Saturday, October 17, 2009

Jerome on Monastic Profession as 'Second Baptism'

'... to enter upon a monk's life is to wash oneself with a second baptism of a vow.' [Hieronym. Ep. 22 ad Paulam]

Also Dionysius (de Eccles. Hier. c. 6) calls monasticism a mysterion.


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