<br>The water/death/resurrection imagery is in several scenes, like Dorcas' appearance where she hands him Terminus Est, like the breaking of terminus est at the lake against Baldanders , etc. I don't think the imagery at the start is simply baptism imagery, though certianly that might be one part of it. <div>
<br>On Friday, August 22, 2014, Marc Aramini <<a href="mailto:marcaramini@gmail.com">marcaramini@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Marco wrote: "<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12.960000038146973px">The succession of sacraments follows the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church rather than the Roman Catholic Church (where Eucharist is very close to Confirmation)."</span><div>
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12.960000038146973px"><br></span></div><div>I need to do a little research I suppose, but is it inverted to the point of confirmation following baptism and preceding communion? I keep kind of overlooking the whole Byzantium angle in favor of catholic imagery I guess. Sorry for ignoring this part of your point in my initial response. </div>
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