ACTS AND RECORDS
OFTHE
FAMOUS CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE
BAPTISM OF HERETICS.
A ROMAN COUNCIL CELEBRATED UNDER ST. STEPHEN.
From theSynodalRoll.
A divineand sacredprovincialsynod, gathered together
at Rome by Stephen,the blessedmartyr and pope,which ex
communicated those who in an African synod had, without
reason,conceded thatthey who came to the catholicchurch
from any heresyshouldbe re-baptized.1
CARTHAGINIAN COUNCILS.
Hie Third CarthaginianCouncilunderCyprian,on theBaptism
of Infants;heldanno Domini 253.
This document is translatedat page 195 in the first
volume, Ep. lviii.
TlieFourth CartliaginianCouncilunder Cyprian; held anno
Domini 254. About Basilidesand Martial,bishopsof
Spain,who had receivedcertificates.
This document istranslatedat page 235, vol.i.Ep. lxvii.
1 Referenceismade tothiscouncilinEpistlesofCyprian,No.lxxiii.,
and atlargeinEpistleslxix.tolxxiv.,voli.pp.250to285.
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