§73Item alius Lucius ab Ausafa dixit:
Secundum motum animi mei et Spiritus sancti, cum sit unus Deus pater Domini Iesu Christi et unus Christus et una spes, unos Spiritus in ecclesia, unum habet esse et baptisma.
Another Lucius of Ausafa said: "According to the movement of my mind and of the Holy Spirit, since there is one God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one Christ, and one hope, one Spirit in the church, baptism also must be one.
et ideo dico ut si quid aput haereticos motum ant factum fuerit, rescindi debere, et eos qui inde ueniunt in ecclesia baptizandos esse. §74Item alius Felix a Gurgitibus dixit:
Ego censeo, ut secundum sanctarum scripturarum praecepta baptizatos ab haereticis inlicite extra ecclesiam, si ad ecclesiam confugere uoluerint, gratiam baptismi ubi licite datur consequantur. §75pusillus a Lamasba dixit:
Ego credo baptisma salutare non esse nisi in ecclesia catholica.
And therefore I say that if anything has been moved or done among heretics, it ought to be rescinded, and those who come from there must be baptized in the church." Another Felix of Gurgites said: "I judge that, according to the precepts of the holy scriptures, those baptized unlawfully by heretics outside the church, if they wish to flee to the church, should obtain the grace of baptism where it is lawfully given." Pusillus of Lamasba said: "I believe that saving baptism does not exist except in the catholic church.
quidquid absque catholica fuerit simulatio est. §76Saluianus a Gazaufala dixit:
Haereticos nihil habere constat, et ideo ad nos ueniunt, ut possint accipere quod non habent. §77Honoratus a Thucca dixit:
Cum Christus ueritas sit, magis ueritatem quam consuetudinem sequi debemus, ut haereticos qui ideo ad nos ueniunt, quia foris nihil accipere potuerunt, ecclesiae baptismo sanctificemus. §78Victor ab Octauu dixit:
Quod et ipsi scitis, non olim sum episcopus constitutus, et ideo expectabam praecessorum consilium.
Whatever is outside the catholic church is a counterfeit." Salvianus of Gazaufala said: "It is established that heretics have nothing, and therefore they come to us, so that they may be able to receive what they do not have." Honoratus of Thucca said: "Since Christ is the truth, we ought to follow truth rather than custom, so that we may sanctify with the baptism of the church heretics who come to us for this reason, because they could receive nothing outside." Victor of Octavum said: "As you yourselves also know, I was not ordained bishop long ago, and therefore I was waiting for the counsel of my predecessors.
hoc itaque existimo ut qui, cum ex haeresi sint, ueniunt sine dubio baptizentur. §79Clarus a Mascula dixit:
Manifesta est sententia Domini nostri Iesu Christi apostolos suos mittentis et ipsis solis potestatem a patre sibi datam permittentis, quibus nos successimus eadem potestate ecclesiam Domini gubernantes et credentium fidem baptizantes.
This therefore I think, that those who, since they are from heresy, come should without doubt be baptized." Clarus of Mascula said: "Manifest is the sentence of our Lord Jesus Christ, sending His apostles and permitting to them alone the power given to Him by the Father, whom we have succeeded, governing the church of the Lord with the same power and baptizing the faith of believers.
et ideo haeretici qui nec potestatem foris nec ecclesiam Christi habent neminem baptizare baptismo eius possunt. §80Secundianus a Thambis dixit:
Non debemus haereticos nostra praesumptione decipere, ut in ecclesia Domini nostri Iesu Christi non baptizati ac per hoc remissionem peccatorum non consecuti, cum iudicii dies uenerit, nobis imputent quod per nos non sint baptizati et indulgentiam diuinae gratiae consecuti.
And therefore, heretics who have neither power outside nor the church of Christ can baptize no one with His baptism." Secundianus of Thambae said: "We must not deceive heretics by our presumption, so that, remaining unbaptized in the church of our Lord Jesus Christ and through this not having obtained remission of sins, when the day of judgment comes, they should impute to us that they were not baptized through us and did not obtain the indulgence of divine grace.
propter quod, cum sit una in ecclesia et unum baptisma, quando ad nos conuertuntur, simul cum ecclesia et ecclesiae baptismum consequantur. §81Item alius Aurelius a Chullabi dixit:
Iohannes apostolus in epistula sua posuit: si quis ad uos uenit et doctrinam Christi non habet, nolite eum admittere in domum uestram et aue illi ne dixeritis.
For which reason, since there is one (truth) in the church and one baptism, when they are converted to us, let them obtain the baptism of the church together with the church." Another Aurelius of Chullabi said: "John the apostle set down in his epistle: 'If anyone comes to you and does not have the doctrine of Christ, do not receive him into your house, and do not say to him, Welcome.
qui enim dixerit illi aue communicat factis eius malis.
For he who says to him, Welcome, communicates with his evil deeds.' How can such persons be admitted rashly into the house of God, who are forbidden to be admitted into your private house?
quomodo admitti tales temere in domum Dei possunt qui in domum uestram priuatam admitti prohibentur? aut quomodo cum eis sine ecclesiae baptismo communicare possumus, quibus si aue tantum dixerimus factis eorum malis communicamus? §82Litteus a Gemellis dixit:
Caecus caecum si ducat, ambo in foueam cadent.
Or how can we communicate with them without the baptism of the church, to whom if we say only 'Welcome' we communicate with their evil deeds?" Litteus of Gemellae said: "If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
cum ergo haereticos constet non posse inluminare quemque utpote caecos, baptisma eorum non ualet. §83Natalis ab Oea dixit:
Tam ego praesens, quam pompeius Sabratensis, quam etiam Dioga Leptimagnensis, qui mihi mandauerunt corpore quidem absentes, spiritu praesentes, censemus quod et collegae nostri, quod haeretici communicationem habere nobiscum non possunt, nisi ecclesiastico baptismo baptizati fuerint. §86Iunius a Neapoli dixit:
Ab eo quod semel censuimus non recedo, ut haereticos uenientes ad ecclesiam baptizemus. §87Cyprianus a Cartagine dixit:
Meam sententiam plenissime exprimit epistula quae ad Iubaianum collegam nostrum scripta est, haereticos secundum euangelicam et apostolicam contestationem aduersarios Christi et antichristos appellatos, quando ad ecclesiam uenerint, unico ecclesiae baptismo baptizandos esse, ut possint fieri de aduersariis amici, de antichristis christiani. TVPIS CAROLI GEROLD FILII.
Since therefore it is established that heretics cannot enlighten anyone, as being blind, their baptism is of no value." Natalis of Oea said: "As well I present, as Pompeius of Sabrata, and also Dioga of Leptis Magna, who mandated me, being indeed absent in body but present in spirit, judge what also our colleagues do, that heretics cannot have communion with us, unless they have been baptized with ecclesiastical baptism." Iunius of Neapolis said: "From that which we have once decreed I do not recede, that we should baptize heretics coming to the church." Cyprianus of Carthage said: "My opinion is most fully expressed by the letter which was written to our colleague Jubaianus, that heretics, called adversaries of Christ and antichrists according to the evangelical and apostolic attestation, when they come to the church, must be baptized with the unique baptism of the church, so that they may be able to become friends from adversaries, and Christians from antichrists." Printed by the sons of Karl Gerold.