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February 12th 2009, 06:00 PM #1
Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
Baptism was performed predominantly by immersion from the Jordan and mikvah immersion pools through the time of Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. This thread will present the evidence with specific examples from literature of the period and archaeological sites.
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February 12th 2009, 08:05 PM #2
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
cool ....
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February 12th 2009, 08:35 PM #3
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February 12th 2009, 08:47 PM #4
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
you had to buy an extra set of sandals and make the 1,000 mile hike
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February 12th 2009, 11:27 PM #5
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
my parish deviates from the Didache by using warm water.
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February 12th 2009, 11:32 PM #6
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
My baptism was done in late fall. I appreciated the deviation from the Didache then

Even so, it wasn't that warm!
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February 13th 2009, 01:34 PM #7
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
The Didache is a composite document and was updated to reflect practice current at the time. So for example, immersion was updated to pouring water three times, etc. Cyprian however was the first in 250 AD to practice pouring and then only in the case of illness, first for Novatian.
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February 16th 2009, 12:48 AM #8
Re: Baptism in the ancient and medieval world
There is a baptismal font called the Barnabas Font beneath ground level near San Eustorgio in Milan Italy. This may be the earliest known outside the mikvah of Israel and may date from the first century. A legend (?) says it was used by Barnabas who first came to the region. A Christian cemetery dating from the 2nd century is nearby.
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