{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p><span class=\"smcap\">Chap. xxiii.</span>—31. Cyprian writes also to Pompeius<a id=\"FNanchor_361_361\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_361_361\">[361]</a> about\r\nthis selfsame matter, and clearly shows in that letter that\r\nStephen, who, as we learn, was then bishop of the Roman\r\nChurch, not only did not agree with him upon the points\r\nbefore us, but even wrote and taught the opposite views.\r\nBut Stephen certainly did not \"communicate with heretics,\"\r\nmerely because he did not dare to impugn the baptism of\r\nChrist, which he knew remained perfect in the midst of their\r\nperversity. For if none have baptism who entertain false\r\nviews about God, it has been proved sufficiently, in my\r\nopinion, that this may happen even within the Church. \"The\r\napostles,\" indeed, \"gave no injunctions on the point;\" but the<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_142\">[Pg 142]</a></span>\r\ncustom, which is opposed to Cyprian, may be supposed to\r\nhave had its origin in apostolic tradition, just as there are\r\nmany things which are observed by the whole Church, and\r\ntherefore are fairly held to have been enjoined by the apostles,\r\nwhich yet are not mentioned in their writings.</p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","BOOK FIFTH."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-192"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"1b4009ed46835829aafe57e9950bbe10dedf0267b8fb11e245fbe5e1b8755b70","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_361_361","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Title leaves identify J. R. King, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1872; catalog identifies translator John Richard King (1835-1907). Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/American Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_361_361","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_361_361\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_361_361\"><span class=\"label\">[361]</span></a> Cypr. <i>Ep.</i> lxxi., which is examined by Augustine in the remaining chapters\r\nof this book.</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_361_361","text_sha256":"abe0a60c5c7070bbc10ac06c340a86c876505fce8e1975c5e2be6ea401cc589e","verified":false,"work_id":null}