We might start by understanding that the holy water stoup receives its symbolic imagery from the baptismal font, but the font receives its imagery from creation itself. When we enter a Church, we reach for the holy water stoup to … [Read more...]
About Dr. Steven Schloeder, AIA
Dr. Steven Schloeder, AIA, is a registered architect and a theologian, specializing in Catholic church projects across the United States. He holds the BArch from Arizona State University, an MArch from the University of Bath, and a PhD in theology from the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley, California. More of his work can be seen at his firm's website liturgicalenvirons.com; he can be contacted at steve@liturgicalenvirons.com.
Understanding the Theology of the Baptistery
April 23, 2014 by Dr. Steven Schloeder, AIA
Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Constantine, Counter-Reformation, disciplina arcani, Extraordinary Form of Baptism, Genesis account of creation and the Garden, holy water, neophyte, Paschal Triduum, Pool of Siloam, Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, San Giovanni at the Lateran Palace, St. Ambrose, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Justin Martyr, Sulis Minerva, Tertullian, the ancient house-church at Dura Europos, Vatican II
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