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CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
CHAPTER XX
THE SACRAMENTS—BAPTISM
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General conception of a sacrament—the use of the term 376-377
Early conceptions of Baptism: the names for it, the form, what it effected—New Testament and later 378-380
Justin Martyr on baptism 380-381
Tertullian 381
The idea of the water (note)381
Cyprian 382
Cyril of Jerusalem (the rites and their significance) 383-384
Ambrose on baptism (his peculiar conceptions) 384-385
Notes: Martyrdom as baptism 386
Heretical baptism 386-388
Baptism by laymen 388-390
The Unction and Confirmation 390-392
CHAPTER XXI
THE SACRAMENTS—THE EUCHARIST
[Note.—The different theories which have been held in later times, namely, Transubstantiation, Consubstantiation, the 'sacramentarian' theory, the 'receptionist' theory, the Anglican statement of the real presence.] 393-396
The Eucharist at first connected with the Agape 397
Early conceptions of the effect of consecration—the Didache, the Christians of Bithynia, Ignatius, Justin 397-399
Irenaeus 399-402
The conception of the elements as symbols (only a distinction in thought) 402-403
The conception of the Eucharist as a sacrifice — Clement, Ignatius, Justin, Cyprian 404-406
Clement of Alexandria (the Agape) and Origen 406-409
Cyril of Jerusalem 409-411
Eusebius and Athanasius (note)409
Gregory of Nyssa (marked developement of conceptions) 411-415
Chrysostom 415-416
Ambrose and Augustine 416-418
Notes: Infant Communion 418
Death-bed Communion 419
Daily celebration of the Eucharist 419
Reservation of the Sacrament 420-422
Oblations for the dead 422-424
The Ancient Mysteries 424
The Eucharist the extension of the Incarnation (Hilary) 425
The Eucharistic doctrine in early Liturgies 426
Appendix 429
Index 445