214 THE SEVENTH COUNCIL OF CARTHAGE. the church'sbaptismto heretics,what elsehas he beentothe spouseof Christthan a Judas ? Also another Lucius of Membresa1 said: It iswritten, " God heareth not a sinner."2 How can a hereticwho isa sinnerbe heard in baptism? Also another Felixof Bussaeene3 said: In the matterof receivinghereticswithout the baptismof the church,letno one prefercustom to reason and truth,because reasonand truthalways excludecustom. Another Saturninusof Avitini4said:If Antichristcan giveto any one the grace of Christ,hereticsalsoareableto baptize,forthey are calledAntichrists. Quintus ofAggya :5 He can give somethingwho hassome thing. But what can hereticsgive,who, it is plain,have nothing? Another Julianusof Marcelliana6 said:If a man canserve two masters,God and mammon, baptism alsocan servetwo masters,the Christianand the heretic. Tenax of Horrea Caeliae7 said: Baptism isone,but itisthe church's. Where the church is not there,there can beno baptism. Another Victor of Assuri8 said: It iswritten,that8 God isone,and Christisone,and the church isone,and baptism is one."* How, therefore,can any one be baptizedthere, where God, and Christ,and the one church isnot? Donatulus of Capse 10 said: And I also have always thought this,thatheretics,who can obtain nothing without or BullaRegia,and BovKXtfilnaa.,or BullaMinor. The latterispro bablyreferredto. 1 Otherwise" Memosita,"a cityof Zeugitana.It isalsowritten " Membrosa." 2Johnix.31. * Probably" Byzacene." *Thisissupposedtobe '-'Autenti,"a cityofByzacene. 5 Supposedtobe Aggiva. 6MentionofthebishopofMarcellianaisfoundinNotitiaEjnscopalia Africa. 7A villagebelongingtoByzacene,seventy-fivemilesfromCarthage. 8A cityofZeugitana. 9Eph.iv.5. 10A cityofByzacene.