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. 397