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050 4 $aBV811.3$b.C767 2013
100 1 $aCross, Anthony R.
245 10 $aRecovering the evangelical sacrament :$bbaptisma semper reformandum /$cAnthony R. Cross ; foreword by John E. Colwell.
260 $aEugene, Or. :$bPickwick Publications,$cc2013.
300 $axv, 403 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [328]-370) and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction : one Lord, one faith, one or possibly an indefinite number of baptisms...or none at all : the present state of the baptismal debate -- Conversion-baptism -- One baptism -- Spirit- and water-baptism in 1 Corinthians 12.13 -- The Spirit, sacraments, and the material world : being open to God's sacramental work -- Baptismal regeneration -- Baptism into the church -- Ethical sacramentalism -- The reform of baptism.
520 $aThe subject of baptism continues to be of considerable interest--though it frequently appears within broader studies of sacraments, liturgy, worship, and ecumenical studies, and within confessional bounds: credobaptist or paedobaptist--yet it is rarely discussed by Evangelicals. This book, however, is neither an apologetic for credobaptism nor paedobaptism; rather Cross believes that, as practiced today, both forms are a departure from New Testament baptism, which, he maintains, was an integral part of becoming a Christian and part of the proclaimed gospel. He argues that the "one baptism" of Ephesians 4:5 is conversion-baptism and that the baptism referred to in the various New Testament strata refers to this "one baptism" (of Spirit and water). The study sets out the case for this interpretation and contends that in key passages "baptism" is an example of synecdoche. The case is then made for a sacramental interpretation of baptism from a thoroughgoing Evangelical perspective. Cross concludes with reflections on the necessity of baptismal reform and the relevance of a return to conversion-baptism for the contemporary church in a post-Christian, post-Christendom, mission setting. --From publisher's description
650 0 $aBaptism.
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700 1 $aColwell, John.
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