One Baptism

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

The author, a professor at Marquette University, is attentive to the various confessional points of view on baptism and presents them in a way that allows not only comparison but also the emergence of new insights. In such a way, all Christians can, with mutual understanding and respect, progress along the sometimes difficult path toward a shared understanding of Nicene faith: ‘I acknowledge one baptism.’Concilium

• ContentsAbbreviations   ixIntroduction   xiChapter One: Baptism, Eschatology, and Salvation   1Chapter Two: The Doctrine of Baptism: Sacramental Concepts and Developments on the Eve of the Reformation   20Chapter Three: The Doctrine of Baptism: The Reformers and Catholic Responses   44Chapter Four: Baptism and Patterns of Initiation: Catholics and Orthodox   91Chapter Five: Baptism and Patterns of Initiation: Protestant Traditions   121Chapter Six: Baptism, Faith, and Justification   146Chapter Seven: Baptism and the Church   177Index of Subjects   209Index of Documents   212Index of Proper Names   214Index of Scripture Citations   216