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15360873 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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AU-EpEBC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20121218123240.0 |
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080710s2008 miu b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
| LC control number |
2008030617 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780802827487 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
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DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
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AU-EpEBC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
| Classification number |
234.16109015/FER |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Ferguson, Everett, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1933- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Baptism in the early church : |
| Remainder of title |
history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Everett Ferguson. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Grand Rapids, MI : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Eerdmans, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
955 p. ; |
| Other physical details |
hbk ; |
| Dimensions |
24.5 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
| Formatted contents note |
Introduction : Survey of literature.<br/>Comprehensive surveys -- Studies with liturgy as the theme -- Topical studies -- Collections of sources.<br/> |
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Part 1 : Antecedents to Christian baptism. <br/>Washings for purification in Greco-Roman paganism -- Words from the bapt- root in classical and Hellenistic Greek -- Jewish washings, baptismal movements, and proselyte baptism -- John the Baptizer.<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
| Formatted contents note |
Part 2 : Baptism in the New Testament.<br/>Baptism of Jesus, I -- Baptism of Jesus, II -- Other references to baptism in the Gospels -- Baptism in the Pauline Epistles -- The Acts of the Apostles -- Baptism in the rest of the New Testament and summary.<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 3 : The second century. <br/>Apostolic Fathers -- Christian pseudepigrapha and apocrypha -- Apologists -- The Pseudo-Clementines and Jewish Christianity -- Jewish and Christian baptisms -- Marcionites, those called Gnostics, and related groups -- Irenaeus -- Clement of Alexandria.<br/> |
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Part 4 : The third century to Nicaea (325).<br/>Writings attributed to Hippolytus -- Carthage : Tertullian -- Carthage : Cyprian -- Origin and early development of infant baptism -- The controversy over "rebaptism" in the third century -- Origen -- Syria in the third century -- Sources at the turn to the fourth century.<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 5 : The fourth century. <br/>Egypt in the fourth century -- Jerusalem in the fourth century -- Writers in Syriac in the fourth century : Aphrahat -- Writers in Syriac in the fourth century : Ephraem the Syrian -- The school of Antioch : Theodore of Mopsuestia -- The school of Antioch : John Chrysostom, I -- The school of Antioch : John Chrysostom, II -- Miscellaneous sources : church orders and "Eunomian" baptism -- Cappadocia : Basil the Great -- Cappadocia : Gregory of Nazianzus -- Cappadocia : Gregory of Nyssa -- The delay of baptism : sickbed baptism, believers' baptism, and infant baptism -- Milan : Ambrose -- Other north Italians -- Spain -- Some other Latin authors.<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 6 : The fifth century. <br/>Egypt : Cyril of Alexandria and the Coptic rite -- Writers and writings in Syriac and Armenian -- Greek-speaking Syria -- Baptism in the Messalian controversy -- Asia Minor and Constantinople -- Ravenna and Rome -- Gaul and North Africa : Gennadius of Marseilles, some African councils, and Quodvultdeus of Carthage -- North Africa : Augustine of Hippo, I -- North Africa : Augustine of Hippo, II.<br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Part 7 : Baptisteries.<br/>Baptismal fonts : East -- Baptismal fonts : West -- Conclusions. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Baptism |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Early church, ca. 30-600. |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
| Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) |
EW |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |