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mumr nos Ontóm
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utttttdf.&miinra& A&murtii *
^Dununfftthiia. " w tona %
4 *,pwi <rfrUo (tfpiittiti fmuto <v ^ V
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17. St Trinity, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, New York, Guermol
Collection (after Plummer)
tism: Tu es filius meus dilectus in te mihi complacui id est in te et per te constitui quod mihi placet
facere et quae agenda sunt agere id est genus humanum redimere.5*
The Baptism administered by the Precursor was an introductory act to the work of Redemp-
tion: it had to end the Old Dispensation and to begin the New Law as well as to purify and
to sanctify the water.55
Ludolph of Saxony in his Vita Christi ąuoted an opinion on the symbolic meaning of Jordan,
the river chosen to be the place of the Baptism of Jesus: Congrue autem voluit Dominus in Jor-
54. Ludolphus, Vita Christi, pars I, de baptismo Christi.
55. Luculentius, In loannis, cap. I, PL 72, col. 808: Dci Filius ... certc baptizarc voluil ut omnibus aąuis sanctificationem daret
et purificationem. Sive etiam ut Veleri Testamcnto finem daret et novum inclioaret.
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mumr nos Ontóm
liimitsiiotafraH <, " y
#1 ttismaftumuuimmmrif:>
utttttdf.&miinra& A&murtii *
^Dununfftthiia. " w tona %
4 *,pwi <rfrUo (tfpiittiti fmuto <v ^ V
?> - ."4 . ■ . i :
17. St Trinity, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, New York, Guermol
Collection (after Plummer)
tism: Tu es filius meus dilectus in te mihi complacui id est in te et per te constitui quod mihi placet
facere et quae agenda sunt agere id est genus humanum redimere.5*
The Baptism administered by the Precursor was an introductory act to the work of Redemp-
tion: it had to end the Old Dispensation and to begin the New Law as well as to purify and
to sanctify the water.55
Ludolph of Saxony in his Vita Christi ąuoted an opinion on the symbolic meaning of Jordan,
the river chosen to be the place of the Baptism of Jesus: Congrue autem voluit Dominus in Jor-
54. Ludolphus, Vita Christi, pars I, de baptismo Christi.
55. Luculentius, In loannis, cap. I, PL 72, col. 808: Dci Filius ... certc baptizarc voluil ut omnibus aąuis sanctificationem daret
et purificationem. Sive etiam ut Veleri Testamcnto finem daret et novum inclioaret.
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