Chapter 10.—18. Likewise another Felix of Marazana1782
1782 Marazana was in ecclesiastical province of Byzacene. On Felix, see Bk. VI. c. 19. note 2.
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said: "There is one
faith, one
baptism,
1783
but of the Catholic
Church, to which alone is given
authority to
baptize."
1784
1784 Conc. Carth. sec. 46.
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19. What if another were to say as follows: One faith, one baptism, but of the righteous only, to whom alone authority is given to baptize? As these words might be refuted, so also may the judgment of Felix be refuted. Do even the unrighteous who are not1785
1785 Nec…mutati. "Nec" is restored by the Benedictines from the Mss.
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changed in
heart in
baptism, while "they
renounce the
world in words and not in
deeds" yet
belong to the members of the
Church? Let them consider whether such a Church is the actual rock, the very dove, the bride herself without spot or wrinkle.
1786
1786 Eph. v. 27. See Retract. ii. 18, quoted on I. 17, 26.
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