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- Title
Apolytrosisas Ritual and Sacrament: Determining a Ritual Context for Death in Second-Century Marcosian Valentinianism.
- Authors
Denzey, Nicola Frances
- Abstract
Abstract:Irenaeus of Lyons reports that a second-century Valentinian group, the Marcosians, developed a ritual system that included a sacrament performed for an individual at the point of death. The rite helped to "establish" the individual in the higher celestial realms. Using comparandafrom various ancient sources, this paper examines our extant evidence for early Christian death rites. It asserts that the Valentinian death sacrament precedes the development of a similar Catholic rite by nearly a thousand years, thus attesting to the sophistication of Valentinian ritual systems distinct from those of the nascent orthodox church.
- Subjects
LYON (France); FRANCE; RITUAL; SACRAMENTALS; IRENAEUS, Saint, Bishop of Lyon; VALENTINIANS; DEATH; ORTHODOX Eastern Church; BISHOPS
- Publication
Journal of Early Christian Studies, 2009, Vol 17, Issue 4, p525
- ISSN
1067-6341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/earl.0.0290