On Baptism.
ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian
Contents (21 chapters)
- 1. Introduction. Origin of the Treatise.
- 2. The Very Simplicity of God's Means of Working, a Stumbling-Block to the Carnal Mind.
- 3. Water Chosen as a Vehicle of Divine Operation and Wherefore. Its Prominence First of All in Creation.
- 4. The Primeval Hovering of the Spirit of God Over the Waters Typical of Baptism. The Universal Element of Water Thus Made a Channel of Sanctification. Resemblance Between the Outward Sign and the Inward Grace.
- 5. Use Made of Water by the Heathen. Type of the Angel at the Pool of Bethsaida.
- 6. The Angel the Forerunner of the Holy Spirit. Meaning Contained in the Baptismal Formula.
- 7. Of the Unction.
- 8. Of the Imposition of Hands. Types of the Deluge and the Dove.
- 9. Types of the Red Sea, and the Water from the Rock.
- 10. Of John's Baptism.
- 11. Answer to the Objection that “The Lord Did Not Baptize.”
- 12. Of the Necessity of Baptism to Salvation.
- 13. Another Objection: Abraham Pleased God Without Being Baptized. Answer Thereto. Old Things Must Give Place to New, and Baptism is Now a Law.
- 14. Of Paul's Assertion, that He Had Not Been Sent to Baptize.
- 15. Unity of Baptism. Remarks on Heretical And Jewish Baptism.
- 16. Of the Second Baptism--With Blood.
- 17. Of the Power of Conferring Baptism.
- 18. Of the Persons to Whom, and the Time When, Baptism is to Be Administered.
- 19. Of the Times Most Suitable for Baptism.
- 20. Of Preparation For, and Conduct After, the Reception of Baptism.
- 21. Elucidation.
Source: CCEL