Ecclesial dimension of baptism through the Augustinian category Ecclesia Mater

Abstract

Sommario: I. A brief review of some augustinian ecclesiological principles. - II. The category Ecclesia Mater in St. Augustine’s ecclesiology. - III. The Church, quaedam persona in Christo and Baptism. - IV. Ontological realism of the Church’s spiritual motherhood. - V. The baptised: bearer of an “ecclesial form”.