Ryty katechumenatu w okresie późnego antyku : w poszukiwaniu analogii i modeli w świecie żydowskim i grecko-rzymskim - ANNA GRZYWA (Autor) (Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie, 2019)
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The subject of the book is as follows: Rites of the Catechumenate in Late Antiquity: In Search of Analogies and Models in the Jewish and Greco-Roman World. Hence, its chief objective is to indicate the sphere of influence of religion of Judaism and Greco-Roman world with all its specificity and diversity upon the rites of the ancient catechumenate. The catechumenate of the first centuries of Christianity was a special period of preparation for the reception of the sacrament of baptism, organized over a period of time in a concrete and detailed formation and initially intended for adults. It was assumed that only those who had faith resulting from conversion and whose way of life was verified during an ongoing process of preparation could be accepted to this sacrament. Another term often used for this pre-baptismal preparation was early Christian initiation. Most researchers divide the catechumenate into two main phases. The transitional moment between them is the Edict of Milan (313 AD) or the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD). In this way, the first phase of the catechumenate referring to the period of formation of the discussed preparation within the framework of an organized institution dates back to the turn of the second and third century. Then the second phase covers the time from the fourth century until the decline and disappearance of this formation which took place at the turn of the seventh and eighth centuries. The proposed division is intended to emphasize the differences occurring in individual phases of the institution’s development. They should indeed be perceived as the outcome of a changing historical situation, but they should also be seen as a result of the natural development process of the ancient catechumenate, which may also be evidence of its dynamism. In my book I focus in particular upon the second phase of this formation, which dates back, as mentioned above, to 313 AD. From this moment on, the celebrations of rites in the catechumenal formation were particularly emphasized, a result of the huge numbers of those willing to become Christians. The Church, conscious of those changes and desirous of making catechumens aware of the significance of the event, began to use symbols known from everyday life. The book concentrates its attention upon a meticulous analysis of the particular rites of the ancient catechumenate in order to indicate the extent to which Christianity drew upon the world around it. Accordingly, I Begin my work with an analysis of source texts, especially the catecheses of the Fathers of the Church: Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem († 387) from Antioch, John Chrysostom († 407) and Theodore of Mopsuestia († 428), Ambrose, Bishop of Milan († 397) and Augustine, Bishop of Hippo († 430). Apart from them, one should also mention the journey of Egeria, a pilgrim from the second half of the 4th century, which contains numerous interesting details about the course of pre-baptism celebrations held in Jerusalem. In my dissertation I also refer to Church documents, such as Apostolic Constitutions and synodal files, available in Polish as part of the Synods and Rights Collections series. The second group consists of texts dated back to 6th and 7th centuries. These texts are from the Roman world: a letter of John the Deacon (about 500 AD), Gelasian Sacramentary (6th century) and Ordo Romanus XI (7th century). The sources cited from later centuries are used to characterise this period and to emphasise the changes which occurred in pre-baptismal celebrations during the so-called the end of catechumenal formation. My research has been divided into two main parts, corresponding to the two main phases of the formation in question. At the beginning, however, in the first chapter, I present introductory issues concerning catechumenal themes. It consists of three parts. In the first I present the beginnings of shaping and development of the catechumenate, emphasising in particular the outline of later, extended l
Keywords: nauki o kulturze i religii