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Faith Fiction Force Baptismal Debates
Marcia Colish
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 739.
What validated or invalidated baptism in the eyes of medieval Christians?
The answer to this question is neither simple nor straightforward. As this fascinating contribution to medieval intellectual history shows, medieval ideas on baptism, though seen as necessary for salvation, were far from unanimous. Marcia Colish demonstrates persuasively that, from the patristic period through the early fourteenth century, there was vigorous debate surrounding baptism by desire, fictive baptism, and forced baptism.
Drawing on a wide and interdisciplinary range of sources that goes well beyond the writings of theologians and canonists to include liturgical texts and practices, the rulings ... Read more
What validated or invalidated baptism in the eyes of medieval Christians?
The answer to this question is neither simple nor straightforward. As this fascinating contribution to medieval intellectual history shows, medieval ideas on baptism, though seen as necessary for salvation, were far from unanimous. Marcia Colish demonstrates persuasively that, from the patristic period through the early fourteenth century, there was vigorous debate surrounding baptism by desire, fictive baptism, and forced baptism.
Drawing on a wide and interdisciplinary range of sources that goes well beyond the writings of theologians and canonists to include liturgical texts and practices, the rulings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813226118
SKU
V9780813226118
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About Marcia Colish
Marcia L. Colish is lecturer in history, Yale University, USA, and Frederick B. Artz Professor of History emerita, Oberlin College,USA.
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