CONCERNING THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. 209 and unrighteousheretics,who withvariouswords tearasunder the holy and adorablewords of the Scriptures,are to be accursed,and thereforethat they must be exorcisedand baptized. Eugenius of Ammedera 1 said: And I determine the same— thathereticsmust be baptized. Also another Felix of Amaccora 1 said: And I myself, followingthe authorityof the divineScriptures,judge that hereticsmust be baptized; and,moreover,thosealsowho con tend that they have been baptizedamong the schismatics. For if,accordingto Christ'swarning,our font is privateto us,let allthe adversariesof our church understandthat it cannot be foranother. Nor can He who isthe Shepherd of the one flockgive the saving water to two peoples. And thereforeitisplainthatneitherhereticsnor schismaticscan receiveanything heavenly,seeing that they dare to receive from men who are sinners,and from thosewho are external to the church. When there is no place for the giver, assuredlythereisno profitforthe receiver. Also anotherJanuariusof Muzzuli 3 said: I am surprised, since allconfessthat there is one baptism,that alldo not perceivethe unityof the same baptism. For the church and heresy are two things,and differentthings. If hereticshave baptism,we have itnot ; but if we have it,hereticscannot have it. But there is no doubt thatthe church alonepos sessesthe baptismof Christ,sinceshe alone possessesboth the grace and the truthof Christ. Adelphius of Thasvalte* said: Certain persons without reason impugn thetruthby falseand enviouswords,in saying that we rebaptize,when thechurch doesnotrebaptizeheretics, but baptizesthem. Demetrius of Leptiminus5 said:We maintainone baptism, because we demand for the church catholicalone her own property. But they who say that hereticstrulyand legiti- 1A cityofNumidia. 2 " Damatcore,"or " Vamaccore,"inNumidia. 3MazulainNumidia. 4A cityofByzaccna. 5 AtTrri;jj.ix.fi.— a cityofByzacena. cyr. — vol. n. o