The rites of Christian initiation : their evolution and interpretation / Maxwell E. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Maxwell E., 1952-

Contributor:

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Alcuin Club collections ; 76.

ACC ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Initiation rites.

Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

xxii, 414 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [1999]

Summary:

Growing from the author's experience in teaching the rites of Christian initiation at different levels, this study, together with selections of primary texts in translation, surveys the development and theology of those rites from their New Testament origins to their current shape in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran Churches. It is intended for all who seek a solid, detailed, and challenging foundation for their ministries in the "Blessed Sacrament" of Baptism as the Third Christian Millennium dawns.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Origins of the Rites of Christian Initiation 1

Chapter 2 Christian Initiation in the Pre-Nicene Period 33

Chapter 3 Initiation in the Christian East During the Fourth and Fifth Centuries 89

Chapter 4 Initiation in the Christian West During the Fourth and Fifth Centuries 125

Chapter 5 Baptismal Preparation and the Origins of Lent 159

Chapter 6 Christian Initiation in the Middle Ages 177

Chapter 7 Christian Initiation in the Protestant and Catholic Reforms of the Sixteenth Century 227

Chapter 8 Christian Initiation in the Churches Today 291

Chapter 9 Back Home to the Font: The Place of Baptismal Spirituality and Its Implications in a Displaced World 365

A Select Bibliography 393.

Notes:

"A Pueblo book."

Series from spine.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-408) and index.

ISBN:

0814660118

OCLC:

39257163