“... Further evidence of a close connection between the Didache and Matthew is implied by the next parallel to be considered, the instruction about baptism in Did. 7. 1 and the explicit instruction to baptize in the threefold name (of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The command to baptize in the threefold name is peculiar to Matthew among the synoptics. On the other hand, a text such as this almost certainly reflects the ongoing liturgical life of the community, both Matthew’s and the Didachist’s. Matt. 28. 19 itself presumably reflects the baptismal practice of the Matthean community/communities. Hence one cannot necessarily ascribe the verse to MattR. Presumably, then, the presence of the same instruction in the Didache implies the same. It would thus be hard to deduce any direct literary relationship between the two texts on the basis of such a liturgical text as this which they have in common (though presumably the common text indicates that the communities behind the two texts were relatively ‘close’, at least in relation to liturgical practice). ...”