THE LIFE IN CHRIST - The Second Book - Nicholas Cabasilas

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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