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On Baptism, against the Donatists
Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.4
Rogatianus of Nova said: “Christ established the Church, the devil heresy: how can the …
Rogatianus of Nova1 said: “Christ established the Church, the devil heresy: how can the synagogue of Satan have the baptism of Christ?”2
To him our answer is: Is it true that because Christ established the well-affectioned, and the devil the envious, therefore the party of the devil, which is proved to be among the envious, cannot have the baptism of Christ?
Notes
- Nova was in ecclesiastical province of Mauritania Caesariensis. For Rogatianus as bishop, see Cypr. Epp. lvii., lxvii., lxx., bis.
- Conc. Carth. sec. 60.