01405nam a2200301 a 4500 20260119070735.0 2022-09-07 12:35:12 9780802827487 1 0 eng 234.16109015 E93-F35 Ferguson, Everett (1933-...) Author Baptism in the early church History, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries Everett Ferguson U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans 2009 953tr. Hardcover 24cm This magisterial volume is a comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods. Baptism in the Early Church covers the antecedents to Christian baptism and traces the history of Christian doctrine and practice from the New Testament through the writings of the church fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries. The book deals primarily with literary sources, though it also gives attention to depictions of baptism (primarily of Jesus) in various art forms and the surviving baptismal fonts. Baptism -- History Early Church, 30-600 https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/7/_499115368_140.jpg Cover Image 8938 8938 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-8938 0.00 BK