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Baptism in the early church : history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries/ Everett Ferguson.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, c2008.Description: 955 p. ; hbk ; 24.5 cmISBN:
  • 9780802827487 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234.16109015/FER
Contents:
Introduction : Survey of literature. Comprehensive surveys -- Studies with liturgy as the theme -- Topical studies -- Collections of sources.
Part 1 : Antecedents to Christian baptism. 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.
Part 2 : Baptism in the New Testament. 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.
Part 3 : The second century. 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.
Part 4 : The third century to Nicaea (325). 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.
Part 5 : The fourth century. 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.
Part 6 : The fifth century. 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.
Part 7 : Baptisteries. Baptismal fonts : East -- Baptismal fonts : West -- Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : Survey of literature.
Comprehensive surveys -- Studies with liturgy as the theme -- Topical studies -- Collections of sources.

Part 1 : Antecedents to Christian baptism.
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.

Part 2 : Baptism in the New Testament.
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.

Part 3 : The second century.
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.

Part 4 : The third century to Nicaea (325).
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.

Part 5 : The fourth century.
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.

Part 6 : The fifth century.
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.

Part 7 : Baptisteries.
Baptismal fonts : East -- Baptismal fonts : West -- Conclusions.

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