Baptism in the early church <subTitle>History, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Ferguson, Everett</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1933-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans</publisher> <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>953tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Everett Ferguson</note> <subject> <topic>Baptism -- History Early Church, 30-600</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">234.16109015</classification> <classification authority="ddc">E93-F35</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802827487</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/7/_499115368_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/7/_499115368_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070735.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>