Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 23 mar 2009 - 953 pagine
"This magisterial volume is a comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods"--Provided by publisher.
 

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Part One Antecedents to Christian Baptism
45
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79
Jewish Washings Baptismal Movements and Proselyte Baptism 60
82
John the Baptizer 83
105
Part Two Baptism in the New Testament
119
Other References to Baptism in the Gospels 132
154
Baptism in the Pauline Epistles 146
168
Sources at the Turn to the Fourth Century 444
466
Theodore of Mopsuestia 519
553
John ChrysostomI 533
567
Church Orders and Eunomian Baptism 564
598
Basil the Great 582
616
Gregory of Nazianzus 592
626
Gregory of Nyssa 603
637
Sickbed Baptism
651

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179
Baptism in the Rest of the New Testament and Summary 186
208
Part Three The Second Century
221
Apologists 237
259
The PseudoClementines and Jewish Christianity 248
270
Marcionites Those Called Gnostics and Related Groups 276
298
Part Four The Third Century to Nicaea 325
345
Tertullian 336
358
Cyprian 351
373
Origin and Early Development of Infant Baptism 362
384
The Controversy over Rebaptism in the Third Century 380
402
Origen 400
422
Ambrose 634
668
Other North Italians 648
682
Spain 663
697
Writers and Writings in Syriac and Armenian 700
734
GreekSpeaking Syria 715
749
Baptism in the Messalian Controversy 724
758
Asia Minor and Constantinople 745
779
Ravenna and Rome 756
790
Gennadius of Marseilles
804
Part Seven Baptisteries
851
West 836
870
Conclusions 853
887

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Everett Ferguson is professor emeritus of Bible and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas. Among his books are Backgrounds of Early Christianity, now in its third edition, and The Church of Christ: A Biblical Ecclesiology for Today (both Eerdmans).

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