THE LIFE IN CHRIST - The Second Book - Nicholas Cabasilas

Please consider donating to support the ongoing freely accessibly narration projects at: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... THE SECOND BOOK: What contribution Holy Baptism makes to the life in Christ 1. How the Holy Mysteries unite us to Christ 2. Baptism as the new birth in Christ 3. How the various ceremonies preceding Baptism prepare for the new life in Christ: a) The exorcism, b) The insufflation, c) The stripping of the candidate, d) The renunciation, e) The recitation of the Nicene Creed, f) The anointing before Baptism 4. The baptimal act and its significance 5. The invocation of the Three-fold Name 6. How we in Baptism appropriate the saving acts of Christ 7. Baptism and original sin 8. The deliverance which Baptism obtains for us 9. How Baptism confers newness of life in Christ 10. Exursus - on the resurrection of the dead 11. How apostasy cannot destroy Christ's gift 12. Baptism and the powers of the age to come 13. How the effects of Baptism are shown 14. The example of the martyrs for Christ 15. How Baptism enables us to endure all things for Christ 16. How experience prepared the saints 17. How Baptism has converted scoffers to Christ 18. Baptism as a personal experience of God 19. How this experience engenders love for Him 20. The testimony of Saint John Chrysostom to this effect 21. Summary: The effects of Baptism