Everett Ferguson's Baptism in the Early Church: A Liturgical Appraisal
This essay analyzes Everett Ferguson's massive study of Baptism in the Early Church using questions from the catechetical tradition: what is baptism? what are its benefits? how can water do such great things? what is the significance of such a bathing? why does the church baptize infants? These...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2012
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 439-455 |
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Summary: | This essay analyzes Everett Ferguson's massive study of Baptism in the Early Church using questions from the catechetical tradition: what is baptism? what are its benefits? how can water do such great things? what is the significance of such a bathing? why does the church baptize infants? These questions get at the phenomenological, theological, ritual, liturgical, and pastoral issues in baptism. I consider baptism to be an extended ritual process of initiation rather than as a discrete ritual act. I question Ferguson's view about submersion in ancient baptismal practice and offer a wider view of the ancient church's practice of infant baptism. |
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ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2012.0022 |