Augustine’s baptism : its significance once and today

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2013-04-10

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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans)

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The article describes in broad outline Augustine’s baptism in Milan (386) and stresses its significance for Augustine’s transition from Manichaean Christianity to Nicene Catholic Christianity.

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Opening address at the First South African Symposium on Augustine of Hippo: ‘Augustine and Manichaean Christianity’, University of Pretoria, 24−26 April 2012. Prof. Dr Hans van Oort is Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Church History and Polity of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Augustine’s baptism, Manichaean Christianity, Nicene Catholic Christianity

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Van Oort, J., 2013, ‘Augustine’s baptism: Its significance once and today’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69(1), Art. #1914, 3 pages. http://dx.DOI.org /10.4102/hts.v69i1.1914

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21603

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