See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church 4wrurrilpiov)  , the See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall or See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, connected with the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, in which the catechumens were instructed and the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament of See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism administered . The name See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

baptistery is also given to a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of chapel in a large church, which serves the same purpose . The baptistery proper was commonly a circular See also:

• BUILDING

building, although sometimes it had eight and sometimes twelve sides, and consisted of an ante-See also:

• ROOM

room (apoaeXeos otKOS) where the catechumens were instructed, and where before baptism they made their See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession of faith, and an inner apartment where the sacrament was administered . In the inner apartment the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• OBJECT

object was the baptismal See also:

• FONT (Lat. fans, " fountain " or " spring," Ital. fonte, Fr. les fonts)

font (xoXvpk8pa, or See also:

• PISCINA

piscina), in which those to be baptized were immersed thrice . Three steps led down to the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of the font, and over it was suspended a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold or See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• DOVE
• DOVE (Dutch duyve, Dan. due, Ice. dufa, Ger. Taube)

dove; while on the walls were commonly pictures of the scenes in the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John the Baptist . The font was at first always of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, but latterly metals were often used . Baptisteries belong to a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the church when See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of adult catechumens were baptized, and when See also:

• IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

immersion was the See also:

• RULE

rule . We find little or no trace of them before See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine made See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, i.e. before the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; and as early as the 6th century the baptismal font was built in the See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch of the church and then in the church itself . After the 9th century few baptisteries were built, the most noteworthy of later date being those at See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, See also:

• LUCCA (anc. Luca)
• LUCCA, BAGNI DI (Baths of Lucca, formerly Bagno a Corsena)

Lucca and See also:

• PARMA

Parma . Some of the older baptisteries were very large, so large that we hear of See also:

• COUNCILS

councils and synods being held in them . It was necessary to make them large, because in the early Church it was customary for the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop to baptize all the catechumens in his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese (and so baptisteries are commonly found attached to the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and not to the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish churches), and also because the rite was performed only thrice in the See also:

• YEAR

year . (See BAPTISM.) During the months when there were no baptisms the baptistery doors were sealed with the bishop's See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal .

Some baptisteries were divided into two parts to separate the sexes; sometimes the church had two baptisteries, one for each See also:

• SEX (Lat. sexes; possibly connected with secure, to cut)

sex . A fireplace was often provided to warm the neophytes after immersion . Though baptisteries were forbidden to be used as See also:

• BURIAL

burial-places by the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre (578) they were not uncommonly used as such . Many of the early archbishops of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury were buried in the baptistery there . Baptisteries, we find from the records of early councils, were first built and used to correct the evils arising from the practice of private baptism . As soon as Christianity made such progress that baptism became the rule, and as soon as immersion gave See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to sprinkling, the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient baptisteries were no longer necessary . They are still in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use, however, in Florence and Pisa . The baptistery of the Lateran must be the earliest ecclesiastical building still in use . A large See also:

• PART

part of it remains as built by Constantine . The central See also:

• AREA

area, where is the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the font, is an octagon around which stand eight See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry columns, with See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble capitals and See also:

• ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet)

entablature of classical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form; outside these are an See also:

• AMBULATORY (Med. Lat. ainbulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk)

ambulatory and See also:

• OUTER

outer walls forming a larger octagon . Attached to one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, towards the Lateran See also:

• BASILICA

basilica, is a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BAPTISTS

BAPTISTS porch with two See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble porphyry columns and richly carved capitals, bases and entablatures . The circular church of See also:

• SANTA

Santa Costanza, also of the 4th century, served as a baptistery and contained the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the daughter of Constantine .

This is a remarkably perfect structure with a central See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome, columns and mosaics of classical See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion . Two side niches contain the earliest known mosaics of distinctively Christian subjects . In one is represented See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses receiving the • Old See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, in the other See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ delivers to St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the New Law—a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter sealed with the X P See also:

• MONOGRAM (from Late Lat. monogramma, in Late Gr. µovoypaµµov, from µovos, single, ypaµµa, letter)

monogram . Another baptistery of the earliest times has recently been excavated at See also:

• AQUILEIA

Aquileia . Ruins of an early baptistery have also been found at Salona . At See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna exist two famous baptisteries encrusted with fine mosaics, one of them built in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 5th century, and the other in the 6th . To the latter date also belongs a large baptistery decorated with mosaics at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . In the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan baptistery at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople still stands at the side of the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque which was once the patriarchal church of St See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia; and many others, in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, have been made known to us by See also:

• RECENT

recent researches, as also have some belonging to the churches of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France the most famous early baptistery is St See also:

• JEAN

Jean at See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, and other early examples exist at Riez, See also:

• FREJUS

Frejus and See also:

• AIX

Aix . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, a detached baptistery is known to have been associated with the cathedral of Canterbury . See See also:

• HEFELE, KARL JOSEF VON (1809-1893)

Hefele's Concilien, passim; Du Cange, Glossary, See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " Baptisterium "; See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius, Hist . Eccl. x .

4; See also:

• BINGHAM, JOSEPH (1668-1723)

Bingham's Antiquities of the Christian Church, See also:

• BOOK

book xi . (W . R .