Published: 2013-06-30

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

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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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Uciecha, A. (2013). Aphrahat, On Penitents, (Demonstratio septima. De paenitentibus. Patrologia Syriaca I, 313-360). Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 46(1), 5–17. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ssht/article/view/16880

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2013)
Published: 2021-01-30


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Księgarnia św. Jacka

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