§5Nemesianus a Thubunas dixit:
Baptisma quod dant haeretici et schismatici non esse uerum ubique in scripturis sanctis declaratum est, quoniam ipsi praepositi eorum falsi Christi sunt et falsi prophetae dicente Dcmino per Salomonem: qui fidens est falsis hic pascit uentos, idem autem ipse sequitur aues uolantes.
Nemesianus of Thubunae said: "That the baptism which heretics and schismatics give is not true is declared everywhere in the holy scriptures, since their leaders themselves are false Christs and false prophets, as the Lord says through Solomon: 'He who trusts in falsehoods feeds the winds, and the very same man pursues flying birds.
deseruit enim uias uineae suae, semitas uero agelli sui errauit.
For he has abandoned the ways of his vineyard, and has strayed from the paths of his field.
ingreditur autem per auia loca adque arida et terram destinatam in sitim, contrahit autem manibus infructuosa. et iterum: ab aqua autem aliena abstine nec de fonte extraneo biberis, ut longum uiuas tempus, adiciantur etiam tibi anni uitae. et in euangelio diuina sua uoce Dominus noster Christus locutus est dicens: nisi si quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non potest introire in regnum Dei. hic est Spiritus qui ab initio ferebatur super aquam.
Moreover, he enters through pathless and dry places, and a land destined for thirst, and gathers in his hands unfruitful things.' And again: 'Abstain from foreign water, and do not drink from a strange spring, so that you may live a long time, and that years of life may also be added to you.' And in the gospel, our Lord Christ spoke with His divine voice, saying: 'Unless anyone is born again of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' This is the Spirit which from the beginning was borne over the water.
neque enim Spiritus sine aqua separatim operari potest nec aqua sine Spiritu.
For neither can the Spirit work separately without water, nor water without the Spirit.
male ergo sibi quidam interpretantur ut dicant, quod per manus impositionem Spiritum sanctum accipiant et sic recipiantur, cum manifestum sit utroque sacramento debere eos renasci in ecclesia catholica.
Therefore, some wrongly interpret for themselves so as to say that by the imposition of hands they receive the Holy Spirit and are thus received, when it is manifest that they ought to be born again by both sacraments in the catholic church.
tunc poterunt filii Dei esse dicente apostolo: curantes seruare unitatem spiritus in coniunctione pacis, unum corpus et unus spiritus, sicut uocati estis in una spe uocationis uestrae, unus Dominus, una fides, unum baptisma. haec omnia ecclesia catholica loquitur.
Then they will be able to be sons of God, as the apostle says: 'Careful to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, one body and one spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism.' All these things the catholic church speaks.
et iterum in euangelio dicit Dominus: quod natum est de carne caro est, et quod natum est de spiritu spiritus est, quia Deus spiritus est, et ex Deo natus est. ergo omnes haeretici et schismatici omnia quaecumque faciunt carnalia sunt dicente apostolo: manifesta sunt enim opera carnis, quae sunt fornicationes, inmunditiae, incestum, idololatriae seruitus, ueneficia, inimicitiae, certamina, zelus, ira, diuisiones, haereses et his similia: de quibus praedixi uobis, sicut praedico, quoniam quicumque haec faciunt regnum Dei non hereditabunt. condemnat itaque apostolus cum omnibus malis et qui diuisionem faciunt hoc est schismaticos et haereticos.
And again in the gospel the Lord says: 'That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit, because God is a spirit, and is born of God.' Therefore, all heretics and schismatics, all things whatever they do are carnal, as the apostle says: 'For the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornications, uncleannesses, unchastity, the service of idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, jealousy, anger, divisions, heresies, and things like these: of which I foretold to you, as I do foretell, that whoever do these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.' And so the apostle condemns, along with all the wicked, those also who make division, that is, schismatics and heretics.
nisi ergo acceperint baptismum salutare in ecclesia catholica quae est una, salui esse non possunt, sed cum carnalibus in iudicio Domini Christi damnari.
Therefore, unless they receive the saving baptism in the catholic church, which is one, they cannot be saved, but [must] be condemned with the carnal in the judgment of the Lord Christ.
§6Ianuarius a Lambese dixit:
Secundum scripturarum sanctarum auctoritatem decerno haereticos omnes baptizandos et sic in ecclesiam sanctam admittendos. §7Lucius a Castra Galbae dixit:
Cum Dominus in euangelio suo dixerit: uos estis sal terrae.
Ianuarius of Lambaesis said: "According to the authority of the holy scriptures, I decree that all heretics must be baptized and thus admitted into the holy church." Lucius of Castra Galbae said: "Since the Lord in His gospel said: 'You are the salt of the earth.
quodsi autem sal fatuus fuerit, in quo condietur? ex eo ad nihilum ualebit, nisi ut proiciatur foras et conculcetur ab hominibus, et iterum post resurrectionem suam mittens apostolos suos mandat dicens: data est mihi omnis potestas in caelo et in terra.
But if the salt has become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? From then on it is good for nothing, except to be cast out and trodden under foot by men,' and again, after His resurrection, sending His apostles, He commands, saying: 'All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
ite ergo et docete gentes baptizantes eos in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti. cum ergo manifestum sit haereticos id est hostes Christi non integram sacramenti habere confessionem, item schismaticos non posse condire sapientia spiritali, cum ipsi ab ecclesia quae una est recedendo infatuati contrarii facti sint, fiat sicut scriptum est: domus contrariorum legis debent emundationem, et consequens eos qui a contrariis baptizati inquinati sunt primo purgari et tunc demum baptizari.
Go therefore and teach the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.' Since therefore it is manifest that heretics, that is, the enemies of Christ, do not have the complete confession of the sacrament, and likewise that schismatics cannot season with spiritual wisdom, since they themselves, by departing from the church which is one, have become tasteless and contrary, let it be done as it is written: 'The houses of those who are contrary to the law owe cleansing'; and consequently, those who, having been baptized by contraries, have been defiled, must first be purged and then finally be baptized."