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hearing 'holy place' in christianity these days, it occurs to us that splendid and famous churches appear to be typical of it. However, in the 4th century, no one had a fixed idea about the form and function of ‘Holy Place’. Thus, there were some cases to exploit the form of existing buildings as such sacred places in order to practice the ritual more adequately. These buildings were turned not only to the church, but also to the special another building for the ritual of baptism, so called the baptistery. It leads us to question the reason why the baptistery was additionally in need of, although it was able to practice rituals in the church. The present study puts its focus on a systematic comprehension of archaeological bases and details of baptism which Ambrose of Milan explained. As the result, it became light that archaeological bases supported the symbol of baptism as the rebirth of from corruption to chasteness. It can be seen from this point that the visible and repeatable procedure impressed a candidate with the way how to live as a Christian in the center of the city where is full of enticements.
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