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.