TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. PREFACE IX
4. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORTENED TITLES WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY XI
5. INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING BAPTISMAL INITIATION IN THE BYZANTINE TRADITION 1
6. PART I. THE ADMISSION OF CATECHUMENS 17
7. PART II. CANDIDACY FOR BAPTISM 35
8. PART III. THE FINAL PREPARATIONS 73
9. PART IV. THE BAPTISMAL RITE OF THE PASCHAL VIGIL 103
10. PART V. POSTBAPTISMAL CATECHESIS AND RITES OF CLOSURE 139
11. PART VI. OTHER OCCASIONS FOR BAPTISM 149
12. CONCLUSION 171