A penetrating and lively study of the continuous debate on Christian baptism.
A penetrating and lively study of the continuous debate on Christian baptism. The author traces the position of different churches on baptism and confirmation, and relates them to the New Testament treatment, and demonstrates how the different views on the relation between grace and faith in baptism can provide a basis for an ecumenical pattern of Christian initiation.
short description: A penetrating and lively study of the problems of Christian baptism, traces issues arising from the New Testament in the traditions of the churches and provides an ecumenical conspectus of the continuous debate on Christian baptism.
Introduction I. The New Testament Theology of Initiation II. Initiation Ancient and Eastern III. Initiation Medieval and Western IV. Believers' Baptism V. Initiation and Unity VI. Initiation and Mission Conclusion Notes Index
The Reverend Geoffrey Wainwright was born in 1939. He is a British Methodist minister and was educated at the Universities of Cambridge, Geneva and the Waldensian Faculty of Theology in Rome (Italy). He was Professor of Dogmatics at the Faculte de Theologie Protestante at Yaounde, Cameroon Republic. Later he taught in Birmingham and New York (USA) He is also the author of Eucharist and Eschatology, Doxology, Worship with One Accord and For Our Salvation: Two Approaches to the Work of Christ.
