TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finn,Thomas M.
TI  - Early Christian baptism and the catechumenate: west and east Syria 
SN  - 0814653456
AV  - BV 803 .F55 1992
U1  - 265/.13/09394 20
KW  - Baptism
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Christian literature, Early
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Syria
KW  - Church history
N1  - "A Michael Glazier book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index; General Introduction -- Conversion: A Ritual Journey -- Catechumens and Catechumenate -- Baptism -- Postbaptismal Rites -- Anointing and the Holy Spirit -- The Bible and the Baptismal Liturgy -- West Syria -- The Didache -- Melito of Sardis -- The Didascalia Apostolorum -- Jerusalem: Cyril and Egeria -- The Apostolic Constitutions -- Gregory of Nyssa -- John Chrysostom -- Theodore of Mopsuestia -- The Ordo of Constantinople -- Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite -- East Syria -- The Odes of Solomon -- The Gospel According to Philip -- The Acts of Judas Thomas -- Aphrahat -- Ephrem -- Narsai -- Jacob of Serugh -- The Teaching of St. Gregory
ER  -