Witkamp, Nathan

Tradition and innovation : baptismal rite and mystagogy in Theodore of Mopsuestia and Narsai of Nisibis / Nathan Witkamp - Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 2018 - xiv, 417 p. ; 25 cm. - Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae: 149 .

Terminology -- The structure of the rite -- Examination, sponsor, enrolment -- Deliverance from sin and the devil -- Apotaxis and syntaxis -- The signing on the forehead -- Baptism.

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Narsai, approximately 413-503. Homilies.Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, approximately 350-428 or 429.Baptism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

BV803 / .W58 2018