Tradition and Innovation: Baptismal Rite and Mystagogy in Theodore of Mopsuestia and Narsai of Nisibis.

In Tradition and Innovation , Nathan Witkamp convincingly argues that Narsai of Nisibis' (d. circa 503) baptismal rite and mystagogy, as portrayed in his Liturgical Homilies 21-22, are much less dependent on Theodore of Mopsuestia (ca. 350-ca. 428) than scholars have previously supposed. Narsai...

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Main Author: Nathan Witkamp

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 149.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, Supplement 2019, ISBN: 9789004390980.

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Call Number: BV803 .W58 2018

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Quotations
  • Introduction
  • Preliminary Issues: Terminology and Structure
  • Terminology
  • The Structure of the Rite
  • Rituals Preceding the Mystery/ies
  • Examination, Sponsor, Enrolment
  • Deliverance from Sin and the Devil
  • Apotaxis and Syntaxis
  • Rituals of the Mystery/ies
  • The Signing on the Forehead
  • Baptism
  • General Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.