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On Baptism, against the Donatists
Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.4
Another Saturninus of Abitini said: “If Antichrist can give to any one the grace of …
Another Saturninus of Abitini1 said: “If Antichrist can give to any one the grace of Christ, then can heretics also baptize, who are called Antichrists.”2
What if another were to say, If a murderer can give the grace of Christ, then can they also baptize that hate their brethren who are called murderers? For certainly he would seem in a way to speak the truth, and yet they can baptize; in like manner, therefore, can the heretics as well.
Notes
- Abitini (Avitini) was in ecclesiastical province of Africa Proconsularis. For Saturninus, cp. cc. 15, 16.
- Conc. Carth. sec. 64.