Arator on the Acts of the Apostles : a baptismal commentary /

This is a wide-ranging study of baptismal symbolism in the early Church taking as its starting point Arator's 'Historia Apostolica', a commentary in verse on the Acts of the Apostles, written in Rome in AD 544. Baptism is a major theme is Arator's poem and his ideas are here trac...

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Main Author:	Hillier, Richard (Classics teacher)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
Subjects:	Arator, > Subdiaconus, > active 513-544. > De actibus apostolorum. Bible. > Acts. Bible. > Acts De actibus apostolorum (Arator, Subdiaconus) Baptism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600. Baptême > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive) Baptism > Early church 30-600 Electronic books. History
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Summary:	This is a wide-ranging study of baptismal symbolism in the early Church taking as its starting point Arator's 'Historia Apostolica', a commentary in verse on the Acts of the Apostles, written in Rome in AD 544. Baptism is a major theme is Arator's poem and his ideas are here traced back to their origins.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 222 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191672330 0191672335