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On Baptism, against the Donatists
Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.4
Julianus of Telepte said: “It is written, ‘A man can receive nothing, except it be given …
Julianus of Telepte1 said: “It is written, ‘A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven;’2 if heresy is from heaven, it can give baptism.”3
Let him hear another also saying: If covetousness is from heaven, it can give baptism. And yet the covetous do confer it; so therefore also may the heretics.
Notes
- Telepte (Thelepte) or Thala, was in ecclesiastical province of Byzacium.
- John iii. 27.
- Conc. Carth. sec. 57.