Praxis i teologia chrztu w liturgicznej tradycji syro-orientalnej
Praxis and theology of baptism in the Syro-Oriental liturgical tradition

Summary/Abstract: The main object of this study is the baptismal Ordo of the Syro-Oriental liturgical tradition. Theauthor, starting from the ancient sources, shows the phases of the development of the rite and of itstheology. Referring to the Church Fathers like Ephrem and Narsai, he points that from ancient times theChurch of the East has attached a special significance to the baptismal anointing. Indeed, in the case ofthis tradition the anointing is threefold: two times before the baptismal immersion and once followingit. In this study a commentary of the patriarch Timothy II (1318–1332) was also presented, with someessential and original medieval ideas relating to the praxis and to the baptismal theology of the Churchof the East. In the last part of the paper the author reflected on the contemporary Rite of the Baptism inthe Church of the East.

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