Significance
Cornelius was a centurion in the Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum, mentioned as Cohors Italica in the Vulgate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia summarizes the importance of Cornelius' baptism as follows:
| “ | The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in the history of the Early Church. The gates of the Church, within which thus far only those who were circumcised and observed the Law of Moses had been admitted, were now thrown open to the uncircumcised Gentiles without the obligation of submitting to the Jewish ceremonial laws. | ” |
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—F. Bechtel, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908. |
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