CONCERNING THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. 213
Marcellusof Zama1 said: Since sinsare not remittedsave
in the baptism of the church,he who does not baptizea
hereticholdscommunion with a sinner.
Irenams of Ululi3 said: If the church doesnot baptizea
heretic,for the reason thathe issaidto be alreadybaptized,
itisthe greaterheresy.
Donatus of Cibaliana*said: I know one church and her
one baptism. If there is any who says that the grace of
baptism is with heretics,he must firstshow and prove that
the church isamong them.
Zosimus of Tharassa4said:When a revelationof thetruth
ismade, leterrorgiveplaceto truth;becausePeteralso,who
previouslycircumcised,yieldedto Paul when he preached
the truth.
Julianus of Telepte5said: It is written," No man can
receiveanythingunlessithave been givenhim from heaven."0
If heresyisfrom heaven,itcan alsogivebaptism.
Faustus of Timida Kegia7 said: Let not them who arein
favour of hereticsflatterthemselves. He who interfereswith
the baptism of the church on behalfof heretics,makes them
Christians,and us heretics.
Geminius of Furni8 said: Some of our colleaguesmay
prefer hereticstothemselves,theycannot tous ; and therefore
what we have once determinedwe maintain— thatwe baptize
those who come to us from the heretics.
Kogatianus of Nova" said: Christinstitutedthe church ;
the Devil,heresy. How can the synagogue of Satan have
the baptism of Christ?
Therapius of Bulla10said: He who concedesand betrays
1 A cityofNumidia; thesceneofHannibal'soverthrowby Scipio.
3 " Usilla,"a cityofByzacena.
3 Possibly" Ccrbaliana" inByzacena.
* A cityofNumidia.
5 A cityofNumidiaByzaccnas. 0 Johniii.27.
7 A cityofZeugitana; someread" Tumida."
8 A cityofZeugitana.
' A cityofMauritaniaCanadensis.FellobservesthatinNumidiaare
many citiesofthenameof" Nova" or" Noba."
10A cityofZeugitana.Thereweretwocitiesofthename— BovKkctpU,