Publication details
Fons Vitae. Baptisteres et rites d'initiation (IIe – VIe siecle)
| Title in English | Fons Vitae. Baptisteries and initiation rites (second - sixth century) |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
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| Description | The writings, which this volume is composed, developed around a central core: the terms and conditions from which grew the Christian rite of initiation, baptism. This is a historic moment when cross religious and cultural movements of the most disparate, such cults of Dionysus and of Mithra, but also Christianity. Gathered in this book, the work of several researchers highlight unexpected relationships but also important contrasts between the cultures of different religions and within Christianity. |