Baptismal Aesthetics In-Between: Reflections on the Interplay of Text, Rite, and Image in the Sanctuaries of Ravenna

Baptism is the sacramental celebration of Christian initiation. Paul’s letter to the Romans, which is central to the understanding of baptism, characterizes this sacramental event as a dying with Christ and the beginning of a new existence. This new mode of existence gains an aesthetic-performative...

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Main Author: Bruckner, Isabella 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Ravenna
B Theology
B Baptism
B Mosaics
B Liturgy
B baptistery
B byzantine art
B sacred drama
B Sacraments
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