The Baptism of the Apostles: A Fragment of Clement of Alexandria's Lost Work ‘ϒπoτvπώσɛιs in the Pratum Spirituale of John Moschus
The problem of the baptism of the Apostles occupied the minds of many early ecclesiastical writers, and seems to have been particularly discussed in the period in which Clement of Alexandria lived. Tertullian presents the difficulty clearly: Since no one can attain salvation without baptism, accordi...
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Cambridge University Press
1945
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Traditio
Year: 1945, Volume: 3, Pages: 365-368 |
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| Summary: | The problem of the baptism of the Apostles occupied the minds of many early ecclesiastical writers, and seems to have been particularly discussed in the period in which Clement of Alexandria lived. Tertullian presents the difficulty clearly: Since no one can attain salvation without baptism, according to the Lord's prescription: ‘Unless one is born of water, he has not life,’ how is it that the Apostles were saved, for we find none of them baptized in the Lord, except Paul? Therefore, either we must admit the danger of the others who lack the water of Christ, that the prescription may be safeguarded; or we must rescind the prescription, if they who were not baptized also attained salvation. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900016925 |