CONCERNING THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. 211 not to communicate with other people'ssins,what elsedoes he do but communicate with other people'ssins,who holds communion with hereticswithout the church's baptism? And thereforeI judge that hereticsmust be baptized,that they may receiveforgivenessof theirsins;and thus com munion may be had with them. Iambus of Germaniciana1said: They who approveof the baptismof heretics,disapproveof ours,in denying thatthey who are,I will not say washed, but befouled,outsidethe church,ought to be baptizedin the church. Lucianus of Rucuma* said: It iswritten," And God saw the light,thatitwas good,and dividedbetween the lightand the darkness."s If there can be agreement between light and darkness,there may be something in common between us and heretics.Therefore I determinethat hereticsmust be baptized. Pelagianus of Luperciana4 said: It is written," Either the Lord isGod, or Baal isGod."5 Thereforein thepresent case also,eitherthe church is the church,or heresyis the church. On theotherhand, ifheresyisnot the church,how can the church'sbaptismbe among heretics? Jader of Midila6said: We know that there is but one baptism in the CatholicChurch, and thereforewe ought not toreceivea hereticunlesshe has been baptizedamong us ; lest he should thinkthathe has been baptizedoutof the Catholic Church. Also anotherFelixof Marazana 7 said: There isone faith, one baptism,but of the CatholicChurch, which alonehas the rightto baptize. Paulus of Obba8 said: It doesnot disturbme if any man does not assertthe faithand truthof the church,sincethe apostlesays," For what if some of them have fallenaway 1 Scil." urbs,"a cityof Byzacena.Theepithetreferstoitsbeinga placefrequentedby theveteransofGermancohorts,anddistinguishesit from " Abbiritana." 2 A cityofZeugitana. 8 (Jen.i.4. * Possibly" Lubertina." 5 1 Kingsxviii.21.6 A cityofNumidia. TA cityofByzacena. 8 Otherwise" Bobba,"a cityofMauritania.