Early And Medieval Rituals And Theologies of Baptism: From the New Testament to the Council of Trent

by Spinks,Bryan D.

• ISBN13: 9780754614289
• ISBN10: 075461428X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-06-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In this first of two volumes, Bryan Spinks summarizes the understandings of baptism in the New Testament and the development of baptismal reflection and liturgical rites throughout Syrian, Egyptian, Roman and African regions. He focuses particularly on the Homilies of Chrysostom, Cyril of Jerusalem, Theodore and Ambrose, the post-nicene rites and commentaries, and the impact of medieval theologies of baptism and Augustinian theology with reference to Western understanding.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I Rising Springs
1 The New Testament Foundations	3	(11)
2 Pre-Nicene Baptismal Practice and Faith	14	(24)
3 Baptismal Rites, Commentaries and Mystagogical Catecheses: The Fourth and Fifth Centuries	38	(33)
Part II The Deep Rivers of Tradition
4 The Formation and Theology of the Eastern Rites of Baptism: I The Syrian Traditions	71	(23)
5 The Formation and Theology of the Eastern Rites of Baptism: II The Byzantine, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopic Rites	94	(15)
6 The Western Rites: From John the Deacon to Anglo-Saxon England	109	(25)
7 The Western Rites: The Later Medieval Rites, Technical Theologies and the Tridentine Reform	134	(23)
8 In the Floods of Great Waters	157	(2)
Bibliography	159	(28)
Index	187