Afrahat "O pokutujących" (Demonstratio septima. De paenitentibus. Patrologia Syriaca I,313-360)
Aphrahat, On Penitents, (Demonstratio septima. De paenitentibus. Patrologia Syriaca I, 313-360)

Summary/Abstract: Aphrahat’s seventh “Demonstration”, entitled “On penitents”, and the preceding “Demonstration on members of the covenant” provided basic research material for the question of the structure and discipline in the early syrian church and the role played there by “the sons of the covenant” (bənay qəyāmā). In the “Demonstration on penitents”, Aphrahat describes ritual washing, clearly distinguishing it from baptism. He addresses the “solitary” who have fallen and delayed their conversion as well as priests refusing to reconcile penitents.

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