Old Baptistries, old Baptists? and Ambrose
Dear friends, here are pictures taken by the ever-faithful Matt Schmucker. The first picture is of a 4th-century baptistry in Ravenna.
The second and third pictures
are of the 4th-century baptistry in Milan, in which Ambrose baptized Augustine.
Lig, I could even fit in this baptistry!
Evangelicals know about Augustine, but we tend to be less familiar with Ambrose. He was a fascinating figure in his own right. Born in 339AD of an aristocratic Roman family, he trained to be an upper level Roman bureaucrat. But he was elected bishop of Milan in 374, before