Baptism as Dying and Rising with Christ in the Teaching of Augustine
The symbolic action of baptism—washing or burial in water—became separated from its assigned effects as a result of continuing conflicts in African theology over the efficacy of the ritual. Augustine focused on the baptismal oath to Christ as the basis for an indestructible and unrepeatable dedicati...
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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: 407-438 |
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