TY - BOOK AU - Witkamp, Nathan TI - Tradition and innovation : : baptismal rite and mystagogy in Theodore of Mopsuestia and Narsai of Nisibis T2 - Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae: SN - 97890043778519004377859 AV - BV803 .W58 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Leiden ; Boston : PB - E. J. Brill, KW - Narsai, approximately 413-503. Homilies.Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, approximately 350-428 or 429.Baptism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Terminology -- The structure of the rite -- Examination, sponsor, enrolment -- Deliverance from sin and the devil -- Apotaxis and syntaxis -- The signing on the forehead -- Baptism ER -