§8Crescens a Cirta dixit:
Tanto coetu sanctissimorum consacerdotum lectis litteris Cypriani dilectissimi nostri ad Iubaianum itemque ad Stephanum, quae tantum in se sanctissimorum testimonio rum descendentium ex scripturis deificis continent, ut merito omnes per Dei gratiam adunati consentire debeamus, censeo ergo omnes haereticos et schismaticos qui ad catholicam ecclesiam uoluerint uenire non ante ingredi, nisi exorcizati et baptizati prius fuerint, exceptis his sane qui in ecclesia [catholica] fuerint ante baptizati: ii tamen per manus inpositionem in paenitentia ecclesiae reconcilientur. §9Nicomedes a Segermis dixit:
Mea sententia haec est ut haeretici ad ecclesiam uenientes baptizentur eo quod nullam foris aput peccatores remissionem peccatorum consequentur. §10Monnulus a Girba dixit:
Ecclesiae [catholicae] matris nostrae ueritas [semper] aput nos, fratres, et mansit et manet, eo quod in baptismate est trinitas Domino nostro dicente: ite et baptizate gentes in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti. cum ergo manifesto sciamus haereticos non habere nec Patrem nec Filium nec Spiritum sanctum, debent uenientes ad ecclesiam matrem nostram uenire, renasci et baptizari, ut cancer quod habebant et damnationis iram et erroris offecturam per sanctum et caeleste lauacrum sanctificetur. §11Secundinus a Cedias dixit:
Cum Dominus noster Christus dicat: qui mecum non est aduersum me est, et Iohannes apostolus eos qui ab ecclesia exeunt antichristos dicat, indubitanter hostes Christi quique antichristi nominati sunt gratiam baptismi salutaris ministrare non possunt.
Crescens of Cirta said: "Since our dearest Cyprian's letters to Iubaianus and also to Stephen having been read in such a great assembly of most holy fellow priests—which letters contain in themselves so many of most holy testimonies descending from the divine scriptures that we all, united by the grace of God, ought deservedly to agree—I decree therefore that all heretics and schismatics who wish to come to the catholic church should not enter before they have first been exorcised and baptized; excepting indeed those who have been baptized before in the [catholic] church; let them, however, be reconciled to the church through the imposition of hands in repentance." Nicomedes of Segermes said: "My opinion is this, that heretics coming to the church should be baptized, because they will obtain no remission of sins outside among sinners." Monnulus of Girba said: "The truth of our mother, the [catholic] church, brethren, has [always] remained and remains among us, because in baptism there is the Trinity, as our Lord said: 'Go and baptize the nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.' Since therefore we know manifestly that heretics have neither the Father nor the Son nor the Holy Spirit, they ought, when coming to our mother the church, to come, to be born again and to be baptized, so that the cancer which they had, and the wrath of condemnation, and the harmful effect of error, may be sanctified through the holy and heavenly washing." Secundinus of Cedias said: "Since our Lord Christ says: 'He who is not with me is against me,' and John the apostle says that those who go out from the church are antichrists, without doubt the enemies of Christ and those who have been named antichrists cannot administer the grace of saving baptism.
et ideo censeo eos qui de insidiis haereticorum confugiunt ad ecclesiam baptizandos esse a nobis qui amici appellati sumus Dei de eius dignatione. §12Felix a Bagai dixit:
Sicut caecus caecum ducens sic in foueam cadent, ita haereticus haereticum baptizans simul in mortem cadent.
And therefore I decree that those who flee from the snares of heretics to the church must be baptized by us, who by His condescension have been called friends of God." Felix of Bagai said: "As a blind man leading a blind man will fall into a ditch, so a heretic baptizing a heretic will fall together into death.
et ideo haereticus baptizandus est et uiuificandus, ne nos uiui mortuis communicemus. §13Polianus a Mileo dixit:
Iustum est haereticum baptizari in ecclesia sancta. §14Theogenes ab Hippone regio dixit:
Secundum sacramentum Dei gratiae caelestis quod accepimus unum baptisma quod est in ecclesia sancta credimus. §15Datiuus a Vadis dixit:
Nos quantum in nobis est haeretico non communicamus, nisi baptizatus in ecclesia fuerit et remissam peccatorum m acceperit.
And therefore a heretic must be baptized and made alive, lest we who are alive should communicate with the dead." Polianus of Mileum said: "It is right that a heretic be baptized in the holy church." Theogenes of Hippo Regius said: "According to the sacrament of God's heavenly grace which we have received, we believe in one baptism which is in the holy church." Dativus of Vada said: "As for us, as far as lies in our power, we do not communicate with a heretic, unless he has been baptized in the church and has received the remission of sins." Successus of Abbir Germaniciana said: "To heretics either nothing is lawful or everything is lawful.
§16Successus ab Abbir Germaniciana dixit:
Haereticis aut nihil licet aut tctum licet. si possunt baptizare, possunt et sanctum Spiritum dare: si autem sanctum Spiritum dare non possunt, quia non habent Spiritum sanctum, nec baptizare spiritaliter possunt.
If they can baptize, they can also give the Holy Spirit; but if they cannot give the Holy Spirit, because they do not have the Holy Spirit, neither can they baptize spiritually.
propterea censemus haereticos baptizandos esse. §17Fortunatus a Thuccabori. dixit:
Iesus Christus Dominus et Deus,:noster Dei patris et creatoris filius super Petrum aedificauit ecclesiam, non super haeresim, et potestatem baptizandi episcopis dedit, non haereticis.
Therefore we decree that heretics must be baptized." Fortunatus of Thuccabori said: "Jesus Christ our Lord and God, the Son of God the Father and Creator, built the church upon Peter, not upon heresy, and gave the power of baptizing to bishops, not to heretics.
quare qui extra ecclesiam sunt et contra Christum stantes oues, eius et gregem spargunt baptizare foris non possunt.
Wherefore those who are outside the church and, standing against Christ, scatter His sheep and flock, cannot baptize outside." Sedatus of Thuburbo said: "In so far as water, sanctified by the priest's prayer in the church, washes away sins, so far does it, infected by heretical discourse like a cancer, accumulate sins.
§18Sedatus a Thuburbo dixit:
In quantum aqua sacerdotis prece in ecclesia sanctificata abluit delicta, in tantum haeretico sermone uelut cancer infecta cumulat peccata. quare omnibus pacificis quidem uiribus nitendum est, ne qui haeretico errore infectus et intinctus singulare et uerum ecclesiae baptismum retractet accipere, quo quisquis non fuerit baptizatus regno caelorum fiet alienus.
Wherefore we must indeed strive with all peaceable forces lest anyone, infected and dipped in heretical error, should refuse to receive the unique and true baptism of the church, without which whoever has not been baptized will become a stranger to the kingdom of heaven."