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30 septembre 2020
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Nicolas Lamare, « M. Pignot, The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th-6th Centuries) », Africa Antiqua, ID : 10.58079/assp
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In The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th-6th centuries) Matthieu Pignot explores how individuals became Christian in ancient North Africa. Before baptism, converts first became catechumens and spent a significant time of gradual integration into the community through rituals and teaching. This book provides the first historical study of this process in African sources, from Augustine of Hippo, to canon of councils, anonymous sermons and 6th-century letters. Pignot shows that practice...