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Dear Jeffrey,

 

Without any specific quote to judge by, I wonder if the phrase “immersed” in Christendom refers to the baptism of the converts by immersion.  I can’t think of any other context.  Living “within the ‘Spiritus Sanctus’” wouldn’t necessarily be described as “immersion”, except perhaps in the thought and writings of some mystics.

 

Cyprian Rosen

 

 

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Subject: [M-R] Ecclesia and Spiritus Sanctus

 

In the process of examining rituals for Jewish penitants who had (been) converted to Christianity, it seems as if Franco-German Jews in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries viewed converts to Christianity as being 'immersed' in Christendom. In this context, I began to wonder if in addition to being part of the Corpus Christi, did Christians view themselves at the time as living within the 'Spiritus Sanctus'? Is 'ecclesia'in its broader and narrower constructs infused by the Holy Spirit?

 

I'd appreciate any and all relevant references.

 

Thank you.

Jeffrey Woolf 

 

Dr. Jeffrey R. Woolf
Senior Lecturer
Talmud Department
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan 52 900 ISRAEL
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