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y aspersion, in the bed in whirl’ he lay; if, indeed. it be proper to say that
one like him did receive baptism.” — Eusebius’ Eccl. Hist., b. 6, chap. 43.
ft137 pericuqeiv, by which Novatian’s baptism is mentioned, is from peri
which means “around, about,” and from cew, to “pour, row, stream.”
Perikutheis, therefore, should be here rendered, “poured around,” with the
idea of intended covering over, as when, on a dam giving way, the waters
overflow and bury all before them — baptizing by pouring. Thus Liddell
and Scott define perikrino, “to plaster over;” perikusos, “covered with
gold;” perikusis, “a pouring round, or over;” perikuteerion, “a vessel for
pouring over;” pericuteerios “pouring round about or over, bathing;”
perikonnumi, “to heap around with earth.” These uses of peri with keo and
its family, clearly show that Novatian’s pouring was intended to cover him,
as near as could be done. Had it been the intention to only pour on him, as
affusion for baptism does, Cornelius would certainly have used the word
epikutheis instead of perikutheis. See Liddell and Scott’s Lexicon on
epikeo, epikusis, etc.
ft138 Neander’s Hist. Chr. Ch., vol. 1, pp. 239, 241.
ft139 Armitage, p. 178.
ft140 Armitage’s Hist. Bap., p. 184.
ft141 Haze’s Hist. Chr. Ch., p. 700.
ft142 Eusebius’ Eccl. Hist., p. 5, ch. 43.
ft143 Moshelm’s Church History, cent. 3, part 2, sec.2.
ft144 Schaff-Herzog Ency., vol 2, pp. 1670, 1671.
ft145 A duty that Paul, in 1 Corinthians 5:1-5, makes obligatory on churches
in all ages.
ft146 By 2 Corinthians 2:6-10 this an error. But not as disastrous to the life of
the church as disregard to 1 Corinthians 5:5, — a sin in our churches
now. The extreme corruption and aggravation of offenders in Novatian’s
time may be some excuse for this severity.
ft147 Socrates’ Eccl. Hist., p. 248.
ft148 Neander’s Hist. Chr. Ch., vol. 1, p. 246.
ft149 Hase’s Hist. Chr. Ch, p. 67.
ft150 The Scriptures include all the Christian belief and practice as doctrine. But,
since the latter part of the eighteenth century, ‘the history of dogmas and
dogmatics has been raised, in Germany, to the rank of a distinctive branch
of sacred science.” Hence, in church history, the word doctrine often or
generally means only dogmatics — having no allusion to church
government, ceremonies or discipline. — See Schaff-Herzog Ency., vol. 1.