The Pandemic Origins of Child Baptism
The article discusses the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic that limited religious practices and discusses history of other pandemics. It mentions that one ancient pandemic even helped to establish the Christian rite of baptism administered to little children and infants—a practice not att...
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| 格式: | Print 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2021, 卷: 47, 发布: 1, Pages: 70-71 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pandemie
/ Coronaviren
/ 婴孩洗礼
/ 早期基督教
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Christians
B CHRISTIAN rites & ceremonies B Pandemics B Christian Communities B Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 总结: | The article discusses the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic that limited religious practices and discusses history of other pandemics. It mentions that one ancient pandemic even helped to establish the Christian rite of baptism administered to little children and infants—a practice not attested in early Christian communities until the late second century. It also mentions that Christians likely managed to face and overcome the epidemic with greater success than pagans. |
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| 实物描述: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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