.