The Syriac Order of Monastic Profession and the Order of Baptism
Subtitle: common structure, imagery and theological themes
By: Mor Polycarpus Augin Aydin
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian studies -- 47; Gorgias Eastern Christianity studies -- 47.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781463206192
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders; Baptism; Syrian Orthodox Church
Description: Is monastic profession in the West-Syriac tradition a ?second baptism?? A relationship clearly exists between the two rites of initiation in the West-Syriac tradition: the monastic profession and baptism. Aydin examines these two rites of initiation, comparing their external structures, common imagery and theological themes, and reveals that the monastic rite closely parallels, or even is modeled upon, that of baptism. Mor Polycarpus Edip Aydin explores the idea of monastic profession as a ?second baptism,? or rather, the realization of what the gift of the Spirit at baptism really implies. An extensive Appendix contains Syriac texts with English translations pertaining to the Syriac rite of monastic profession, with relevant commentaries by Syriac Fathers from the 6th to the 10th centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English; with some texts in Syriac and translated into English.