The Shape of Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation

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Liturgical Press, 1991 - 224 Seiten

After revealing the genesis of the Roman tradition of initiation, Kavanagh moves on to the tensions between traditional practice and the need for change. He stresses the Church's ongoing need to focus its efforts on its main concern - the initiation of new members.

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Ablutions and Baptisms in Judaism
6
Baptism in New Testament Churches
23
East Syria
40
Roman Adaptation of the Initiatory Pattern
54
CHAPTER THREE
81
CHAPTER FOUR
102
The Pastoral Roots of the Norm of Baptism
115
CHAPTER FIVE
126
Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis or Mystagogia
142
The Meaning and Knowledge of Baptism
158
Pastoral Cautions
180
Theological Observations
194
Index
216
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Seite 41 - And Judas went up and stood upon the edge of the cistern, and poured oil upon their heads, and said: "Come, holy name of the Messiah; come, power of grace, which art from on high: come, perfect mercy; come, exalted gift; come, sharer of the blessing; come, revealer of hidden mysteries; come, mother of seven houses, whose rest was in the eighth house; come, messenger of reconciliation, and communicate with the minds of these youths ; come Spirit of holiness, and purify their reins and their hearts.
Seite 3 - This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood : and the three agree in one.
Seite 16 - They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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Seite xii - Liturgical tradition is not an "authority" or a locus theologicus; it is the ontological condition of theology, of the proper understanding of kerygma, of the Word of God, because it is in the Church, of which the leitourgia is the expression and the life, that the sources of theology are functioning as precisely "sources.
Seite 5 - Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Seite 128 - The initiation of catechumens takes place step by step in the midst of the community of the faithful. Together with the catechumens, the faithful reflect upon the value of the paschal mystery, renew their own conversion, and by their example lead the catechumens to obey the Holy Spirit more generously
Seite 16 - Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Autoren-Profil (1991)

Aidan Kavanagh, OSB, (1926-2006) founded the doctoral program in liturgical studies at Notre Dame and served as professor of liturgics at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School. His texts on liturgy, rites of initiation, and liturgical theology made him a significant figure in American Catholic liturgiology. He is the author of Elements of Rite, On Liturgical Theology, and The Shape of Baptism published by Liturgical Press.

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