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The rites of Christian initiation : their evolution and interpretation

Their Evolution and Interpretation Revised and Expanded Edition
Print Book, English, ©2007
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Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, ©2007
History
xxiv, 487 pages ; 23 cm.
9780814662151, 0814662153
1240423075
Ch. 1. The origins of the rites of Christian initiation
Ch. 2. Christian initiation in the pre-Nicene East
Ch. 3. Christian initiation in the pre-Nicene West
Ch. 4. Initiation in the Christian East during the fourth and fifth centuries
Ch. 5. Initiation in the Christian West during the fourth and fifth centuries
Excursus : baptismal preparation and the origins of Lent
Ch. 6. Christian initiation in the Middle Ages
Ch. 7. The rites of initiation in the Christian East
Ch. 8. Christian initiation in the Protestant and Catholic reforms of the sixteenth century
Ch. 9. Christian initiation in the churches today
Ch. 10. Back home to the font : the place of a baptismal spirituality and its implications in a displaced world
"A Pueblo book."