medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Greetings all,
I was recently going over notes for a lecture on the early church, where
I had a reference to baptism as representing the womb of the Curch,
which the Holy Spirit had made fruitful.
All well and good, but I ALSO recall references to baptism as a process
of entering the grave and being reborn.
Does anyone have any insight into whether these models existed
simultaneously (if not, what would the approximate dates be? My 'womb'
reference appears to be post-Constantine - is that relevant?) Any
bibliography on the subject would also be appreciated.
Meg
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