It is decreed that they who have offered sacrifice before their baptism, and were afterwards baptized, may be promoted to orders, inasmuch as they have been cleansed.
The patristic understanding of baptism included an actual washing away of sin. This canon could refer either to the new believer in Christ or to catechumens who went through a period of up to three years between their initial following and baptism into full fellowship. In either case all sin was considered washed away at that point.
The patristic understanding of baptism included an actual washing away of sin. This canon could refer either to the new believer in Christ or to catechumens who went through a period of up to three years between their initial following and baptism into full fellowship. In either case all sin was considered washed away at that point.
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