Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy

Edward Charles Whitaker, Maxwell E. Johnson

Liturgical Press, 2003 - Religion - 309 pages

Since its first appearance in 1960, Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy has been praised and used by scholars in understanding how the rite of baptism was celebrated through the centuries. This new edition retains the sources previously included and adds Eastern Christian texts from the great East Syrian Church Fathers, as well as selections from The Rite of the Assyrian Church of the East, the Syrian Orthodox Church, and the Maronite Rite. Additional Western texts include the famous Pentecost Homily attributed to Faustus of Riez, Letter 26 to Januarius from Pope Gregory I, and the Rite of Confirmation from the Pontifical of William Durandus.

Instead of placing local councils together in one section, individual councils are now placed in their respective geographic locals. Bibliographical lists in a variety of languages have been added for each document studied or for each locale; and translations have often been replaced with more recent versions. The glossary and the introductions to each document make it accessible to the general, as well as the specialist, reader.

Chapters are The Ante-Nicene Church," *Syria, Syro-Palestine, Antiochia, - *The Rite of the Assyrian Church of the East, - *The Armenian Rite, - *The Syriac-Maronite Rite, - *The Byzantine Rite, - *Egypt, - *Africa, - *Spain, - *Milan, - *Rome, - *Galican Documents, - and *The Sarum Rite. -

E. C. Whitaker served as a parish priest and Canon Emeritus of Calisle Cathedral, England.

Maxwell E. Johnson, Ph.D., is a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is professor of liturgy in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

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Contents

• The AnteNicene Church: 1
• Syria SyroPalestine Antiochia: 32
• The Rite of the Assyrian Church of the East: 63
• The Armenian Rite: 73
• The Rite of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch: 82
• The SyriacMaronite Rite: 99
• The Byzantine Rite: 109
• Egypt: 124
• Africa: 140
• Spain: 153
• Milan: 176
• Rome: 204
• 26: 246
• Gallican Documents: 254
• The Sarum Rite: 284
• Glossary: 308

About the author

Maxwell E. Johnson, PhD, is an oblate of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. His articles have appeared frequently in Worship. He is the author of Living Water, Sealing Spirit, The Rites of Christian Initiation, and Between Memory and Hope, published by Liturgical Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy; A Pueblo book
• Authors: Edward Charles Whitaker, Maxwell E. Johnson
• Editors: Edward Charles Whitaker, Maxwell E. Johnson
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0814662005, 9780814662007
• Length: 309 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / General