Note 628 — Lecture X. THE INFLUENCE OF THE MYSTERIES UPON CHRISTIAN USAGES.
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For the seal in baptism, cf. Clem. Al. Strom. 2. 3; Quis dives, 42, ap. Euseb. Hist. 3. 23; Euseb. Vita Const. 1. 4. 62; Cyr. Hier. Catech. 5; Greg. Naz. Orat. 40, p. 639; Orig. c. Cels. 6. 27. For the use of imagery and the terms relating to sealing—illumination—initiation—from the mysteries, Clem. Al. Protrep. 12. The effect of baptism is illumination, perfection, Pædag. 1. 6; hence sins before and after baptism, i.e. enlightenment, are different, Strom. 2. 13. Early instances of σφραγὶς are collected in Gebhardt on 2 Clem. pp. 168, 169; cf. also Cyr. Hier. Catech. 18. 33, p. 301.