Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism: From the New Testament to the Council of Trent (Liturgy, Worship and Society Series)

Spinks, Bryan D.

ISBN 10: 075461428X / ISBN 13: 9780754614289

Published by Routledge, 2006

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• Title: Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism: From the New Testament to the Council of Trent (Liturgy, Worship and Society Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075461428X
• ISBN 13: 9780754614289
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, Bryan Spinks presents an ecumenically and geographically wide-ranging survey and discussion of contemporary baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology. Writing within a clear chronological framework, Bryan Spinks presents two simultaneous volumes on Baptismal Liturgy and Theology. In the first volume, Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism, Bryan Spinks summarizes the understandings of baptism in the New Testament and the development of baptismal reflection and liturgical rites throughout Syrian, Egyptian, Roman and African regions. He focuses particularly on the Homilies of Chrysostom, Cyril of Jerusalem, Theodore and Ambrose, the post-nicene rites and commentaries, and the impact of medieval theologies of baptism and Augustinian theology with reference to Western understanding. In the second volume, Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism, Spinks traces developments through the Reformation, liturgies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and explores important new ecumenical perspectives on developments of twentiethth-century sacramental discussion.

About the Author

Bryan D. Spinks is Goddard Professor of Liturgical Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School, USA