Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries by Everett Ferguson

Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries
Everett Ferguson
Page: 984
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9780802871084
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
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This magisterial volume is a comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods. Baptism in the Early Church covers the antecedents to Christian baptism and traces the history of Christian doctrine and practice from the New Testament through the writings of the church fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries. The book deals primarily with the literary sources, though it also gives attention to ...

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