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session of life and death as evidenced by the seasons [handwritten: not mentioned] and night and day is mentioned, the phoenix is [handwritten: ix left out] It is probably not without signifigance that the passage from Cyril of Jerusalem was written or delivered to those who were about to be baptized, for the phoenix is used as a symbol of eternal life in the mosaic in the dome of the baptistery of Saint John in Naples built probably in the second half of the fourth century. If the phoenix could be a symbol of eternal [handwritten: as] life in a baptistery, one may reasonably assume in the light of the above passages that the personification of creation, [handwritten: KT165], may also, have been symbolic of life everlasting.
Eternal life is one of the objectives or gifts of baptism. Indeed, eternal [handwritten: of] life itself becomes almost a symbol of baptism, as Epiphanius, but probably not the archbishop of Cyprus, wrote Et modo sacerdotes invitant populum ad vitam aeternam, [handwritten: ixxax] id est ad sanctum baptismum. [handwritten: 396]
In baptism, there is the death of the old man and the birth of the new and of everlasting life. [handwritten: KT165] or creation which symbolizes the eternal life by the quick succession of life and death symbolized here, also, the death of the old and [handwritten: birth] the birth of life everlasting of the man about to be baptized, or who has just been baptized.
The bath (room 41) opposite the niche on the west side
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